How To Install, Use and Interpret Your Fish Locator – Part 1
As you probably know, is the device that we are not talking about a fish-finder, but rather a depth locator. Most fishermen use a fish locator but most fishermen do not use it properly and can not interpret what they see on the screen.
Most bass boats use two fish locators: A mounted in the dashboard, usually a flasher unit, and another mounted on the trolling motor. Most of us fishermen to use the flashing, if the operation of new water or low water conditionson a famous lake. If this sounds familiar, and you miss on a variety of information. I did not learn this trick until a few years ago. When you turn on your flasher unit while you run to your favorite fishing hole, you can create a surprise. If you are comfortable adjusting the sensitivity on your device is located, you can not use a real-time view of the soil, humpback and the search for submerged moss beds you know, existed. If you have a high-speed flasher unit and you have to use the sensitivityright, you can also see there was a thorough analysis of the majority of the fish. This little trick has allowed me to some surveys, I had not known of the lake Ouachita there and give me more possible places for fish to be found.
TIP: If you find a new boss, you can if you financially challenged and can not afford a GPS plotter, a handheld GPS device and get the coordinates and write down the coordinates on the lake map. In this way you can take the hand held unit and find the hump allTime.
It all starts with proper installation of your unit (s). If you have an in-dash flasher, it was probably installed by the boat manufacturer or boat dealer. That the installation, you should be OK. If you bought an LCD device to install on your trolling motor to be the device we are discussing.
Let's start with a quick check-up to start your existing unit. If you have installed an in-dash unit, is the first thing to check the installation. Where is your converter islocated? Is it in the bilge area and shooting through the hull? Is it attached to the mirror? Check the transducer to see whether the assembly is still tight and the cable is still in good shape. No nicks, scratches or rubbing on a metal, the crowd separated, or the wire could be over a longer period. If the sensor is still firmly glued to the bottom of the boat hull by plants? For a transducer on the outside of the boat at the mirror, check for loose mounting screws, missing screws,It is perpendicular to the fuselage. It is very important that the transducer perfectly straight up and down, or your signal will not be accurate. The preference for this type of installation is a puck type transducer for Through hull units, and a bullet style increases transmitter for the rear.
TIP: If you mounted the transducer on the transom is a kind gimble mount, checking each drive the transducer to ensure is pointed straight up and down. This type of mounts are designed to "kickup "when you hit or run anything.
A puck style transducer is the most commonly used applications for trolling motor. It has a slim size and is easily assembled with a large hose clamp. The advantage of this converter is the small size makes the transducer behind the Skag on the trolling motor to protect it from contact with underwater objects. The key to the installation of these converters is to ensure that they are perpendicular to the midline of the body trolling motor. Once youthe transducer is mounted, it is easy to take some cable ties and the cable to the control panel cable into the boat. This prevents the transducer cable, as they tangled in vegetation or torn loose from limbs or stumps. Try to get your locator and cable-ups so far away from minimizing trolling motor battery wires or outboard motor wires as possible to mount electronic / electrical interference with the Finder. Some disruption is unavoidable, is minimized, but in a good setup there.In-line fuses are also minimize interference.
TIP: Remember, the distance from the surface to the transducer to your locator readings in the readings are accurate depth.
If you have installed your hands, the first thing you need to do, read the instruction manual. This will familiarize you with the various features and buttons on the pointer. Pay special attention to the sensitivity, menu, car and zoom buttons. Learn how to adapt and turn on these features andout. Take the examples shown in the instruction manual. Once you become familiar with the functions and operations of your locators are, it's time to try it.
In Part 2 of this article we will discuss the settings of the locator to properly interpret what you see on the screen.
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