Well I Did It

Very nice pics, I hope I can get mine to look like that, it looks like you have fish ID on the sonar, it doesn't hurt the sensitivity on the other screens?

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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Congrats! These are shots from an 899...same screen size and resolution as the Helix 7. The Helix 7 will probably be a sharper image than the 899.....and you paid almost 400 less than I paid for the 899. If the Helix had been out a year and a half ago it would have been what I would have bought. Very user friendly. Notice the two bass hanging around the crappie. I was catching crappie and a buddy of mine was in a boat trailing after me and when I told him there were a couple of bass down there he threw in a crank bait and pulled a nice one out. I can't hardly stand to fish without the si unit. By the way...in the 2D sonar screen that is not a tree. It is hundreds of crappie stacked on top of one another.


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Thanks.....You'll do fine with it. The sensitivity controls are separate for si...di....and 2D. There is a guy named Wayne P. on several of the forums....including the Humminbird side imaging forum. He is a fisherman of some note and did a great write up as to why one should use fish ID. The bottom line is the algorithm for the Humminbirds fish ID is pretty advanced. I keep it on all the time and it works great for me.



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Thanks Sir, I like to have fish ID on. Glad to hear sensitivities are separate for each.

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Originally Posted by Blackhawk19

Just had a lot of medical problems and my PTSD got the best of me for awhile but I'm working my way out of it. Have hernia surgery next Tuesday ans when I'm over that I hope it's cooled off enough to fish :-)))))

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Glad to see you're back and making progress with your health issues. I hope all goes well with the surgery next week.

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Originally Posted by lowe rider

Glad to see you're back and making progress with your health issues. I hope all goes well with the surgery next week.

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Thank You Sir!

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Originally Posted by lowe rider

Glad to see you're back and making progress with your health issues. I hope all goes well with the surgery next week.

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Well, I had to cancel my surgery because I stepped on some uneven ground and my left knee went out, I've already had a total replacement on my right knee. It's hard to have Hernia surgery when you can't walk :-)))
I'm having some tests done and see the surgeon again on the 3rd and I'll know more then. I'm hoping for a torn meniscus but I think I might be headed for a replacement. I guess the light I saw at the end of the tunnel turned out to be a train!!!

Well in my first post I said I had a Helix 7 SI on order and it was supposed to ship 9/1, well I called them around the 4th to check status and they said Humminbird had said they would get them on the 15th, well I called them today and they said they wouldn't have them till the 30th and I said the heck with this and did what I should have done in the first place!!!!! I called Brian at bbgmarine and my unit has already shipped. Brian answers the phone, no push this button or this one and then get put on hold!!! He give personal service and I just wanted to give him a big THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Glad you got the new unit on its way, and hope the knee is minor like you indicate. My 90 yr old mother had that knee surgery done last yr and she tossed the walker after 2 days. LOL. Hope you heal good and strong and go fish alot.

I think I'm going to need at least a scope on the knee, the shots aren't working! I see the Surgeon again on the 17th and I'll know more then.

Been considering getting one myself. The Helix 7 SI combo that is. Good luck with the health issues.