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51F down 86 over 105fow. Very few marks, lots of bait.

Thank god for friends and relatives... Now where is Mrs. Ruff during all of this and where are you spending the nights???

She slept on the boat last night and wasn't havin much fun. I slept in the car. The hull hole with 5200 seems to be setting, so I'm hopefull we can put it back in the water tonight.

Let's go fishing! With The Greeeeen Dolphin!

Yikes, what an afternoon. Thank God for friends. We got the boat out, old transducer removed. The new transducer plug was huge, so we had to drill a bigger hole through the transom. The 5200 was too liquidy in the heat, so the hole didnt fill completely. Going to fill again later tonight.

The flush mount finder and gps were a nightmare to get out. We got it, but a few sockets will never be found again.

More work tomorrow...

Let the fun... and cursing... begin!

I don't know, 1st a displaced rib now the ankle???

I know Theresa seems to be so mild mannered and she's put up with you all this time but this is beginning to look like spousal abuse

Then again, you probably deserve it anyway[emoji2] . Maybe you need to take up something a little less physical, like needle point.

Personally, I think she used her jedi forces to pull the guy under the net... she of course denies it.

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Reports from this morning are slllllow in shallow, might be time to head deep...

Ok perfect, I think if I remove my switch panel, I can get to it from there. Thanks!

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Prybar and BFH

I mean if you're not trying to steal it in a hurry!

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Ok... anyone know how to get a flush mount out?

What's Theresa's side of the story?

Mostly that I'm a big cry baby

I appear to be having a hard time staying healthy the past couple of weeks... in last night's volleyball game an attacker came under the net on a spike while I went up to block... I came down on him and felt/heard a loud pop in my ankle... off to the ER we went.

A nice softball emerged from my right ankle. Xrays came back negative, and I see an Orthopedic on Monday to see if I tore a ligament or God willing if it is just a severe sprain.

So.... we are headed up to the lake now, but I'm not sure how much we will be able to fish. The lake will have to be flat for my crutches/safety. We will see.

I'm hoping with my Father's and Theresa's help this weekend we can at least pull the boat and get the new Simrad GO7 XSE installed along with my new center super computer... ok tablet, but super computer sounds cooler.

Fishing reports from Sodus tonight were "eh". Some fish being taken from 100-200 down 75. Not fast and furious though, which makes me wonder if the fish have finally begun to move out into that 350+fow. If the weather is nice and you aren't catching/marking in the 1-200 range tomorrow, it might be worth running deep and seeing what's out in that 350-500fow range.

You can use the Walker 'vision' cable with the DR probe and your cable problems will be history- 8 years on mine w/ zero issues.

Is this the Walker cable you mean?

Temperature Cable

Two-hundred feet of coaxial downrigger temperature cable with thermistor affixed for use with TSR models.

Part No. DTS-TC Specify for DTS 2000 or DTS 3000

How about a Color C-lector Nick?

Shhhh don't give away all my secrets

Yeah I think he will be happy with that combo. The simrad stuff is really nice and it's close to the nss evo model, but I don't think the screen gers bigger than 7 inch in the GO series. The tablet idea takes care of that and with a 12 inch screen there you cam have a unit to move around and velcro it to the helm area or the rigging area..where ever! Its a good combo! The transducer is a key element to its power in the water as with anything sonar.

Good choices Nick!

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Yeah the GO7 is the same as the NSS7 without buttons and no ethernet, but with wifi.

ok it's official... components have been ordered...

I plan to use an RCA Maven Pro 12" tablet for my main screen:

The GO7 XSE with totalscan transducer will be the workhorse behind the scenes and I just need to figure out where I want to mount it.

This combo will give me a fully functional fish finder, gps, tv, computer, etc at the helm, making my options pretty limitless. It will also give me a second screen for sonar/gps somewhere else on the boat. For another $100, I can add a third screen anywhere on the boat...

Sounds like fun for only $850. Is it the best sonar, no. Is it the best plotter, maybe. Is it the most versatile option for under $1K, I think so.

Great to see more live reports!  Hopefully the fishing picks up for you tomorrow, but at least you had calm water.  There hasn't been very much of that this year!

Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one having panic attacks late at night while digging through specs!

The two are very close in specis, but I'm going with the GO7 over the Elite for a couple of reasons... the GO7 has multitouch which allows "pinching" to zoom in and out, which the Elite does not. The GO7 also has the ability to hook into Insight Genesis mapping services so I can make my own maps (the Elite might have this?). Lastly, the GO7 is more compact and will fit into the places I'm thinking to put it.

Both use the same totalscan transducer. Make sure to get that ducer instead of the normal if you want to use structurescan aka side scan.

I don't agree with the rep about the thruhull though... when I had my thruhull ducer, it held bottom at all times and had almost no interference. It will exclude downscan and sidescan I think though.

I'm in the same boat, but probably will upgrade to Fishhawk first then new sonar/gps. Down speed/temp has higher priority then an older sonar that still works ok.

yes/no?

jetsled

If you have no downspeed yet, I would definitely agree!

I have a lot of issues with my depthraider, but it works well enough to make it hard to justify the $800 for a new system.

From what I was reading, the hds gen 3 can do CHIRP, but the gen2 cannot without adding a $500 module to it.

I am kinda digging the idea of turning my console into a touchscreen computer. I'd like to put the new finder on the rear of the boat, but I am worried someone would knock into it while fighting a fish, breaking the mount, and sending it overboard.

Ps. The HDS9 gen2 for $1K was in the front of the pack until I read about the CHIRP needing a module.

I may end up wanting a thruhull transducer again for whatever I go with, but that will be a winter project.

From what I was reading, the hds gen 3 can do CHIRP, but the gen2 cannot without adding a $500 module to it.

I am kinda digging the idea of turning my console into a touchscreen computer. I'd like to put the new finder on the rear of the boat, but I am worried someone would knock into it while fighting a fish, breaking the mount, and sending it overboard.

Figuring out the right fish finder is a real headache!

 

So far, this is where I'm at after further research.  Wifi would be nice, but I'm not sure I'd really ever use it.  Touchscreen would be nice, but I can probably live without it.  CHIRP would be nice, but can I live without it?

 

I really like the GO7, for $650, if I could fit two side by side it would be a no brainer, but unfortunately, I don't have the room.

The Helix9 is a nice display and cheap at $600, but no touchscreen, wifi, or CHIRP.

The HDS-9 GEN2 is nice, but no CHIRP, can do wifi with a $200 add on, $1200 total.

The GPSMAP 840XS has a lot going for it, slightly smaller screen and not a touchscreen, but does have CHIRP.

The NSS9 (refurbished) has everything but is $1600 once you add on a transducer and wifi.

The A98 looks like a solid unit for $1300 with touchscreen, wifi, and CHIRP.

 

Another option is to do something slightly different... get a GO5 and a tablet.  I'd mount the tablet where the fish finder would normally go and the GO5 would get mounted down by my autopilot control.

 

Have I mentioned that I'm really terrible at making decisions?

Ok just stopped at Cabelas on my way home...

I didn't care for the Raymarine units. I liked the Humminbirds and Garmins. The Lowrances were just ok.

Each had their pros/cons, but two things I think I really want are Touchscreen and WiFi.

I need to find somewhere to check out the Simrad NSS7 Evo2.

What I'm starting to think, is maybe just replace my current finder with a smaller unit that has wifi and use a big tablet. It looks like the Simrad app gives you full replication of the unit for control from the tablet.

Anyone near Sodus have one?

Any consideration of an in hull transducer? I have been very impressed by the two boats I fish on that have them...

How fitting that during today's wind, these pictures from 3 years ago popped up...