Downrigger temp sensor

[Chinook Chaser]

I am considering buying a fish hawk downrigger temp speed sensor but I have heard many stories of them getting lost due to cable twist and other factors. Is their a way to secure it better so it won't come off?

[jigstick]

I think good cable inspection is the key here.  Ive never had my rigger cable twist / knot / kink yet.  Not sure how I could even make it happen.  As long as you are using cable that is in good shape you should not be losing probes.  Make sure your cable terminals are done correctly.  The only way I see MYSELF losing a probe is if Im not paying attention when bouncing a ball on the bottom for lakers…But I tend NOT to use my probe rigger for that duty.  I only bounce the rigger which doesn't have the probe on it.

[Chinook Chaser]

Thanks for the info! Just nervous about loosing a $600 probe!

[Iceman]

Replacement brand new probes are available on e-bay for $245.

[Adk1]

I thought the Fish Hawk didnt have a cable

[rbonnell]

The fish hawk don't have a cable

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[Adk1]

oh so the cable twist referred to is the downrigger cable

[Chinook Chaser]

I was told by several people that they lost theirs. Thought they said due to some cable twisting. Must be the downrigger cable.

[jigstick]

Correct.  The Fishhawk system uses a transducer to transmit data, not a coated rigger cable.  If you lose a Fishhawk probe, its because something very very bad happened to our normal wire downrigger cable.