12poundbass

I agree fall/winter is the best time to buy. I talked to a salesman a few weeks back at BPS and he said the '18's would be arriving in a month or so. You know come Sept. Oct. They'll be thinking about unloading the '17 so they don't have to carry them through another winter. The local Tracker dealer I talked to has the same service guarantee you're referring to. You bring it in and they guarantee they'll have it don't by Friday. Another thing I noticed recently was Tracker offers a BPS gift card if you buy a boat. For a 175TXW its been $250 all year now its getting later in the year and it's up to $500. I know the OP is looking at a Nitro so that's something to look into as well.

I'm not looking to take pretty pictures lol. I'm not looking to get all fancy and get the Helix with MEGA imaging. I've seen Wayne P's side by side images with and without the HDSI transducer and there's quite a difference. All I want is the most bang for my buck within my budget. If I were to go with Garmin and the images turn out to be a fuzzy mess and look like crap then ill wish I would've went with Humminbird. The only reason at this point I'm back on the fence is with the Echomap. In order for me to get that out of Hummingbird I'd have to cough up more money for a card on top of the upgraded ducer. That adds up pretty quick. If Garmin had the images of the Hummingbird HDSI ducer plus 17,000 lakes for almost the same price of a Helix 7 then it's almost a no brainer. 360 and the Link are out of my reach at this point. I do believe though that the 7" Garmin units and bigger can run the Panoptix if that's your thing, and I think Garmin links to both MG and MK. Again neither are with in reach right now so I haven't researched much on either so I could be wrong. Bottom line when I do purchase which ever units I decide this is going to be a big purchase. I don't have the budget of some so I'm making sure I have exactly what I'm looking for, because these units are going to have to last me quite a few years.

I don't think his contract is very big and his stock is very high so it caught me off guard but not surprised, if that makes sense.

J.D. Martinez to the D-Backs.....and so it begins.

I would guess it would be the same nation wide. Just a guess though.

What model are you referring to when referring to having better DV and 2D? I've been looking into the 73sv and I read the transducer for that model doesn't have a dedicated DV crystal it uses the SV. Any thoughts?

Maybe your transducer isn't the right one for a trolling motor? I know some transducers made for trolling motors have more shielding to protect from RFI from the trolling motor.

Frog and the Pop-R Crap....forgot I was on the Smallie thread. My bad

I read the title and said "seriously again?" I've only been on here 9 months and didn't think it was long enough to have cycled through all the questions yet. On that note I'm going to keep at it with this knot. Like Buzzed Bait I've given up on others. Thanks for the video!

I consider myself lucky. Yes I married the most beautiful woman god has ever great and yes she is my fishing parter 90% of the time and yes she catches more fish than me 99% of the time. That's not the reason I consider myself lucky though. Six months into college I was diagnosed with stage four cancer. A cantaloupe sized tumor was in my chest pressing on my wind pipe. A few days later and some radiation my back pain went away, mentioned it to the doctors and they found more cancer in my bone marrow in my hips, thighs, pelvis, tail bone, and spinal fluid. I was lucky because I was put in Devos Children's hospital. I went through hell for 6 months, in a week out 2, chemo radiation, spinal taps, bone marrow taken out and checked. It would've been worse if I would've been put in the regular hospital. I was the oldest there (I just made the cutoff), while there in the oncology department, it was all sick babies and kids. Kids who would never be the same because of their illness....but every single one of those kids had a smile on their face and everyone of them laughed. I'm lucky because I survived yes but I feel I'm lucky because I got that reality check. I don't let things really bother me anymore. Life's too short! Life isn't about the material things, its about making every day count. There's always a light at the end of the tunnel. I don't always walk on cloud 9 but not much rattles me, I rarely get upset. I'm lucky because of my experience at a young age. Who knows where I'd be if it hadn't happened. I've always said if everyone could experience what I did the world might be a better place. Kids are awesome and don't let big things or small get keep them down. I hug mine a little tighter every night. I am the luckiest guy!

