Kayak Sonar Discussion

[TJones]

Originally Posted by Newguyhere

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. that does not look good at all. you got some sore of interference. bad wire, bad ground, maybe bad transducer? try running demo and see what happens if that unit has this option? check your transducer plug and make sure it is seated well. no matter what you did with settings, your screen should not have that fuzzy bar. in another thread you had mentioned that you were loosing picture after a certain depth. check your depth settings and leave it on auto. you it is set at manual of 100' and you go out of range, the unit will go haywire.

[Newguyhere]

It's just weird bc it seems to work fine under 100 feet.

[chris138]

Did you ever get this figured out?

[Newguyhere]

I did not. From what I've read though the cheaper lowrance units are hit or miss. I only paid 80 bucks for it after rebates and sale.
I ended up upgrading to a Garmin echomap plus 64cv.

[chris138]

Originally Posted by Newguyhere

I did not. From what I've read though the cheaper lowrance units are hit or miss. I only paid 80 bucks for it after rebates and sale.
I ended up upgrading to a Garmin echomap plus 64cv.

Right on. I've heard similar things. The kayak life is probably the harshest environment for a sonar. Often its corrosion on the connector pins or power supply terminals that causes problems, but also the power supply fuse can give you issues too. Ever since I had like three of those damn fuses corrode I wont even install it anymore.

You will have to let us know how you like your Garmin, I have heard good things.

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by Newguyhere

It's just weird bc it seems to work fine under 100 feet.

If there are other boats and or kayaks in the area, that interference can be caused by they’re transducer. Especially if their gain is high. The waves between your boats are essentially crossing each other.


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[Salty]

What destroyed my mac?? Mac was on a 6oz drop shot. No sea lions in the area. Got this mark and about a minute later this happened to my mac. Could feel several strong hits, kept the drag a little loose, hoping it would take the hook. Something ran with it pretty good, then nothing. Twisted the hook up pretty good/

[SoCalEDC]

Originally Posted by Salty

What destroyed my mac?? Mac was on a 6oz drop shot. No sea lions in the area. Got this mark and about a minute later this happened to my mac. Could feel several strong hits, kept the drag a little loose, hoping it would take the hook. Something ran with it pretty good, then nothing. Twisted the hook up pretty good/

You sure it wasn't a sea lion? I have had them do that exact same thing to my baits on multiple occasions. They are smart enough to avoid that hook (usually)

[Salty]

Originally Posted by SoCalEDC

You sure it wasn't a sea lion? I have had them do that exact same thing to my baits on multiple occasions. They are smart enough to avoid that hook (usually)

Yeah, I've had them do the exact same thing many times too(and same thing with roosters in southern Baja!). Sea lions were not around me at the time. Usually I'll see them in the area approaching or mark them diving/surfacing on the finder. Whatever it was was hitting it in about 5 second intervals before finally running with it. and taking everything but the head. Weight was on the bottom, Mac was about 10" up the line on a short dropper loop

[GregAndrew]

Well, this thread has not seen much action for a while. Though I might add a few pics for discussion. What do you think you see here?