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Ok, got my boat and units yesterday. A few questions. I have navionics plus on the units as they come. I could see where you could shade certain depths different colors, but it wasn’t appearing on the map. It looks like they were selected correctly (green box) but still weren’t changing the map at all. Was I doing something wrong? second, I’ve got three Garmin gpsmap series units all connected. Do I need an active captain card installed in each or just one? Finally, I want to upgrade to vision plus. I’ve heard some say do it through active captain and some say do it through garmin express. Not sure what that is. My boat is at a storage unit so looking to do it the quickest way possible since I don’t want to be there for hours. thank you all!

Hey guys. I’ve always been a humminbird guy so have all the lakemaster stuff. Well, bought a new boat and put in Garmin everything. I don’t have my boat yet (getting rigged up now) but want to start learning. I’m pretty sure my graphs (8612 and 8616) have navionics on them already. Is that what you all use for mapping? I assume you use the navionics app as well? Any other system you use? Tips? Thanks!

Thank you all! What apps are your favorite for quickly determining the wind situation?

Would like to learn more about wind and how you guys take it into consideration. Would like to know how you fish based on the wind of that day? Eg no wind, light wind, strong wind... I know there are other variables but just want to learn a little more. I know I have heard that if there's no wind, some go straight to finesse, and if it's pretty steady wind then quite a few are using moving baits. And also would love to hear about direction of wind...how that affects things (eg SE wind vs NW wind...) Hope that makes sense. Thanks everyone

Thank you all! I went through Bob with Worldwide Marine and they gave me a great package! It's through progressive btw. Thanks again everyone and if you are looking for insurance, I would definitely give them a try

yeh it's just a little more complicated. The garmin kraken and terova line of trolling motors slide down the shaft and into the water...so there's no place really to put the bracket. But I'm sure someone will figure it out. I know one or two companies I have spoken with have plans to work on it but not sure when that will be. So for now, I guess I have to have a separate pole mount.

Yeh I would love to do that but they don't make a bracket yet for my tm...

Yeah that makes sense. I need it to be as simple and easy as possible, otherwise I know I won’t use it as well

Cool thanks. So you didn’t feel like it was that much of a benefit over having it on the trolling motor? I just get frustrated when fishing in wind, trying to track my target while also trying to stay in place. Just seems like a constant battle. Would be nice to use spot lock and have a separate system for the lvs. Just don’t know about having a separate pole…got a feeling it will be a pain in the butt.

Looks like I have to go with a hand controlled pole. Any suggestions?

Sold my boat a few months ago and getting another here in a few weeks. I had my boat insured through farm bureau, but I never felt real confident in what exactly was insured. Now that I have well over a few thousand just in rods/reels...thought I might get a little better handle on insurance. Can you guys share any advice on insurance and what I should look for? Thank you for your thoughts

Any update on this thread? Anyone have a system they recommend? I have a garmin kraken so can’t use any of the turrets. I try to get downwind but sometimes it’s not possible. So wanted to look into a separate ffs mount. Anyone have any recommendations…looking for clean look and easy deployment. Would prefer something that is mounted to the boat similar to a trolling motor (as opposed to a pole that I have to leave on the deck when going from spot to spot). I have a bay boat and so not easy to strap down on the deck. thanks everyone

quick question. If you have 3 lithium 12v batteries for trolling motor...will they take three ports on the charger? I assume we would rig them in series...right? So would that be one port or three? thanks

Anyone have any experience with the minn kota 550PC 5 bank?

Cool thanks! How do your batteries fare after a day of fishing? Do they run low at all? Also, I think I could 5 batteries and your charger is a 4 bank...how does that work? Finally, do you have any kind of regenerating charger for your crank off of the main motor? Thanks again for your thoughts!