Tombstone The Last Samurai

Well it's time to get back to sucking at fantasy fishing. Team is set, fingers are crossed (it never helps don't know why I still do it).

I tried blowing a little smoke and told one dealer that X marina were cheaper and he called my bluff and said they'd risk losing the privledge to sell Tracker Boats. Boats and vehicles are 2 different things but my step dad just bought a 2016 1ton Silverado and he said he saved 17k from a brand new one. The depreciation isn't that dramatic with boats but you can still save. We've all traded a vehicle in so we all know what the trade in value is, I imagine the same goes for a boat at a dealer. There's probably plenty of room for negotiating with a used one.

Do you have an honest unbiased opinion on the image quality compared to Humminbird? I was set on Humminbird but I'm questioning that decision for a number of reasons. I've heard (like you said) the ease of use is great, the mapping is spectacular, and the pricing is pretty good as well. Humminbird is a great unit as well, it's the fact that you need to make sure you don't open the transducer, send it it with $80 wait a week or 2 for your HDSI transducer to show up in order to get images that are good. By that time and the extra $80 is annoying. Then to do it all over again for the trolling motor. I read on another forum mixed reviews on the images compaired to Humminbird. These were guys who are die hard Garmin guys say that Humminbird is superior in that catagory, then there were others who said Garmin is better,the same, or not too far behind. Any comparisons you've experienced?

I'm in the process of searching for the right boat for me. I'm leaning towards a Tracker. Tracker has their "no haggle no hassle pricing". I've talked to 3 different Tracker deals and their prices are the same and they do not budge what so ever. They were worlds apart on labor install and were willing to match pricing on electronics, and labor to get the sale. I'd check and see if Nitro has the same "no haggle no hassle" pricing.

Google Bobo's thumper watch the video and see what happens. It's pretty interesting.

Somebody else posted something similar a couple months back. That's crazy! I was talking to the service manager at the Tracker dealer I went to a month or 2 ago and he had a boat he had just got done installing 30k worth of electronics in. Unbelievable.

I do too and then the boat prices will be even further from my reach. A moderately rigged bass boat will set you back 50k easily, that's being generous. If these new things became standard boats we be like vehicles now, nobody can work on them unless you have 4 engineering degrees.

Years ago you posted it on here? Hmmm I think your idea and millions in royalties were stolen then. You could be a God to many fisherman across this globe! What do ya do? Just go back to work I suppose?

I too went for an early morning swim recently. I told my 6 year old to not let go of the rope as I was launching. He didn't let go....he also didn't move the rope as I was backing down. SNAP! There goes the boat. After retrieving the boat we both had a laugh.

If you came up with the idea on your own that's awesome.....just a day late and a dollar short. Maybe next time. ?

My brother in law used to work for Motorguide. Attwood (Attwood, Motorguide,Mercury, Brunswick all the same company) is only 30 minutes from me. This is where they test and manufacture Motorguide. When he worked there project Falcon if I remember right was the Xi5 code name. He'd give me little hints here and there. Mostly vague for fear of being fired. Side note the selfish side of me wished he still worked there, they'd have an employee sale every year and they'd have Attwood and Motorguide products for 10% of retail. I thought MK's new TM was a hybrid?

That's one of those "duh why didn't I think of that" moments. Great idea!

Wireless foot pedal is nothing great. I use my key fob all the time because I hate the wireless foot. Did I mention the key fob is extremely inconvenient but I prefer it over the wireless foot.

A lot of the big named vendors in the bass fishing and I'd say freshwater fishing world have 2 big shows every year. ICAST and the Bassmaster Classic. There are only 52 ish? Guys that fish the classic so there are a ton of pros that do work for their sponsors and companies at the expo. The expo keeps getting bigger and bigger every year, and I'm pretty sure it's free.