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I am using a reducer for the hook up of the Helix hummingbird up front (because the battery is a 24 V lithium) and the finder up front has been ok... Can you explain further, fishdawg?

Your deep cycle trolling motor batteries should only be used for that.

Thanks guys... if I run off my trolling motor battery I already have a Helix up at the bow also running off that battery. Shouldn't be too much to have another sonar unit off that battery will it?

I run my ff off the main batt. No problems. I have heavy gage wire to a fuse panel under the dash then humming bird wire from there. the issue is the person who did the install. Wired wrong.

Your motor takes a lot of amps to start and when the Helix "sees" the power drop, I'm guessing around 10.8, it shuts off. Run the Helix from one of the trolling motor batteries.

Hey folks, I purchased a Helix 7 G4 with MEGA Si a couple of months ago. First 2 outings in May it seemed to work fine. I went on a trip to PAB last week and it kept shutting off.. I just got off the phone with Hummingbird and the person walked me through troubleshooting options. She concluded there's nothing wrong with the unit. We tried it on the power source at the bow and it worked (24 V lithium I use for my trolling motor). 10.8 V appeared on the status setting of the unit when I tried it on my 12 V battery source so it's not getting enough power. She thinks it's either my power source (battery?) a fuse? or could be the hummingbird supplied wiring. One thing that does happen additionally is that when the unit is powered up, it shuts off once I start up my motor again. This has been happening since I had it installed. Again, the battery it set up on is a 12V that cranks my motor and runs other electronics (lights, etc). I brought this up with the guy who installed it for me and he said it's normal. I found that odd because I don't recall any other fish finder unit powering off when I started up other motors/ boats I've owned. Based on this limited info, what does it sound like it could be? How can I isolate the issue? I appreciate any help with this! Thanks in advance!

when i got my new motor, it made logical sense to add NMEA and for yamaha it was only about $350 to have everything monitored right through my garmin unit at my console. I wouldnt change it for a thing. Coolest thing is to be able to monitor Water pressure, RPM, GPS speed and trim percentage all right on the same screen as my chart in full screen.

in the reservoir for the cylinder, it should have a pick-up tube, possibly with a filter, check that, and also it could have a bypass valve that may need adjusting

Maybe it was just a really big black squirrel...either way, a neat find!

might need to burp the system a bit. Plenty of videos online on how to do this, but essentially all you do is lift the motor, open the valve and then close it to build pressure up. Hopefully one of your ram's isnt leaking, the gaskets in those can fail and make a bad seal.

Near your topic. I bought a 2023 Fourstroke 90 and added the BlueTooth interface unit under the cowl to allow me to monitor the motor from my phone using the VessleView Mobile application on my phone. This was valuable for prop selection, where the target full throttle gives 5000-6000 rpm. This Merc 90 replaced a 1998 Mariner 75 2-stroke. On this 1998 Starcraft Superfisherman170, with the 90 and full down trim, full throttle gets quickly to 33mph at 4800 rpm. Adding up trim in steps brings to the speed to 39 mph empty, at 5300 rpm. With load, 39 becomes 37, but 5300 remains. As up trim is added, the boat gets faster, skitish for steering, and prop cavatation is the end. Back to less up trim. The VessleView application does more, like showing me I have used 215.5 hours on the motor. I want to know more about the data interface to this motor. Boat has Humminbird Helix5 supporting NMEA data.

You should have no problems.

Heading up to Balsam to rent a cottage in a few weeks and wondering if anyone knows if the Rogers 5G is decent up there? Rogers website says 100% but until I see it... Its a 50/50 work/fish trip and I need internet. I can go into town everyday but using my phone would sure make things easier. Thx ahead.

