Fish Hawk TD

[1 old guy]

  Just wondering is the Fish Hawk TD worth buying or not  ??????

 

Thanks in advance

Edited April 29, 2016 by 1 old guy

[TyeeTanic]

If you don't have anything else to tell you down temp yes it is worth it.

[Sk8man]

I previously posted this regarding the same question:

 

I can't answer the whether it is worth the $150 or not but where I find one useful is in determining where my lines actually run depth- wise and in the desired temperature range. It is most useful when and after the thermocline forms usually around mid to late June or so I use it with coppers and leadcore primarily but it works with a dipsey setup as well.  I also use it in summer to find a starting point for the thermocline for my Seth Green rigs on the Finger Lakes as it can give you a temperature profile at 5 ft intervals down to 100 ft which is what I am mainly interested in then. I attach mine to a downrigger when totally still in the water and I have a recording sheet for 100 ft at 5 ft intervals and I run it down and then back up and record the data at th 5 ft.intervals and look for the area where the temp changes the most radically and that will be the thermocline so I set my lines so I am fishing within and slightly above it (also taking into consideration specific species preferred temps which may or may not be as accurate or valid as some folks may think) as I am not interested in lakers much of the time I fish. This method only gives a starting point which is better than nothing but the thermocline varies in the water column in terms of depth and in various parts of the lakes to so it isn't foolproof and it isn't momentary like say a Fishawk X series but is better than nothing for someone on a tight budget.

[garrymny]

Well, I bought one, and only used it once. Dropped it down reeled it up, and it gave readings every 5 feet as advertised. I know that's not much value added to the thread, but I did think it would be useful, to have as a starting point. I also picked up a MAC-JAC analog temp gauge. Old fashioned. The gauge is mounted to the center of a spool, on which is 150 feet of wire, and on the end of this wire is a temp bulb. I put downrigger wire on it, all along the electric wire, and I will attach it to an 8 lb ball. I made a bracket for it, and it will basically work just like a downrigger, but it will be just for temperature. It takes a 9 volt battery, and you push a button to read the temp. I got it at Capt Bobs in Clarence. He has another one too. I paid $45. Have not tried it yet, and I will calibrate it in a jar of cold water before I use it.  There is a calibration pot on it. I thought for$ 45 I would try it. The benfit over the Fish Hawk TD is that I can read temp in real time as I troll along, just like a Fish Hawk.