mike rousseau Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 well... ive only fished with the unit for a couple hours so far but i was pretty impressed... i was marking fish then catching them all night... before this was a rare experience... the unit is incredibly visable... verry verry bright screen... i didnt get to really play with options too much cause the fish were really biting but from what ive seen im very happy with my purchase... not sure about the down imaging yet... it wasnt marking the fish as well as the switch fire sonar... but like i said... only out a couple hours... the one fault so far... gps speed... the gps speed is NOT accurate... for the most part it is close to your speed... but then it will spike from 1.5 up to 2-3-4 and then back... im not impressed with this... so im gunna call humminbird and see whats up... might have to update the unit... might have to send it back... but from what ive read on line... humminbird will swap out the faulty unit... anywas 4 out of 5 stars from me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 the one fault so far... gps speed... the gps speed is NOT accurate... for the most part it is close to your speed... but then it will spike from 1.5 up to 2-3-4 and then back... im not impressed with this... so im gunna call humminbird and see whats up... might have to update the unit... might have to send it back... but from what ive read on line... humminbird will swap out the faulty unit... anywas 4 out of 5 stars from me... This is exactly the problem i am having with my 587 Mike. I emailed the service center here in Quebec, and they said send it in for repair or replacement.Mine will read 1.8 mph, parked in my driveway Congrats on your purchase though. Like YOU need a way to catch more fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 This is exactly the problem i am having with my 587 Mike. I emailed the service center here in Quebec, and they said send it in for repair or replacement.Mine will read 1.8 mph, parked in my driveway Congrats on your purchase though. Like YOU need a way to catch more fish im gunna see if i can send it in at the end of the season... mid dec... i can keep my old gps in the boat for my speed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 i was also able to mark bait balls all over the place... my old sonar never marked bait balls.... and thats where the walleye were... tight to the bait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 im gunna see if i can send it in at the end of the season... mid dec... i can keep my old gps in the boat for my speed... Its still a piss of though.The way the guy at the service depot talked, Humminbird knows about the probelm, and instead of recalling the units, sold them to customers and will repair or replace only if people complain. BTW, have a great weekend with Simon. Take loads of pics. I look forward to the report my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigs Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 i was also able to mark bait balls all over the place... my old sonar never marked bait balls.... and thats where the walleye were... tight to the bait... That's really cool. I've never been able to do this around here either. I find it really hard to mark anything here with the floating weeds everywhere in the water column. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 On a slower day I'll take some pics of the sonar screen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 The new unit doubled my catch tonight... Hit a couple spots... Got a couple walleye... Then slipped into my old honey hole... Nothing!!! So I figured I could try to find em with my new sonar... Poke around a bit... Found em suspended and doubled my catch... Thank you hummingbird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Just out of interest Mike....what was your old sonar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Very nice Bud!!Luv to see some screen shots.Just remember to block out the GPS co-ords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Lowrance x96... And Paul that's why I haven't got screen shots yet... Gotta get rid if the coordinates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Lowrance x96... And Paul that's why I haven't got screen shots yet... Gotta get rid if the coordinates... thanks...just wondering why you could not see bait fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted August 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 I tried... I spent hours tuning it... I marked fish with it... Just never really bait... Or at least it is a lot easier to tell the difference between bait and suspended weeds drifting down the river... With the new unit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Marked a lay down tree with down imaging last night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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