Some Saturday Screenshots from Jordan

Thought you may enjoy a few shots from yesterday on the water. Fished a little and caught two over a pound, but most of the day was dedicated to electronics. Some of the shots are classic cold water ones with the shad schooling up for winter. The one big surprise of the day was how high the shad are in the water column with water temperature around 54.

Old Pea Ridge Road bridge--my grandparents home was a couple of hundred yards from this bridge. Loads of bait in the water. Lots of structure for the bass guys out there.

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Classic Jordan schools of shad. The two fish following the school are probably bass by their size.

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With the water at 54, surprised so many fish at 12'.

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Another typical Jordan shot.

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Wow that is amazing, never really thought about it but a day dedicated to working the kinks out of my Garmin and learning to read it would really pay off if I could get it to look half this good. Thank you very much.

Those are some nice shots. I spent this summer away from the tubers,jet skis, recording, learning. Now I am starting to see the benefits of my labor. What unit are you using?

i see your unit is operating at 13.9 volts, that seems real high to me, nice pics, but in si it reads 12.1-11.9volts (which is normal) is it the same unit, what made it change, are u running the unit off a 24volt system?

Prolly running on the cranking battery under charge

I think they have a new Solix. Those things are pricey, but those are the best shots I've seen. Good job Men.

Great pictures, I just wish I could get my HB to be that good!:highfive

Using the new Solix 10, but have had some issues. I think they are now all resolved with the exception of the transducer setting. We're going to need to make an adjustment to make sure it is perfectly level. When we are on a level flat, I should be seeing the exact colors and reading on both sides. Right now I think we are off a little bit.

Over the past couple of years with the Onix I have never turned on the volt meter reading on the screen. In trying to solve some issues, I now leave it on so I can watch the meter readouts. Some are around 13.8 and that is with the big motor running. We have a 24-volt trolling motor, but have completely separate batteries dedicated just for the Minn Kota. With the big motor off, the volt reading will drop and you can see one reading at 11.9. I will keep watching the volt readout to make sure it doesn't drop any lower.

you can definetly tell with the dark on one side and instant bottom on the other side that she still needs some tweaking, though it maybe more of an on the water wieght balance issue��

The new mega-imaging technology is great, but does need more fine-tuning than in the old days. You have to spend time on the water getting things dialed-in just right.

My Helix 9 will not power up and has power to it but I can't find a phone number of where to get it repaired accept somewhere in Canada anybody have info on where to get repaired ? Thanks in advance

I've been on the phone with Humminbird while in the boat. Several weeks ago I downloaded and saved to my computer the owner's manual. I put a copy on a thumb drive and took it down to my local Fedex office and printed it out. I keep the owner's manual on the boat with me at all times. The contact number in the manual is: 800-633-1468. Hours are M-F 8:00-4:40 CST.

An interesting observation I saw when looking at the screenshots yesterday. You will notice that the water temperature in the screenshots are at 54, which is the surface temp at the transducer. I looked at the Army Corps reading for Saturday and found the temp at 62. I think this reading is taken at 7' or 9' below the surface. I was surprised that there is an eight degree difference in the water temperatures at so close a level, but this would explain why the shad are still high up in the water column. The cool water temps will drop with time, but it is something to remember for next Autumn when you are fishing.

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WILMINGTON DISTRICT, WILMINGTON, N.C. SATURDAY 18 NOV 2017
DAILY REPORT FOR B. EVERETT JORDAN LAKE, CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Weather (0800 hours yesterday to 0800 hours today) Total Wtr. Sup. Wthdrw. (MGD.) = 25.35
Maximum temperature, degrees Fahrenheit=-99 Midnight Elevation Yesterday = 212.41
Minimum temperature, degrees Fahrenheit=-99 Midnight Elevation Today = 212.36
Lake temperature, degrees Fahrenheit= 62 Midnight Storage Yesterday = 169114.00
24 hour total rainfall (inches)= 0.00 Midnight Storage Today = 168522.00
Storage change (ac-ft) = 592.00

Jordanlimit I would love to pick your brain about crappie fishing, you have me thinking about things I have never even contemplated before. I hope to run into on the water one of these days.

Nice pictures

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Jordanlimit I would love to pick your brain about crappie fishing, you have me thinking about things I have never even contemplated before. I hope to run into on the water one of these days.

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Look for the big Targa out there with two of the nicest fellas you could ever meet, and you most likely have found Jordanlimit and Hunter.

I can only get those quality picture when I switch to Demo mode, then they are perfect

These shots are not dialed in just right yet. We've got to adjust the angle of the transducer and then work with all the settings. I keep the manual in a computer bag on the floorboard under the steering wheel. As with all computer technology, it's one step at a time!!