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Countless others will tell you otherwise, but this is my experience with round bend hooks, especially when vertical fishing. I switched to 100% sickle hooks and very rarely have one come unpinned...

My brother and I fished pool 3 on the Mississippi a couple weeks back and fished wing dams. We found that the first one in a set is the most productive, probably because they get a lot more current...

Im surprised they called that a white, did you count the fins and its not a black? I didnt think we had any whites north of Buggs.

Thanks for putting on a great event Mark, I had a great time and making a free event really put the focus on bringing people together and remembering Memorial Day. The fish were a little shy but glad...

Nice stringer of fish. Are they still holding on stumps/shallow or were those on "hard vertical structure" haha? Meant to get out before the bash this weekend, but ill just have to roll the dice on...

Awesome, thanks for the detailed reply. I am glad that the compact ducer will run 800khz, I never ran it as I bought a HSDI back in the day and was thinking it would be odd to package a unit with a...

I forgot that the compact transducer doesn't run 800khz, but I use 455khz 99% of the time so I suspect that as long as I dont try to run it at the higher frequency it will work. I wonder if I should...

I have a Gen 1 Helix 9 SI, and took my boat out for the first time over the weekend since I put my new motor on and updated my transducer set up. I have sonar skimmer and a HDSI transducer on the...

Did you use the new power cable? It has that little puck in it that helps to cut down noise.
It could also be prop wash depending on how the attitude of the boat changes as you throttle into it....

Couple real good ones in there, well done! Any idea what the water temp is up to now? Hoping they will push up onto some shallower stumps soon.

I wonder if you accidentally double tapped the button or held it too long. The second prompt is something like do you want to abort and you have to toggle over to no for the process to start. If you...

Did you let it start up all the way and everything before you put the card in? It can take a little while but the part about the SI screen is concerning. Normally is goes to a black screen with the...

Do garmin products have their own version of the autochart live feature where you make your own maps? I cant overstate how transformative that has been to my ability to find spots and start to put...

Although a string of bad luck happens to all of us, it sounds like you may have a power supply issue. Any chance you put a meter on power lead and see if you have any voltage drop from battery to...

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I would opt for the two inch ram mount, rather than the smaller one. It is more than needed for a H7 but if you ever step up you wont need to upgrade.

Lots of good feedback on the balzout mounts,...

If money is tight I would get an older core humminbird unit, 9xx series or above. Now that the helix series is out used units are a dime a dozen.

The big consideration is what kind of features do...

Turn up the chart speed and they will be even bigger!

Waypoint sharing is a menu option you can toggle on or off. I cant remember if it is under setup or ethernet menu but you should be able to find it. Make sure it is turned on for both units.

There are times I wish i had gotten a 10 but if you dont have SI i think you can see the screen just fine on a 9. And I know that there is compact vs HD for si transducers but i dont know if the same...

As far as autochart goes you just turn recording on and drive around. The map populates as you go. You get 8hrs on the unit then it starts overwriting data. To record more you need a zerolines sd...

2d is about as simple as it gets, nothing new to learn just good tech. The settings will need to be tweaked a little for optimum performance but if you have owned a sonar before it adjusts the same,...

There are guys on the side imaging facebook group that already bought multiple g2n 12s. I think they already cashed in on the new product release frenzy, and this is geared more towards the onix...

Seems like the mega gets pretty dark past 70 feet or so. Most of the images I have seen scanning 90 or 100 feet have pretty dark edges. Makes me think that 1200 really doesnt reach out that far even...

I hope you will follow up with a report of how you like that setup, I have been planning on taking a dip in the spider rigging pool this coming year and have been planning to buy the same list of...

I wholeheartedly agree with this award, I have learned so much from his input and expertise.

Thanks for putting in the time to help everybody learn and get the most from their units Rickie!

Good looking pics as usual! How "cold" is the winter time water temp down there with 80 degree highs? I went on a little charter with my family in the spring out of Naples and the guide was...

I am excited to try out the new update on the water. I uploaded it and played with my settings and views to get everything back the way i like it. I have one concern though, it froze on the first...

Rickie, does the DI width setting have any effect on this or is this just how SI is displayed regardless?

Two things I will throw out are I dont see minnows on that list and you cant beat them for a slow bite. Second did you try holding the bait still vertically over them?