Thank you! Hopefully it will work for years to come. And thank you everyone for your help! So here is where I'm at I think: crank:Duracell Ultra Group 31 AGM 12V 125ah. House: Ionic 12v 125ah TM: Ionic 3 x 12v 50ah Charger: Minn Kota 550PCL 5 bank charger thoughts? Anything you recommend for connecting all this together? I'm sure the dealer will have suggestions. I know some had recommended a recharging system off the big motor. Is there a brand/system for that? I know the dealer had mentioned that they won't even connect a lithium as a backup so not sure what I will do there. Also, anyone have recommendations on gauge wire to run? I remember reading someone's post about not having optimal graphics if proper gauge isn't ran. Thanks

Yeh...would you mind giving skeeter and yamaha a call and getting them to change their position on it? lol bc I have tried and had no luck. And I'm sure if something did go wrong, I could get an attorney and all...but I just dont' think it's worth the hassle. AGM batteries have worked fine for years and should work just fine for years to come. Hopefully they (skeeter/yamaha) will see the light soon

Oh I get it...but I just don't want to deal with the hassle. My closest dealer said they won't even work on it if it has a lithium connected.... I've tried to get it corrected and even got in contact with the regional skeeter rep and he said the same thing... If there was a major advantage...then I would do the lithium starter, but since it's not that big of a difference...I'll just run an agm and lithium everything else. No sense in making life too complicated and stressful.

That's interesting! I'll call around and ask. A few weeks ago when I was first looking into this, I called Yamaha corporate, skeeter corporate, and multiple dealers and everyone said the same thing...can not have a lithium connected to the motor or it voids any warranty associated with the motor.

Good point. I'll check that out. Thanks Oh yeh, totally forgot about that. Maybe I'll just go with the three 12v units then. My local Skeeter dealer said they won't even work on a skeeter that has a lithium powering the motor. crazy

Thanks TB. I'll prob go with the 36V single for the tm. And then have the 12v house and 12v starting. That way there's back up for cranking and saves space with one vs 3 batteries. Still haven't decided completely. Any suggests from anyone on a charging system? Anyone have experience with the minn kota 5 bank? thanks

Thanks! And I’m not sure about the raptors but just assume that since they are “active” then I assume they draw battery. My old power poles just were put down and then I turned off the battery since they don’t move again. I probably should contact minn kota and ask them. I do like the idea of the lithiums having Bluetooth so I can monitor levels. Anyone know if any agm batteries have the Bluetooth capability? Thanks again everyone! Any other thoughts?

Can everyone share their thoughts on this potential setup? This is for a 23' skeeter bay boat that's mostly used for bass fishing. 1. Cranking Battery to run 250SHO : Duracell Ultra Group 31 AGM 12V 125ah. I have to run an AGM (non-lithium) for crank battery since Yamaha says it will void warranty. I don't see the added value to risk a fight by running a lithium crank. Yes it would be nice...but not worth the hassle to me. 2. House Battery: 12V 100aH deep cycle lithium - need to run three graphs (2 12" garmin gps and one 16" garmin gps) - heard some recommend 16V...has anyone seen substantial difference in quality with livescope on 16 vs 12? 3. Trolling Motor-36v garmin kraken: 3 12V 50ah or two 36V 40ah. weight and cost is substantially more with two 36v but longer power. thoughts? 4. Charger: Minn Kota 550PCL 5 bank charger (if I go with 3 12v tm batteries) I need advice on this setup and also which of these batteries I should connect my 2 10' raptors, livescope plus, GT8, GT56, GMS, GPS, bilge, and aerators to. We beach our boat sometimes and will use the raptors to hold us (at ocean so tide is always coming in/out). The raptors have active anchoring which I would like to leave on so that it can keep us in place. In the past I had powerpoles and turned all the batteries off when we were beached since I was worried I would have a dead battery after hours of kids playing on the beach. So now I'll be running lithiums...I'm hoping to run the raptors on them and not worry about running out of juice and still stay put. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated? I don't know much about electronics/batteries so leaning on you guys for help. Thanks again!