12poundbass

I started with Garmin and Humminbird. The boat I bought had a couple Helix units and before I bought the boat I bought a Garmin Echomap. Before I bought the boat I had decided on Garmin. I’m a budget guy and with Garmin you get more bang for your buck. The preloaded maps had my lakes, Humminbird didn’t. Garmin has QuickDraw where you can create up to 1 million (I believe) acres which is more than I’ll ever need, Humminbird you have eight hours, then you need to buy a zero lines card which is over $100. So Garmin was the right fit for me. You really can’t go wrong with any unit. Humminbird has MEGA imaging which from the sounds of it, it’s better than Garmin’s UHD. Lowrance have fish reveal which looks like it would be nice to have. Lowrance’s live imaging is borrowed technology from Garmin, so it’s basically Garmin’s first gen live imaging so I doubt it’ll ever compete with Garmin. Humminbird has MEGA 360 and soon to be MEGA Live which has caused some to become head over heels in love with it even though to my knowledge nothing has come out to show what it is or what it looks like. Then Garmin has Panoptix, Livescope, their excellent mapping, UHD, and some argue the best 2d sonar. Just keep researching, the more informed you are the better you’ll feel about your decision.

Were they working overseas or on the other side of the country taking care of a sick mother?

I picked one up on Black Friday. Seems to be a stout box, I plan to fill it today or tomorrow. For the price you really can’t go wrong, compared to the competitors versions of these terminal tackle boxes.

It’s interesting you say Garmin is out since Humminbird and Lowrance are coming out with something new. Humminbird and Lowrance are using Garmin’s technology.

I’ve looked at the Navionics maps on this and and the maps on my older Garmins and there’s a huge difference! I’ve found some really nice potential spots on the Navionics that aren’t on my older Garmins. So when I get my new Echomap I’m going to be doing a ton of mapping.

Flower beds and gardens.

They’re not supposed to be established in North American waters. Catch as many as you can and throw them on the bank or better yet throw them in the trash.

That’s good to hear. I’m looking to get one soon and would love that feature. @Sprocket you’re the Garmin pro, any help on how to enable this feature?

I have two non CHIRP Echomap units and asked before about them and was told they don’t have them. Maybe the newer ones have them, it’s a really nice feature that would be very handy.

This song is such an ear worm! I woke up at 5:30 this morning with it in my head. The morning show I listen to plays it every year.

I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. I’m getting close to pulling the trigger on one myself.

I’m burning up my vacation time so I don’t lose it. I’m off for the next 9 days, then work 2 maybe 3 days then off 4-5 days, so I’ll be organizing tackle, and going through my reels.

Well said @Columbia Craw! This place is a great place to be and a great source for information fishing related or not. It has been nice talking with like minded individuals and getting to know several on here.

Judging by the picture I see you have a seat pedestal above the rod locker I’d guess you have a 175 TF but looking at the specs it says it should fit 7’ rods. So I’m not sure why you’re having issues.

Well glad to hear it was a simple fix.

What year is your boat? I thought the rod locker was in the middle on the 175?

Ours too. One year the wife and I were fishing one our regular small lakes. We pulled up to the launch and saw a horse there. As we proceeded we noticed it had a John boat trailer attached to it. We met an Amish father and his two boys out fishing. The funny thing was, they had a trolling motor!

So did you sell him your boat?

Just looked and Nov. 4th was the last time he checked in. Hopefully he’s doing good but by the sounds of it he wasn’t doing too good. It would be nice to have an update so we could give him the send off he deserves, after all he was a regular contributor of this forum, and deserves the proper send off from us all.

I’ve become less tolerant of the cold weather my snow puppy loves it and becomes depressed when I bring him in from the back deck.

Selling the Fuegos to make room for the Tatulas? Asking for a friend. ?

My couch is comfortable to sleep on. Don’t ask me how I know. ?

But I wonder if his couch is comfortable? ?

Is it better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission? Asking for a friend. ?

Thanks to that EZ peeing guy! ? Thanks Paul for everything. I’ve been meaning to try out the Keitech swimbaits but never have. I’ll give them a shot now. Everything will fit nicely into my arsenal.