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That's me. I have a few boats and everything is lowrance or Simrad and Simrad is just for the power to run high powered ducers in deep water but they will all run on the existing wiring where they mount. Stuck a new map card in my bay/fresh water boat rear unit a few weeks back and it locked it up. No big deal that's why I run all the same stuff took the top unit off the front swapped it to the rear got my side scan back and finished the day out. Turns out it just needed a update to fix it. 3 units on that boat and the will all enterchange in a tight. and the way I fish only need 2 working.
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For pole or screen? You may know but there are different sizes. If your trying to do a 12 inch screen you will need the 1 1/2 in ball or it will move around on you. Or if you tighten the smaller ones enough to make ridged it will crush the ball. I only have the original RAM brand so I don't know if there are better or worse Options. Amazon and ebay were best prices for me. If your thinking of ram mount for pole that sucks I did that first and hated it. Made the drop in style and that's great.
For either unit or pole, I recommend the 2.25" D-size. Since the head unit is heavy, it would still be prone to moving in bouncy conditions with a D-sized ball.
On my previous boats, I put 4 bolts w/rubber feet on the unit's gimbal mount base and let the unit sit on the rubber feet then secured the clamp. It was definitely ugly but it worked since I swapped it between boats.
I currently use a 2.25" ball on my pole and it tends to move in heavy current but I'm using a 1.25" pic pipe (2' underwater) so there's a lot of drag.
On my previous boats, I put 4 bolts w/rubber feet on the unit's gimbal mount base and let the unit sit on the rubber feet then secured the clamp. It was definitely ugly but it worked since I swapped it between boats.
I currently use a 2.25" ball on my pole and it tends to move in heavy current but I'm using a 1.25" pic pipe (2' underwater) so there's a lot of drag.
I got me one of those stowaway mounts headed this way also.
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I was gonna build a portable set up but I keep having visions of it falling overboard or blowing out of the boat going down the road. I’m just gonna put my battery and black box in a small waterproof case and drop it in the anchor locker. Take my battery out to charge. Put a quick connect plug on it.
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I got a go fund me to buy gas for Next Saturday if y’all wanna help me out…
Yeah, wait till you see fish chase your bait and not bite, you'll get good at switching baits, lol.
I had a pic of my net covering Threadfins on the sidescan and I was amazed with it but that video was next level!
On our last trip with it, we thought we were seeing sheepshead until we landed 2 decent hardheads. We did catch sheeps but I'm pretty sure a bunch of the markings were catfish judging buy the amount of swing and misses we had.
I had a pic of my net covering Threadfins on the sidescan and I was amazed with it but that video was next level!
On our last trip with it, we thought we were seeing sheepshead until we landed 2 decent hardheads. We did catch sheeps but I'm pretty sure a bunch of the markings were catfish judging buy the amount of swing and misses we had.
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Your gonna love it. It's a little strange at first getting distance and coordination down but It gets easier every time you take it out. No more wondering what's there and if it will bite. Cast netting will be the easiest right out of the gate find them with side scan and just run'em down with the T motor and throw on'em if they are shallow use the perspective mode so you can lead them on the move if they are deep use the forward to see if they are outrunning the net.Seems like that's your main reason of getting this? Sorry man but your Pushing/spider rigging will probably be over now you will see when you use it on the spread.LOL Go wreck'em Joey!
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First trip this morning with my Livescope.
All I can say is Wow. Ive been in a boat since I was 6 or 7 years old and would have never believed all that was going on underneath me. It’s amazing. Like a window into a giant aquarium. Wind was awful but I managed probably a dozen perch up to 12” and as many bream. Darn bream are stacked up in 16-18’ FOW.
Amazing technology
All I can say is Wow. Ive been in a boat since I was 6 or 7 years old and would have never believed all that was going on underneath me. It’s amazing. Like a window into a giant aquarium. Wind was awful but I managed probably a dozen perch up to 12” and as many bream. Darn bream are stacked up in 16-18’ FOW.
Amazing technology
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How many shad balls you see? How much easier will bait catching be now you think?
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Man the damn things were following me around. I been throwing the net off the wrong end of the boat all these years.😂
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