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Location: With my son on the water | The Link has more features than most people will use.
Getting the softwear loaded in each unit was a pain (locator, TM, & Remote). When I called Johnson Controls I had to wait for a person for 15 minutes then put on hold and the call dropped 3 times. I finally called Cabelas where I bought it and the problem got solved. There is a step missing in the instructions.
As mentioned you need the current units to get it to work. Also for the follow the contour to work the lake you are fishing first need the LakeMaster chip but the lake also needs to be mapped in HD, and most of the Lakes I fish are not mapped in HD even with a new chip. You can go through once and make a route and then follow it.
For muskie fishing the remote is kind of useless so I run all the functions through my locator up front. I mounted my unit on the bow on the longest ram made and mounted it as high as I could so the unit is right at my hand height. I bought a 959 for the front and if I did it again I would get the 1159. (Not much more money on E-bay)
The spot lock is nice if you want to hold on a spot and fan cast but I don't use that much.
I got my unit/setup rather late into the season so I have been fishing more than taking the time to learn how to use all the function. But after I master a few more things I can see how it will be nice, however it does take time and practice to learn.
If you have had a setup with a GPS up front before you may not notice that much difference until you really dig into what this can do.
Is it worth it?? I have fished a lot this year and haven't really used the features much if at all, would I buy one again, yes if I had the money.
I hope this helps and have a good day. |
