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| Going to update my Gen 1 HDS5 on bow. Have a I-Pilot Terrova. Was a standard '09 Terrova that I updated to I-Pilot a few yrs ago. Have a Gen 1 or 2?? HDS7 at dash hooked up to Structurescan.
Debating on a few options.
1. New Bird Helix 10, update Terrova to I-link. Pros, I-link. Cons, = buy Lakemaster Chips, can't share waypoints with HDS 10, cost of I-link update.
2. New HDS Gen 3 9 or 12. Pros = share waypoints with existing, use present chips,no cost to update Terrova. Cons = no I-link.
I fish for muskie a lot. On shoreline structure alot. When I-link first came out, I had cool thoughts of just plugging in a depth along a shore and let it follow the shore at depth. I also troll a lake that that has fabulous very irregular mid-lake structure, drop-offs that I troll for walleyes alot and possibly muskies in the future, since it was first stocked a few years ago for musky.
I know I-link just follows the lake chip, if the lake chip is not accurate, not the greatest. The two lakes I fish alot both are surveyed by Insight and Lakemaster with high-def surveys and I know at least the Insight ones are pretty accurate, so I would think the Lakemasters would be also.
Long story, short. Is the I-link worth it? |
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Location: Ashland WI | Long answer short. Yes. |
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Location: MN | In addition to i-pilot Link, with a Humminbird, you can create your own maps in real time as you fish/boat. You can over overlay this information over the top of the LakeMaster card information if you see fit. Think about creating maps, as accurate as HALF A FOOT contours for those secret mid-lake humps, ditches and points that aren't on any map chip out there. That's how this technology can make a real difference for anglers on the water.
This AutoChart Live contour information can also be use to follow the contour with i-Pilot Link. Additionally, the new G2N Helix models can map vegetation and bottom hardness layers for picking apart the lakes you fish and finding the fish holding areas and you can follow a vegetation edge or bottom hardness change via i-pilot Link.
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| If I should get the Bird and someday update my HDS7 on dash to a Helix with Sidescan, will I be able to split screen the front bow Helix and see Sidescan from the rear on the bow unit?? |
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| For me and the style of fishing that I do on the lakes that I fish, no. For instance, on Leech Lake, where I do a lot of my fishing, the weed beds don't necessarily run with the depth lines. Many times they run perpendicular to the depth contours. Also, there can be a lot of water in between two depth contours. On Cass and Pike Bay the depth contours are so abrupt and even though the chip is close, it's not close enough. Just my experience with Link. |
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Location: SE WISCONSIN | You can also record I tracks and save them and follow them with the terrova. This is what I do with some weed beds. |
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Location: MN | oly67 - 3/1/2017 1:14 PM
If I should get the Bird and someday update my HDS7 on dash to a Helix with Sidescan, will I be able to split screen the front bow Helix and see Sidescan from the rear on the bow unit??
Yes, you can see the SI and DI views of the other unit connected to the network, even if the unit you're viewing it on does not have SI or DI. Big plus to save bucks if you don't plan on having a separate SI or DI transducer at the bow. |
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| mtcook16 - 3/1/2017 10:34 PM
oly67 - 3/1/2017 1:14 PM
If I should get the Bird and someday update my HDS7 on dash to a Helix with Sidescan, will I be able to split screen the front bow Helix and see Sidescan from the rear on the bow unit??
Yes, you can see the SI and DI views of the other unit connected to the network, even if the unit you're viewing it on does not have SI or DI. Big plus to save bucks if you don't plan on having a separate SI or DI transducer at the bow.
Can I put a side imaging transducer on the bow?? |
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Location: MN | oly67 - 3/1/2017 10:45 PM
mtcook16 - 3/1/2017 10:34 PM
oly67 - 3/1/2017 1:14 PM
If I should get the Bird and someday update my HDS7 on dash to a Helix with Sidescan, will I be able to split screen the front bow Helix and see Sidescan from the rear on the bow unit??
Yes, you can see the SI and DI views of the other unit connected to the network, even if the unit you're viewing it on does not have SI or DI. Big plus to save bucks if you don't plan on having a separate SI or DI transducer at the bow.
Can I put a side imaging transducer on the bow??
A SI or DI transducer can be put on your trolling motor, but these transducers must be connected to a unit that has the capability to produce those sonar views, aka an SI. A non- SI unit will not recognize an SI transducer, and the same for DI transducers connected to a unit that does not create DI sonar frequencies.
However, you can view SI and DI readings from other units/transducers connected via the Ethernet network. For example, it allows you to mirror what you would be seeing on your SI unit at the console, up on the bow unit.
Simply make sure your software is upgraded on the units, as it was part of an update within the last two years. If you have them currently networked, all you have to do is go into your network settings on the unit you want to view SI/DI and go through until you see Advanced (ADV) sonar and select your SI transducer from the transom. When you scroll through views on this unit, you'll be able to see the images that your SI/DI unit is producing. Repeat on other units as necessary.
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| So If you have a Lowrance HDS5 Gen2 Could you get the piece you need to run the app on the tablets could you just leave the 5 at the console and then mount 2 tablets one at bow and one at rear deck and istall the lowrance app on the tablets...Then you could see your SI and DI on the tablets and not have to buy a HDS9 or 12 Gen 3? IS this accurate |
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Location: MN | 25homes - 3/2/2017 10:54 AM
So If you have a Lowrance HDS5 Gen2 Could you get the piece you need to run the app on the tablets could you just leave the 5 at the console and then mount 2 tablets one at bow and one at rear deck and istall the lowrance app on the tablets...Then you could see your SI and DI on the tablets and not have to buy a HDS9 or 12 Gen 3? IS this accurate
I'm not sure about what Lowrance does, but it seems like a bit of a cluster and sacrifice of crucial features built into today's fishing electronics. I know that my Humminbirds are waterproof and are engineered to find fish, tablets are for updating a Facebook status... |
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