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I ran across this video this morning.if I had this set up, I'm pretty sure catching crappie would be a little easier.i don't keep up with the gear and electronics, if there is someone that does, (Ricky maybe???), how much did this man pay for the (3) Hummingbirds he has on the boat?https://youtu.be/lrt7ZB1lRCo
Considering that he is an angler that gets paid to fish in some form or fashion, he has a deal with a company that supplies them. Or, he used his sponsorship/advertising dollars to pay for them. Either way, he didn't shuck out the full dollar value for those units.
I agree, he most likely didn't pay for them, but he's promoting the idea that to catch crappie, here is a great method, so if you or me want to go out and fish this way, what's the price, just for electronics? I realize that a boat, and TM, are also required, but I have those already.Quote:
Originally Posted by wicklundrh
having just bought an ultrex and helix 9 gen 2. i can tell ya theres over $10,000.00. in electronics alone. i personally don't see the need for that many 10inch screens 1 9in at the helm and a small helix 5 up front is all i want. everything else just gets in the way, but i fish for fun, not my living.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lane47
I recall catching just as many crappie back when I used a basic Eagle 480 monochrome unit ... It just took longer ...
High tech electronics simply makes eliminating "dead" water more efficient ...
Rickie
I have three on my boat.
When tournament fishing (which is what I am doing) it is far easier to have a helm unit dedicated specifically to mapping while running another unit that runs DS or SS. I have an aditional unit at the front (when jigging) and move it to the back when trolling. Probably close to 7grand in electronics alone. Many guys are starting to connect their trolling motor direct to their fish finders. Having a dedicated unit at the helm that runs mapping and the TM features frees up the other unit to run your fish finder and other screens.
Mine have the ability to split screens up to 4 times. Although it can be useful on one unit, it makes all the screens smaller. Having that dedicated navigation unit is a huge help.
Can I catch fish with one unit? Sure. Can I catch them without a unit. Sure.
I look at it this way. Some guys like to purchase big tires for their truck, a loud exhaust. They put bigger tires and pretty rims on it. In the end, did it do that much for them? No.
Do all those units put more fish in the box? Probably not. But, in my case, it makes me more efiiciant on the water. Efficiency can be the difference of putting 5 fish in the box or 25 fish in the box.
Prolly cost 12 grand or so!!!!!!!!!!!
Paid $900 for mine :>}
To each his own. Looks like an ideal setup to me. I really enjoy using my electronics to help find fish. I'm also a big fan of single pole fishing and the Lew's poles he is using are the best ones I have used. I also love my big screen tv at home to watch fishing videos. :)
I think wicklundrh hit the nail on the head. You don't have to have all those electronics to be successful at catching fish. Heck, you don't need them to be successful in tournaments. It does make you way more efficient on the water.
This is coming from a guy just put a GPS on his boat within the last year. I haven't even really used it yet, but it's gonna help me in the long run. I'd love to have a setup like this fella but that'll probably never happen LOLu
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I don't own anything real fancy and won my "high" end unit at a crappie gathering , that said it does have a gps on it and does have hd di and it really isn't any better at helping me find my local fish than the old eagle my old boat came with . I do see where si and some of the other higher tech gadgets have a place for professional fisherman and I have several buds that run some expensive stuff , but to some degree its like everything else , we are just boys with toys and as we grow up they cost a bit more ....LOL
I would say that 80% to 90% of people don't take enough time to learn what there sonars are capable of showing them. They still are just using them as a depth finder and not the sonar they really are. I am still in the learning process myself. My Humminbird 899 SI has more than doubled my catch ratio this past year. I have learned to find structure, shad schools, and even fish with it. So I would like to say what ever type sonar you have take the time to learn what it is showing you and most of all trust it as it can be your eye's under the water for sure.:twocents
I would also like to mention if you need some help or advice about your sonar just check out this forum:
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/fishi...d-photography/
Love using sonar to show me underwater structure of all types. If you will use it to find the different structure, you will find fish.
don`t need all that fancy stuff to catch fish. If your doing it for a living it pays to have all the help you can get.
Nothing can be cooler than fishing a body of water 100 times over and then getting down imaging or side imaging. It opens up a whole new world. Many wrecked cars and mysteries have been solved as a result of these things along with missing people being found.
Two years ago, I was trolling Lake Huron. I normally don't run DI or SI on this body of water as I am not looking for specific structure. On this day I happened to notice something odd so I flipped it on really quick. On the bottom rested an old snowmobile. A short distance away was a quad. Someone had lost them through the ice. Wish I had screen shots of that. It was pretty cool to find!
sure one can catch fish without these hitec units,having said that but having these units and KNOWING HOW TO USE THEM WILL INPROVE ONE'S CATCH.i have two at back,1199 and 859 ,one atfront helix 9 di gps,they have inprove my fishing multi times,i am now using my di at front fishing ledges and finding fish that you can not see with a 2d and proably will not see with si or di at console.i have to get straight parallel to dropoff and with slice beam can go right up to it and see the fish in the dropoff whereas the 2d blends the lower bottom in with the higher bottom missing the fish completely,you may once in a while see it at console if you go straight up the dropoff but it is hard to do