Some pics from my 1st day fishing with my Helix10 DI/GPS.

Rickie and I set up the boat with the DI transducer and "no-donut" puck on the da ducer apparatus. I don't use my front unit 20% as much as the console unit, new 1199, so transducer on the Terrova was never considered.

I went to an area where I do a lot of crankbait trolling close by and I knew it was covered up in large stumps right on the edge/top of a steep break. The crappie weren't there but I was more interested in making sure I was happy with the Helix10 and my set-up. Thrilled would be a better term.

Keep in mind these pics have been blown up from the small size they were on my phone. The picture clarity on the Helix is amazing, much better than any of the 2 788s, 2 898s, 998, and current 1199 I have owned.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...psua3ln7qb.jpg

Here is the same stump on 2D:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscktihicd.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshbdetlho.jpg

Since I'm barely capable of turning on a computer, resizing the pics on my phone to e-mail is not my strong suit. Rickie has the same pics so maybe after he gets out of the deer shooting-box, he can clear them up for me.

To say I'm impressed with the Helix 10 doesn't come close to saying how happy I am with it.

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psorkqhjex.jpg

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psckqigw9g.jpg

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psth6b9p5j.jpg

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps5fncqjdy.jpg

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psoef1cepa.jpg

Rickie

Thanks Cuz. I knew you could bail me out.

One more thing, I LOVE the red track mark. The direction pointer could be a little darker but bearable.

BTW, I wouldn't be making those tight turns dragging 10 cranks behind the boat.

Excellent!

good picks

I'm impressed, looks good to me. Of course I wouldn't expect any different, since you had Rickie helping on the install .

all look really great. I see why your happy with the helix.
These two pictures. Are they the same color pallette?http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psth6b9p5j.jpghttp://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscktihicd.jpg

Wow that is really clear

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Originally Posted by kosmo

all look really great. I see why your happy with the helix.
These two pictures. Are they the same color pallette?http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psth6b9p5j.jpghttp://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscktihicd.jpg

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Yes.
The only set-up changes I made from what Rickie had set up initially was on the LakeMaster menu for lake offset and depth colors. I was just switching back and forth from DI to 2D split screen with the map. I'm starting to feel the same way about the LakeMaster cards as I am about my Terrova, I would quit fishing if I had to go back to my old ways of doing things.

I did have one issue that ended up making me look like I had egg on my face--I was trolling along and thought since I was in the boat by myself and I was on the front deck, I would shut off the 1199. When I went back to the Helix, I had lost my waypoints! What did I do to lose my danged waypoints? I pushed all the buttons that I thought might solve the issue but nothing helped. A call to Rickie would do it. About the time he answered, I realized what I had done! I had turned off my link to my waypoints, the 1199. I remembered him saying since the units were networked, he would only put them on the 1199 to keep me from having duplicates of all of them. I'll probably just deal with the duplicates and load the waypoints onto the Helix also. It would do my heart good.

nice pics,

Lovin that unit. And at a great price too.

Is the red track line something new on the helix or is that a setting that Rickie put on there.

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Originally Posted by Joey Clark

Is the red track line something new on the helix or is that a setting that Rickie put on there.

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I have to assume it is something new for the Helix. I sure do like it.

I like it to was hoping it was something Rickie did. The light blue line seems to blend in on the lake cards at times.

I have a humminbird 386,that has the red track line option.I really don't no if my 998 has red or not

About the Track Color - My Helix 5 DI GPS will let me choose my track color, so I guess all the Helixes will do the same.

Here is what is says in the manual:

The Current Track Submenu includes the following options:
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Appearance allows you to change the style and color of the current track. (Breadcrumb Trail, Dashed Line, Solid Line or Wide Line, and if a line, the color of the line, or Color By Depth).

In the last picture, why is the red track going over land? How accurate is the track?

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Originally Posted by Tracker123

In the last picture, why is the red track going over land? How accurate is the track?

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No. That is the 10 foot depth coloration. Green is 10 feet deep and up to 4 feet where I have it colored in red.. That is the number 1 feature of the LakeMaster card I love. I can set the lake level off-set for winter pool level, the depth off-set color at what ever depth I want to troll, and the shallow water depth in red to warn me.

No compassion in the LakeMaster vs Navionics cards on KY and Barkley Lakes. LakeMaster is extremely accurate the vast majority of the time if I have the set-up correct on the unit.

I've had a few PM's asking which DI xducer we installed with Doug's HELIX 10 DI ...

We used the stock XNT 9 DI T (and its stock transom mount hardware) mounted directly to da'ducer apparatus® ...

(Doug doesn't use 2d much at the bow so it wasn't an advantage in exchanging for the 200kHz/83kHz of the optional XTM 9 WIDE DI 20 T) ...

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psn7czg1jm.png

Rickie

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Originally Posted by rnvinc

I've had a few PM's asking which DI xducer we installed with Doug's HELIX 10 DI ...

We used the stock XNT 9 DI T (and its stock transom mount hardware) mounted directly to da'ducer apparatus® ...

(Doug doesn't use 2d much at the bow so it wasn't an advantage in exchanging for the 200kHz/83kHz of the optional XTM 9 WIDE DI 20 T) ...

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psn7czg1jm.png

Rickie

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What sonar mount is used here? Balzout? Looks like it has good height
thanks

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Originally Posted by vic n

What sonar mount is used here? Balzout? Looks like it has good height
thanks

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That's a 12 inch prototype mount that a friend is working the bugs out of. I think he is hoping to have it in production soon. It is super adjustable and rock solid. I was leery of the tall mount after losing a 788DI off a RAM mount last spring. He's working on some new rod storage rack prototypes also that a couple of guys on Ky Forum are running.

It's a monitor mount that I make in my shop
All CNC machined
I have a 6"a 9"a 10" and a 12" arm height
I also have a knuckle you can put any 2 lengths together
I run a 12" with a 6" on top of that. Gets my unit 18-19" up off the deck. When sitting in my fishing seat I don't have to bend down to get to my screen to make any changes

Nice Shots...

What kind of water clarity do you have where you took those pics I run a 898 hd si and I've never gotten anything close to that good a pic at grenada or the other 3 muddy water lakes

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Originally Posted by Boatbottom

What kind of water clarity do you have where you took those pics I run a 898 hd si and I've never gotten anything close to that good a pic at grenada or the other 3 muddy water lakes

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Your biggest difference than Doug's would be that your 898 does not have a dedicated DI piezo ...Doug uses HELIX 10 DI on the bow ...

The DI images in the HB SI core units (like your 898 SI) is a computer generated blend of the left and right SI image ...

Rickie

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Originally Posted by Boatbottom

What kind of water clarity do you have where you took those pics I run a 898 hd si and I've never gotten anything close to that good a pic at grenada or the other 3 muddy water lakes

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The water was stained but not muddy. It was the kind of clarity I would expect in mid summer.

That is also why I bought the Helix10 DI/GPS.