Thread: XI5/ Gateway yard test, not good

I'll bet you had your neighbors scratching their heads

Is it possible the issue is that the TM is going to the waypoint but is off because the GPS that was used was the HDS.

What I mean is it possible the TM is in the location that the HDS was in when the waypoint was created

Originally Posted by brettw

i want to be sure we're doing the same procedure.
find way pt on Hds,
tell trolling motor to go to it and anchor.
correct?

Yes. I was sitting at console about 4-5' north of a stump. I created the waypoint with the HDS. I then fished away. I went back to the HDS and selected go to cursor, which I had moved to the waypoint (I guess technically I didn't select the waypoint directly, don't know if that makes a difference). I ended up about 4' east of that point.

Rprince80 has a point, if you have the tm over the brush pile, and create the waypoint with the HDS, then the waypoint is gonna be off, by whatever the distance is between the tm and the HDS. Whenever you go back, you are going to the HDS's wp, not the brush pile.

I guess I really don't know from where the waypoint is made, when selecting it. I assume the tm from the remote and the HDS if using the HDS. If so, the tm will always be off, when using HDS wp's. My experience was based on setting a wp sitting at the HDS and seeing where the HDS was relative to the wp on return.

Originally Posted by okhawg

Last week I was on the lake and twice I monitored it intently. I parked by trees for reference and the Xi5 kept me within 2-3' for 10+ minutes both times. In playing with it, I marked a waypoint by another stump then fished away from it. When I told it to go back to that waypoint (probably 30 yds away), it got within 5'. Don't know if the Xi5's shipped with different software or not. I ordered mine early March.

I'm not sure exactly how accurate the xi5 is , using spot lock, but I can say that it does do a very good job (iif the wind is blowing).
I don't drop markers, but I watch the structure I'm fishing on 360, while the spot lock is activated. The spot lock holds my boat way better than I could so manually, with a cable steer trolling motor.The harder the wind blows, the better it works. (I've been out on some pretty windy days).I've not try ed to record any routes yet so I don't no how accurate that will be.

Usually I motor right over a way pt and when I see it on DI I toss a bouy and come back. The brush is there.
i was hoping I could avoid that by just telling the TM where to go and it would put me on the same spot.
ideas?

Originally Posted by brettw

Usually I motor right over a way pt and when I see it on DI I toss a bouy and come back. The brush is there.
i was hoping I could avoid that by just telling the TM where to go and it would put me on the same spot.
ideas?

Put 12 rods in the water in front of the boat ... They will tell you when you get to the brush ...

I Promise ...!!

Rickie

12 rods?
who do you think I am, The Crappie Kidd?

Back to my point.
my Hds has found and I marked lots of targets, giving them each a very specific gps.
i can return to it over and over with the Hds.
But, thus far, the Hds sending the exact gps coordinates to the xi5, has not resulted in the same action.
it goes to a location so far off I can't find the brush.