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Being as how it seems unwise and fraught with too many issues, I have decided to not attempt to find a way to put a thru hull transducer in my aluminum boat. However I'm pretty serious about being able to id bait/fish on plane so I'm looking at pairing an Airmar TM260 1kW transom mount with a HDS gen 3 display. I can get a TM260 with Navico 7 pin blue (the BL version) or with Navico 9 pin Xsonic connector (the 9N version). Which one plugs into the HDS gen 3?

Then count me in on the criticism too. Everybody I talked to on the morning of the 25th from Lockport to the Oak knew the lake was unfit for small craft. As far as I'm concerned to go out in that and risk harm to others and your family on shore was where things were really insensitive, self serving and arrogant.

I was fishing out at the Oak during this period of time and as Paul and others have said said it was common knowledge that this fisherman was proud to say they were all about taking chances. It is a simple fact that this kind of arrogance combined with the unpredictable nature of fishing on the Great Lakes breeds serious trouble very predictably.

I’m ok thanks

Yes , been around Hank long enough to avoid that pitfall

I did receive my lgc 4000 but it doesn’t plug-in to the Global map display??

Installed a new FH and 1st Time use yesterday had temp/speed briefly once down at 10’ FOW otherwise zip, Does this sound like a symptom of any typical install error?

I want everyone to know I’ve known these folks since I joined the forum years ago and from day 1 they have epitomized the giving spirit of LOU.

No matter how personable your Insurance company is - they are not your friend. they are in business to make the most profit possible. Unfortunately this has been a real eye opening experience. Check your coverage often and very carefully because they are not there to help you when you need it most

Had some nice Hammerhead rigs and some Grease taps both of which were productive but alas they are all history

I ordered a LGC-4000. Pretty good chance I will upgrade my electronics next year but putting in the Fishhawk and the TrollMaster is it for me for now though I did make sure I left a wire snake in the hull passage so threading a new unit wont be too big a deal. I also put in a large transducer block on the transom when I mounted the Fishhawk transducer so I've got options there too.

Yes. Niagara river/bar w/ 3 way. Fingerlakes jig w/ plastics. And whenever I get them trolling but I only smoke the FLX lakers

Thanks!!

Get Tuna's drag washers for them too- be a huge improvement!

I have an older Lowrance global map GPS unit and I have been having an increasing number of instances in which I have no gps and get the "module not responding" prompt. Eventually it does come on but sometimes not for an hour or so. The puck is mounted on the bow of my islander. Any advice?

Yep, life is like a box of chocolates ...

Lost my house, garage, truck and the Sportcraft 232 GLS that Hank and I spent the last few months rigging up to a fire last week. All my tackle and rods accumulated over the last 14 years were in the Sportcraft except my light/shallow Browns stuff and 4,6, and 8 color reels all of which was in my little boat. I am super extremely fortunate that I still have my old friend 'Emily' a StarCraft Islander that I was trying to sell. The thing that makes this kind of interesting is that I'm trying to replace as little of my crap as I can so that I don't use up my 'House contents insurance money' on stuff I just don't need. So here's what I've gotten: A FishHawk unit, 2 riggers w/ double rod holders, 2 weights + releases & 2 stacker releases. I got an Okuma 55 High speed(HS) w/ 300' copper and put it on a cheap Okuma pro rod, an Okuma 55 HS w/ 400' copper also on a cheap Okuma pro, and 2 Okuma HS reels w/ wire for divers on 7' Talora rigger rods w/ twilli tips. I respooled my browns rigger reels w/ 30# Ande and stuck them on 4 new cheap 6'6"' MH uglistiks from Walmart. For tackle I got 6 spin doctors in basic greens / whites, etc.. For flies I got like 5 of Tommy's and 5 of BW's + a couple meat rig combos. For spoons I got 6 Yecks and 6 DWs. I'm ready to fish!! Let's see how it goes- I'm wondering if just concentrating on these handful of baits just might make it easier to concentrate on the fish and be more enjoyable too. I'll keep you posted.

The connection that I have from the transducer is black in color and will only fit into the "Structure" port on the back of the unit. Am I missing an adapter or do I have the wrong model Airmar transducer?

I am familiar with the prompts that both of you are speaking about. I know I set internal sonar on. Not sure if if the unit is set to global or not. Have to do some checking. Thnx for input gents.

THANKS!!!! I looked for it there and emailed them but didn't have any luck. I got one, don't need grief if there was a problem and I 'altered' anything...