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@@mike7435 nope

I would check the settings for type of fishing, example freshwater, saltwater or ice fishing. Then make sure you have the right sonar selected. Lastly play with the gain

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It does not have that ability what you’re referring to or asking about is a function of the Garmin units that have active Capt. capability

That is a good call on the branch. I fished a lot of highland style lakes. Lots of rocks and ledges.

I am over $100K in the hole so far

Yes it does. The imagine in the video with a blue background is an example of DI. It also has 2D down and Side scan.

Great point. Been looking at the mega live for my helix. Thats my biggest concern, it's dependent on trolling motor direction with a trolling motor mount. I want to point the transducer in the direction I want to look regardless of where the trolling motor is. I'll probably do a pole mount setup.

Bought a boat and have never used the kayak since

I am guessing you are adjusting your sensitivity, I keep turning mine down until everything starts to disappear. Then I will slowly turn back up until I spot fish.

I can send you a picture if you would like

All electronics should go to the starting battery. Some people will use a battery just for electronics. In my case I have two batteries hooked together for my starting, they’re still 12 volts.

Awesome good to know. Thank you for the response!

So since you’re gonna be running humminbirds, you’re gonna want to get the quest with the built-in transducer for hummingbirds basically the MDI. So anything that transducer goes over the top of that’s what you’re gonna be seeing underneath the boat so if you zigzag the boat in and out, yes, that is correct when it comes to the forward facing sonar, if you zigzag in and out, but always keep the forward facing in one direction like a 45 to the bank you’ll always see that. That is very difficult to do when you use the trolling motor to go away from the bank because typically the transducer will be looking out deeper. If you want to constantly look at the bank, while the boat goes in and out, you need to put the transducer on a separate arm that you control manually.

When you have a forward facing transducer on the shaft or the trolling motor and you hit spot lock, trolling motor will constantly be turning and your forward facing sonar will look wherever the trolling motor is pointing. Hummingbird has released a new product called target lock, which is a secondary arm, allowing you to look wherever you want without influence of the direction of the trolling motor.

I clearly have to do some more research on this. I was trying to avoid a secondary arm, as in Mega 360, as I don't like all the extra "clutter" on the TM. I wasn't aware Target lock was a secondary arm. Thanks for the detailed explanation and reply.

@@BeardedBassBrawler In regard to interference, I have two Interstate batteries (24V) for my trolling motor. I'm looking to add a Tracker Lithium deep cycle battery to my graphs and SI, and eventually Target Lock. Will the two different style batteries create any interference or any other issues to performance? Thank you!!

Surprisingly, the hooks don’t really grab into the foam but every once in a while, I’ll get a swivel stuck to it. I just got a habit of tapping the top of the box a couple times before opening it.

I’ve actually bought another box a little bit smaller, but I put all my Dropshot stuff in

Once you’re powered up and on the screen that you want to look at hit the power button once, you’ll see a menu pop-up look for edit overlay. You can turn everything on and off there and control the size and placement.

@@BeardedBassBrawler ok thank you

So far, I have gotten zero water inside my lockers. I do keep the boat inside a garage and I’ve only been caught in the rain once and was able to make it to a marina within about 10 minutes.

Tell him when he’s on the map screen to go to the overlay function and hit structure. Everything on the side scan will now appear on his maps, by far my favorite function.

I am guessing so the tap came with a drill bit set for it

@@BeardedBassBrawler ok, I just looked up the 3/8-16 tap at Home Depot and they have a combo set which comes with a 5/16” bit.

@@chrissmith2305 just go slow work it down and back out a couple time before just sending it. Oil helps.

So when I anchor off the back of the boat, the nose of the kayak is going to have a tendency to turn a little bit to the right in the current and when anchoring off the bow it will turn to the left. This position my kayak for me to cast easier. Also when drifting with a sock in the salt water it gives me a better drift.

I sent both grounds to the same spot. I think I left it out in the video and forgot to add a note that I did that at the bottom.

@@BeardedBassBrawler I had some people say that’s why I’m getting that message. I did the same thing you did.

Do you have lake levels to worry about? The other thing that controls that is the number of Satellites. 3 satellites to get coordinates with like 50’ accuracy, 5 gets you to 15’ accuracy and 7 or more is down to 3-5’ accuracy

You might have to go to your settings and edit, overlay information and make sure that both of those are turned on. Typically with the temperature it’ll take a couple minutes to get to the right temperature after the transducer is in the water for a while.

@@BeardedBassBrawler ok great, can I get the temperature reading in garage without getting on the lake?

Yes, you can only difference is you’re just gonna get the temperature of that room or air

@@BeardedBassBrawler oh okay, Thanks sir.

I used the Hydro wave the last 3 days now and I feel like it worked well. The shad spawn is just finishing up and bass are chasing them like crazy. Right now seems to be the most effective. Winter time not as much.

Don’t really need one. There are probes on the transducer so when it comes out of water it quits. The Lowrance and Garmin have “boxes” and that is where the real drain comes from

@@BeardedBassBrawler I bought a used mega live and I could’ve swore I’ve been told to make sure I put it on a switch.

If you’re running old-school batteries or you’re under powered, I can see where you want to do that but truthfully with today’s technology and with the right set up on your batteries, it’s just not necessary

@@BeardedBassBrawler have you had any issues with crosstalk with the new update? It may only be on the solix, I’m not sure of your head unit.

The newest update for megaLive has not caused any issues and cleaned up my image. I have not done the newest updates on the helix units yet only the Ultrex, the mega 360 and the remote.

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You can buy a navionics card if your lake is on it. Check out there website to make sure you lake is included first

Basically nothing I think it is like 1.5 amp hours for all lights at the same time. It never had a noticeable effect on the battery

@@BeardedBassBrawler thank you!

While on Sonar only screen just hit the minus button

@@BeardedBassBrawler thanks

I didn’t order the tube holder in mine. There should be screws to pull it out though.

@@BeardedBassBrawler yep was just curious. I’ll remove mine. Thanks Man! Great video.

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I have don’t lights that are “live well” lights and sealed them up really well with silicone. Make all the connections inside the hull. Me personally I don’t think it is necessary since the way you see it on my kayak already attracts a ton of bait fish.

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