After a 10+ year hiatus away from this lake (mainly going to North Caribou Lake) our group returned to Kearns Lake and its "Taj Mahal" cabin. I'll get to the fishing in a moment, but the facilities are such a highlight that they need to be covered first. I posted a video on YouTube which you can see at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5G-kF7QoCw A quick summary of what was done during our hiatus: - installation of a solar DC to AC system - now the cabin is powered by 120V AC just like home - two electric LG fridge/freezers - REALLY nice - Starlink internet!!!!! fast and reliable - make calls and texts as much as you want - a propane based "Fireplace" which is really a room heater - NO MORE HAULING FIREWOOD!! - new mattresses which are remarkably comfortable - whole house water filter - drink water from the tap! - Tankless hot water heater - close enough to the shower that the usual hot-cold-hot-cold water cycle did not exist - the HDTV has a TV package that is also almost like home. See the video for more details. OK - the fishing - we were very curious to see if things had changed over our 10+ year hiatus. First walleye which we found very strange. They seemed to be missing from all the usual places IN THE LAKE. We caught some but nothing like what this lake has produced in the past. Fishing the Grew River though (which is really a creek by PA standards) was a totally different story. Walleye were stacked into many places and were almost too easy to catch - ALMOST! Given the early season dates we were there, I thought that there would be some walleye in the river but most should be out into the lake by now. The pilot did tell us that it has been a very unusually cold spring so maybe that was the cause - and the spawn was very delayed - so walleye were still near their spawning grounds which are mainly in this river. In previous trips we commonly caught walleye in the 23-24 inch range and larger but only two fish were notably large - my 26.5 incher and another 24.5 incher. Now for pike - past trips produced good numbers of larger pike but this time the numbers were off the wall-eye high - we caught 26 pike over 34 inches the largest being 41 with 5 at 38 and 5 at 37. I say "off the wall-eye high" because we caught the majority while fishing twister jigs for walleye - both in the river and the lake. But even when we did troll/cast specifically for pike we caught jumbos. For such a small lake these are excellent numbers - and most were just plain FAT! OK - that's enough - very simply - there is NO BETTER BUSH CABIN on a private lake (no other cabins on the lake). It being attached to such a terrific walleye/pike lake makes things just plain BEST! phish

Awesome!

It's very nice Lew, that you and Diane were lucky to see that little guy. Kinda seems like a fathers day gift for you.

Very nice as always Spiel. I like the groove with the natural color of the antler, gives it some character. Happy fathers day to all as well from me, and yes, I am happy to say it did involve some fishing. Three pike, One hammer handle, a three pounder and the biggest being seven pounds, all from shore, fifteen minutes from the house. All caught on a cheap lure from the dollar store that I liked the looks of LOL.

In all the years as an ornithologist that I have studied and photographed birds, I have never seen a mallard with this many. Pics aren't the sharpest as I was a long way off and the camera and zoom lens I had with me that day obviously weren't the best for this. At this same spot years ago was a Canada Goose with 23 little guys.

Driving down hwy 28 this morning and this tiny little black critter ran across the road just ahead of me. Probably less than a foot high I thought at 1st it was a cat and my wife thought maybe a rabbit then I realized it was a black bear. I've seen plenty of bears but never one so small & cute. Good way to start a day LOL

Hi guys. I redid the impeller on the motor this spring and hit the lake for a weekend. (It’s a 2015 60hp 4-stroke Merc). I noticed a sheen on the water behind the boat that I believe is due to oil spilled in the cowling during oil an oil change, slowly dripping out. At least that’s my hope. It’s not from the power trim and I don’t think it’s coming from the lower unit vent or drain as there’s nothing on the garage floor. I cleaned the engine and put it on muffs yesterday and noticed water draining from the cowling above the lower unit (not the lower unit itself). It hadnt happened before (that I noticed) and I went back to my videos of previous years to verify. Just with the muffs, motor not running, everything is normal. Motor running, in neutral, normal. Clicked into gear, water comes out the different spot. I’ve attached pics showing. I have video as well Is this something I just hadn’t noticed before and everything’s good? Or did I bugger something up doing the impeller? Need to see a mechanic or am I overthinking things? Thanks fellas

I was recently tasked with building a split rear grip casting rod utilizing some young Moose Antler for a friend. I got started on it a few hours ago and two hours later this is where I'm at. Thanks for looking. I'd also like to extend Happy Father's Day wishes to all the Dads here, I hope your Sunday includes a little fishing time.

Is there a pressure regulator adjuster on the unit change out the oil with a winter grade 32w

I checked the trim oil level and it was good, topped up a bit. I then hopefully got all the air out but it still acts exactly like before I checked it. I power up or down and it takes 5 seconds to build the pressure (starts very slow) than it raises or lowers (sometimes not happily). Thank you for the reply.

Check the oil level in your trim reservoir.

I was casting Nipissing and wanted to move a couple hundred feet and my chart showed 8' of open water all the way. Put the boat in gear and went 50' and ended up sitting on top of a rock just under the surface yet my chart still showed I was in 8 FOW. Charts are good but not always perfect.