Thread: Turning off electronics

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

I do too MOST of the time, until my battery croaks.
My guide friend turns EVERYTHING off when the fish are shallow and spooky.

I fished an area regularly and knew where the fish would be but liked to keep the graph on for the slow times. 25fow. The front unit at the time was a HB 565 and not too high powered. The console was a Low 527 rated for 4000 watts and had a narrow cone, 12*. Pulling up to the spot I left both units on and caught a few fish as I usually did. In about 20 minutes the nite quit, real out of character for the place. I drifted off of it and gave it 20 or 30 minutes, turned off both units, and went back to it. I caught fish for the next 3 hours til I left to go home, and left em biting. I will say that the low unit had such a ping that it could be heard, at times, by myself and passenger in the boat. I try now to only use one unit when keeping one on. I have had this conversation with many people and have heard a lot of arguments one side or the other, I feel that when they aren't that active it can make a difference. There are times when you could troll with one of Mama's curlers and take a limit, and I'm sure it wouldn't matter. This was just my experience.

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