I inherited a fairly new Lowrance 334 Locator. It is not a current model, but it is only a couple of years old and my Dad used it very little as he was in treatment for cancer last summer and didn't fish very much, only about two weeks in Canada last season. I do know thought that he used it in the same places as I did last week and I don;t believe he had any problems with the unit.
Here is my problem. I was fishing on my favorite Lake Trout lake in Ontario last week and this lake has lots of water well over 100 feet. I wanted to fish the edges of some of the drop-offs where the bottom will go from maybe 75 to well over 100 and back up and such. Everything was going along fine until I would get into about 110' and then the locator would loose the bottom. If I would get back into shallow water, like less than 30' then it would recapture the bottom only to loose it again once I went deep again.
I went into my local Scheels store the other day and the fishing dept. manager said he thought it might be a bad transducer, but not sure. I asked him if there was anyway of checking before shelling out the cash for a new transducer and he told me there wasn't. And, of course, without getting into 100' of water again, I would not know if the unit is working correctly or not.
Anybody got any ideas. Is it a bad transducer, do I have it mounted incorrectly or in the wrong spot, is there anyway to test the transducer before buying a new one, and is there anyway to be sure I have the problem fixed. I hope to go back up to Ontario in August and want to be certain I have the problem fixed before I get up there again.
If you really want to treat your wife (and yourself) with a remote operated trolling motor, the Minn Kota Ulterra is about easy as it gets. Auto stow and deploy is pretty awesome. You just have to turn the motor on when you go out and that the last time you have to touch it.
24V 80lb. 60 inch shaft is probably the right length for your boat. They ain’t cheap - about $3k - but neither one of you would have to leave your seat to use it all day.
Wanderer, thanks for your reply. I do intend for it to be 24 volt, with a thrust of 70-80. Spot lock is a must (my wife is looking forward to
not being the anchor person any more). With my old boat we did quite a lot of pulling shad raps and hot n tots, using the trolling motor. Unlikely
that we will fish in whitecaps, did plenty of that when I was younger. I also need a wireless remote, not going back to a foot pedal. We do a fair amount of bobber fishing.
I don't think I will bother with a depth finder on the trolling motor. I am leaning toward moving my Garmin depth finder from my old boat to the
new one, just because I am so used to it and it works well for me. I am 70 years old and kinda set in my ways...
Dang, new content and now answers.
First, congrats on the new boat!
My recommendation is to get the most thrust you can in 24V, assuming a boat that size isn’t running 36V. 80 might be tops? I’m partial to MinnKota.
How do you plan to use the trolling motor is an important question too.
All weather or just nice weather?
Casting a lot or bait dragging?
Bobber or panfish fishing?
Spot lock? Networked with depth finders? What brand of depth finders?
We have bought a new boat, which we will be picking up this spring. It is an Alumacraft Competitor 165 sport with a 90 horse Yamaha
motor. I will be buying and installing a trolling motor, wondering if I can get some recommendations on what pound thrust I will
want for this boat? Also, I will be selling my old boat, is there a good way to determine the value on an older boat ( mid-80's with a 75 horse 2-stroke
Mariner motor) I will appreciate any help with these questions.
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I inherited a fairly new Lowrance 334 Locator. It is not a current model, but it is only a couple of years old and my Dad used it very little as he was in treatment for cancer last summer and didn't fish very much, only about two weeks in Canada last season. I do know thought that he used it in the same places as I did last week and I don;t believe he had any problems with the unit.
Here is my problem. I was fishing on my favorite Lake Trout lake in Ontario last week and this lake has lots of water well over 100 feet. I wanted to fish the edges of some of the drop-offs where the bottom will go from maybe 75 to well over 100 and back up and such. Everything was going along fine until I would get into about 110' and then the locator would loose the bottom. If I would get back into shallow water, like less than 30' then it would recapture the bottom only to loose it again once I went deep again.
I went into my local Scheels store the other day and the fishing dept. manager said he thought it might be a bad transducer, but not sure. I asked him if there was anyway of checking before shelling out the cash for a new transducer and he told me there wasn't. And, of course, without getting into 100' of water again, I would not know if the unit is working correctly or not.
Anybody got any ideas. Is it a bad transducer, do I have it mounted incorrectly or in the wrong spot, is there anyway to test the transducer before buying a new one, and is there anyway to be sure I have the problem fixed. I hope to go back up to Ontario in August and want to be certain I have the problem fixed before I get up there again.
Thanks everyone!
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