New Humminbird has arrived!!!!

[B-man715]

...........Yes I cast for muskies but if the weedlines at 12' and the 12' waters 100' wide theres alot of stuff you will be missing, same when I troll for walleyes the 12' depth may be 200' wide and as stated just the difference in real depth and mapped depth and GPS offset varies to much... When I troll eyes I'm either in 5' trolling docks or out in the basin where the depth wont change for a mile in any direction.... and choose what I own by what I find works best for me....

Esox this is where the I-pilot link will really shine

It sounds like trolling a grid is the type of fishing that best suits your lakes (lots of flats).

Here is the scenario:

You want to cover a flat (doesn't matter if you are dragging bottom bouncers out deep for walleyes or casting for muskies over a huge 6 foot weed flat).

Set the follow the contour on a targeted depth at the edge of the flat (lets say you are on a 200' wide flat between 5 and 6 feet of water) and you are casting for muskies.

For example lets say you are heading due North and the six foot contour line is east of the five foot contour line.

So now you are on the 6 foot contour going .5 mph and making 50' casts (to the west) off the port side of the boat. (Hands, eyes, and feet are free because the trolling motor is doing the work). The only thing you are focused on is fishing.

You get to the end of where you want to fish and turn around to cover new water. Offset yourself 100 feet from that same contour line (now you are heading south). Continue making 50' casts off the port side of the boat (which will land at the end of the casts from the previous pass which is now to the east).

You again get to the end of where you want to stop fishing and now follow the exact same 100 foot offset (but now traveling north instead of south) and cast off the port side (west).

Once you get to the end, offset 200' (heading south, now you are on the 5' breakline) and cast east until the end of the run.

Now you have successfully covered every inch of water, leaving only the gaps of your casts uncovered. No water was covered twice, yet no leaf went unturned........ all with a couple pushes of a button.

[Kyhl]

Kyle: Where is the HB look ahead screen shot you saw yesterday?

I thought it was in here but who knows. Can't find it now.

[Hawg]

Carefull guys, badmouth reps and the Mods will get you. I think this whole HB/Low argument comes down to simply there are 20 times as many Lowrance units out there as HB. As soon as the weekend warriors who have no idea how to operate them have new HB's the complaints will come rolling in, it's starting already. Personnaly I think they are both great products and think they get in trouble because they both try to do too many things for what they are, more programming-more problems.

[Esox_Magnum]

Esox this is where the I-pilot link will really shine

It sounds like trolling a grid is the type of fishing that best suits your lakes (lots of flats).

Here is the scenario:

You want to cover a flat (doesn't matter if you are dragging bottom bouncers out deep for walleyes or casting for muskies over a huge 6 foot weed flat).

Set the follow the contour on a targeted depth at the edge of the flat (lets say you are on a 200' wide flat between 5 and 6 feet of water) and you are casting for muskies.

For example lets say you are heading due North and the six foot contour line is east of the five foot contour line.

So now you are on the 6 foot contour going .5 mph and making 50' casts (to the west) off the port side of the boat. (Hands, eyes, and feet are free because the trolling motor is doing the work). The only thing you are focused on is fishing.

You get to the end of where you want to fish and turn around to cover new water. Offset yourself 100 feet from that same contour line (now you are heading south). Continue making 50' casts off the port side of the boat (which will land at the end of the casts from the previous pass which is now to the east).

You again get to the end of where you want to stop fishing and now follow the exact same 100 foot offset (but now traveling north instead of south) and cast off the port side (west).

Once you get to the end, offset 200' (heading south, now you are on the 5' breakline) and cast east until the end of the run.

Now you have successfully covered every inch of water, leaving only the gaps of your casts uncovered. No water was covered twice, yet no leaf went unturned........ all with a couple pushes of a button.

Our weedlines dont follow a certain depth, lots of points, inside.outside points weed depth may vary depending on bottom content ect, much esier to record the track if I want to... Plus the fish are never in the same spot day to day or even hour to hour might start in 20' and end up in 12 or vice versa....When we troll for eyes we do what we call random trolling, troll till we hit fish and repeat since theres no structure and most are just roaming the basin...I just dont see any advantage of it and cant justify spending another $2K and already know I do not like the graphing...Also I would need a LM chip and for the waters I fish Navionics is far better for accuracy...Even if I had the I Link I would still watch my graph and would still need to make speed adjustments ect when casting... I can see where some may have a use for it, but I don't...

Oh and a FYI I pay for all my gear out of my pocket but do look for deals and rare I pay retail...