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I usually go to the spring fishing show, but I just checked out the vendor list and speaker schedule and besides the musky seminar, seems like a lot less vendors this year as well

I went through the same decision process, ultimely after doing a little research, I bought the elite 7....wrong choice....... the elite 7 has the same sonar capabilities as the hds 7.....same peak to peak power etc....big difference is in mapping/gps, although the elite 7 has a "gold chip", it does not and cannot read the gold card to the full capabilities, the elite series units have less than a 1/3 of the detail of the actual gold cards....ie on the Niagara bar, the hds unit reads 33 contour lines on the drop off from 50 to 220feet....the same card on an elite unit reads 5 contour lines....same detail issues on lake erie.....the base lowrance hard drive map has more detail than the gold chip map......I have called lowrance and navionics about this.....it is not the chips...it is the ability of the unit to process the chip....this was supposed to be fixed with software version 1.8 to read the 1ft contour details......but it is not fixed....go with the hds unit

that is a slick system

i have a entry level yamaha 6150 that the 2 front channels gave out on, the denon 1713 has some pretty good reviews, danbob, where did you get that for 200$?

Hey guys, in the market for a new receiver for my home theatre system, bought new jones pioneer speakers, looking for a midlevel amp,any recommendations? I dont need a 7.2 system.....thinking a denon avr 300 or x1000, or pioneer vsx 823 or sony 840, checked out some av forums but no consensus...figured I would asked the fishing specialists!

I agree that the lower price daiwas are just as bad as the okuma brands in comparing trolling reels such as the accudepths to the magdas....I think the sealines are the nicest reels for the money, just never liked there handle which they have now upgraded.......that being said I bought a okuma trio 30, 3 years ago after some positive reviews and it has been an excellent spinning reel.....My buddy purchased the isis 400 for skis and has been happy with that as well.......I have had magdas, convectors and clarions and wouldnt buy another...cant wait to see the sealines in the 500 and 600 size for copper lines

I have had a 2wd chev quad cab for 7 years, my boat package is close to 3500lbs lund package, in the 3 years i have owned this boat and the 4 previous years with a smaller boat, i have never had one issue pulling out of a boat ramp, or even close with spinning tires. that being said I rarely fish when it is freezing out, so april to nov in southern ontario, I think you would be fine

stuck at work, quite night so far......anyone have a link to watch the thursday night game from a reputable source?

x3....i bought a 260 in the advice of an arborist friend, and it has been an excellent machine....no isses at all, lots of power, but still light enough to work with all day

Do you think this verticle hold makes my 44" ski caught on may 15th look like a 50"?

spoke with lowrance again today and issue is not with the chips, but the unit needs a software patch....how or when that is fixed to be determined

put the same post up on muskie outdoor first and it was deleted.....hmmmmm

I had done quite bit of researching this past winter for a new fishfinder plotter and basically narrowed done my search to a hds 7 or elite 7. I do a mixture of soft water fishing, but mostly lake ontario and gbay. Pixel count was higher on the elite 7 than the hds, and rms output was the same, and both worked as chart plotter and could handle a gold chip, and both had broadband technology which would help on lake ontario. I did not plan on any additional add ons or networking, so i figured the elite 7 would cover all of my needs and the "gold" chip was a nice bonus. the positive first, Unit works great as a sonar, easy to use, but an "exit" button would be much nicer. I trolled lake ontario and was able to mark my cannon balls down to 175ft with the 50 degree cone. The chartplotter is a different story though, I uploaded the ''gold" chip to the unit and scrolled over lake ontario and was extremely dissappointed with the chart function on the navionics chart. Contour lines are marked in 40 to 50 feet sections, ie the niagara bar shows 4 contour lines going from 45 to 200ft,and there is very poor accuracy in the depth number listings as well. I assumed this was a mistake, so i brought back the unit to Fishing world, who were great in working with me to solve the problem. Ended up trying the actual navionics gold chip as opposed to the lowrance "gold" bundle and no difference in clarity of charts. Ended up calling both navionics and lowrance/navico and the problem is not in the chips, but in the software. The software for the units is not complete yet as per lowrance and therefore unable to fully read the chip. This was after uploading the new software update which will "now enable 1ft contour lines on navionics". Needless to say I am extremely dissappointed in this and feel that I have a useless navionics chip/function after sheeling out 850 bucks after tax. Lowrance said they are trying to work on another software upgrade to solve the problem but no tentative release date. Great. My advice, stay away, until the bugs are sorted out.

Actually program still on according to their website, copy from Advanced Taxidermy as well! https://www.ofah.org/fishing/OFAH-Ontario-Record-Fish-Registry

Nice fatties, fish registered with ofah that qualify as records, dont they get a free mount of their fish? If so, bye bye gar and onto the wall, as it would be an awesome conversation piece? So many people have no idea that fish like that exist, and can be caught...this was given to me from an old bar i used to frequent, tiny compared to those lunkers, but still interesting. I would never pay to get a gar mount, but something I would consider

and then leave as they will realize the prices are nowwhere near the same as the us

don't leave fish to find fish

Bay city marine carries some rolls, i don't recall the price but it wasn't too much

Grimbsy bait has lots in stock for 69.99, they have the dividers but they fit mag spoons and big erns no problem, just picked one up

Just got a ti xh rod, they do ship to canada, but it is crazyyy expensive, almost as much as the rod, I got it shipped to cbi shipping in the falls for 5 bucks, they are on special now for 135$, I haven't used The TI rod yet, but I have fish with buddys st croix legend and the st croi is a defintely nicer, but definetly more cash....other rod I use is the new shimano compre im9 xh, the TI rod seems to have a nicer feel, but like i said, not water tested yet!

freezing rain here in caledonia now

checked out the lowrance elite 7 hdi at the fishing show, you get a lot of options and a navionics gold for 749

I love the spring fishing show, groundhog day for me as usually april is boat fishing weather! would love to see a OFC booth

See ya there, some tickets would be nice too!

I stumbled accross his youtube stuff after a "georgian bay muskie" search, all the videos he has, have monster fish and I like the music too lol, I'd love to be able to catch that consistently on gb