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[QUOTE]Baby Mallard - 12/21/2018  9:34 AM

[QUOTE]jonnysled - 12/18/2018  12:36 PM

i pop it off the Sled or ATV (both power wired for it with a ram mount) and then into the holder, so the ram ball mount on the ice base is a pretty slick option.  the most expensive component at i think about $70 is the ice transducer, the other components aren't bad making it a $150.00 or so total retrofit from the base unit if you have one already.  i've found the 5 to be pretty easy to use on the machines on ice and easy to see ...[/QUOTE]

I converted my Helix 7 SI GPS G2 from summer fishing to ice fishing. It ended up costing me about $150 as well to use as an ice fishing unit.  The only thing I am finding out is my battery is only lasting about 7 hours on the ice.  Many trips this would be ok but not for those days when I want to fish from sun up to sun down.  I made a shuttle out of the Genz box, so it's not real convenient to switch batteries out of the box without unscrewing the case open.  Anybody try a Lithium battery all day ice fishing in the Helix?  Curious what the run time would be with a Lithium?  I was also getting some pretty bad interference fishing by some guys who were using a vexilar and wasn't really able to figure out how to make it go away.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 12/21/2018 9:34 AM (#926415 - in reply to #926160)
Subject: Re: Helix 5 questions

jonnysled - 12/18/2018 12:36 PM

i pop it off the Sled or ATV (both power wired for it with a ram mount) and then into the holder, so the ram ball mount on the ice base is a pretty slick option. the most expensive component at i think about $70 is the ice transducer, the other components aren't bad making it a $150.00 or so total retrofit from the base unit if you have one already. i've found the 5 to be pretty easy to use on the machines on ice and easy to see ...

I converted my Helix 7 SI GPS G2 from summer fishing to ice fishing. It ended up costing me about $150 as well to use as an ice fishing unit. The only thing I am finding out is my battery is only lasting about 7 hours on the ice. Many trips this would be ok but not for those days when I want to fish from sun up to sun down. I made a shuttle out of the Genz box, so it's not real convenient to switch batteries out of the box without unscrewing the case open. Anybody try a Lithium battery all day ice fishing in the Helix? Curious what the run time would be with a Lithium? I was also getting some pretty bad interference fishing by some guys who were using a vexilar and wasn't really able to figure out how to make it go away.

Edited by Baby Mallard 12/21/2018 9:35 AM