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Thank you! Tight lines.

No. I just rig the pilchard by itself on a snell rig. Top hook through the head and bottom hook as far back as it will go and still have some slack line between them.

I'm putting some tips in all my videos which I hope will help. And I don't try to hide where I am fishing. I think one of the key things is recognising fish on your sounder. Check out the videos I am doing on how sounders work and how to read them. I've just started that series so it will thke a while to complete it. Hope you start getting some.

Thanks for watching! It tasted good too. :-)

You got that right! It tasted good too. :-)

Thankyou, glad to help

Thank you, i'm glad you liked them.

Glad you like them! I'm happy to answer any questions as best as I can.

That would have been a memorable night. :-)

Thank you. As far as the handling of the boat goes it seems pretty much the same as any other boat I have owned. One theory is that the water to the propellor is more laminar resulting in greater efficency. That could be true, the boat certainly planes at low speed. Without a doubt, it is not a detriment.

@weFishAU thankyou. I am looking at one today, albeit a 545 with a 115hp.

I was out on one once. It was a calm day but the 115 was fine on that hull with 4 on board.

@weFishAU thank again mate. One more question,asyoi seem really knowledgeable of these boats.. where is the default bilge pump outlet located? Only reason I ask is because when we declined the back of the boat to get off a floating dock, I saw a lot of (what looked to be) rusty water come out of a hole to the left of the motor from the hull up top (when looking out the back) . I've tried to find a manual of these boats to see what that hole is , and whether it was an outlet to bilge pump or outlet to bait station or x ?

I'm not 100% sure on the 545 but my 620 has the bilge outlet where you describe and the live bair outlet beside it. I expect the 545 would be much the same.

Glad it was helpful! Definately worth the effort to spend some time just playing with the settings.

Thank you. That is very similar to the setup I have. I plan to cover down vision, side vision and DFF3D in the future, but it will take a while to ge there. Gracias. Es muy similar a la configuración que tengo. Planeo cubrir la visión hacia abajo, la visión lateral y DFF3D en el futuro, pero me llevará un tiempo lograrlo.

Thank you. I should get that one up before the end of the month.

@@weFishAU hi again. This link shows a good representation of the bottom coverage whilst underway. ua-cam.com/video/K-u57e__SzY/v-deo.htmlsi=ISpGKYHoevk9grte Ignoring the verbal commentary in this video, you will see undulating bottom structure being covered by the beam as the boat travels forward. This is the question I have - how do these 3D undulations get represented on the 2D sonar. I know you were going to make a follow up video to help explain this. I just thought this link helps to better articulate what I am trying to get across… Thank you Cameron

I think I understand what you are asking. It is difficult to put into words other than to say that the undulations show as differences in the thickness of the red line depicting the ocean floor. Basically, the 2D representation hides everything below the highest point of the undulations. I will try to include some footage to illustrate exactly what I mean in the next sonar video.

@ many thanks. I look forward to your next video. Interesting detail on the changing line thickness but Still hard for me to grasp. Thank you Cameron

You're welcome. Glad you like them!

My pleasure, thanks for watching.

Wow. That is a complicated question. The time taken between sending the ping (sound wave) from the transducer until its return echo being recieved is divided by two (2 way trip) and then calculated against the speed of sound in water to get the depth. Since the speed of sound in water changes with temperature a more accurate reading will be obtained from a transducer that measures temperature. However, temperature changes with depth and temperature inversions can still introduce noise and errors. Another point. Since the ping that has been sent must be received before the next ping can be sent, pings in deeper water need to be less frequent because of the longer time taken to recieve the echo.

@@weFishAU Thank you for this response. - Does Chirp technology also depend on receiving sent ping before sending the next ping? - Does every single ping sent down bounce off the very first obstruction it meets and not travel down any further? - Does the MFD continually display millions of pings by computing the nature of the ping and transforming it into a scrolling graphical form? I have trouble interpreting what I see on the MFD from a bottom structure profile point of view. I do understand the fish viewing aspect though and that most of what we see on the MFD is historical. Can you please further elaborate on what is seen on the 2D Sonar MFD from a bottom structure point of view as it continually changes from right to left and how it matches the ping action (in a 3D conical shape underneath) as you drive forward...? Cameron

Chirp pings are across a band of frequencies. While it would be possible to have some overlap, I doubt that the benifit would be worth the effort. Think of every ping as starting as a dot at the transducer and then expanding as a circle all the way to the ocean floor. That is how the cone is formed. Each ping covers the whole area and will be reflected off everything it encounters. The time taken for the return and the amount of energy in the return determines the depth and colour of the pixel on the screen. The MDF only displays the current ping in the A-Scope. Everything to the left is a history of what was in the A-Scope in the past. I'll try to cover some more about the bottom structure in the next video.

@@weFishAU Many thanks. Interesting points to soak in. These sound waves are quite amazing! I like your 'point to circle' definition of the sound wave moving within the water column.... Let me know when your next video on bottom structure is up. My brain just can't seem to crack this last piece of the puzzle (matching the moving 2D Sonar in front of me (helm) to the moving 3D cone underneath me). Knowing the science you have described does help connect a few pieces together though...

@@weFishAU How can a single return ping provide sufficient data to show double bottoms on the A-Scope (and subsequently MFD historical trace)? Cameron

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!

@weFishAU Great works!Looking forward to your future episode on 3D sonar.

Thank you. Always good to get feedback.

Just a marker pen. I renew the writing every few months.

You're welcome.

I'm very impressed with it. Thanks for watching.

Still loving it. I rebuilt the dashboard so I could fit a big MFD screen in it, but other than that it meets all my needs. I can't speak for the other models, but the 620 is great.

@weFishAU ok thats good feedback thank you. I'm looking at tye smaller 565m one but I'll get a feel for that whe inspect it. Does yours have level floatation?

No level flotation. As far as level floatation goes, remember that most tests are done is in conditions of no waves, no wind, nothing. I don't know if it means much in normal sea conditions.

I was fishing 80 - 100m when I had it, not much deeper. It certainly showed the bottom no problem, but I was relying more on my 1kW CHIRP to find fish at that depth so I can't really say how good it was. It found structure at that depth, no problem.

The day on the water was worth it, the crabs were a bonus. :-)

Thank you for your comment. :'D

That's a nice spot to be in. Enjoy!

I reckon the more screen real estate the better. I cut my entire dash out and rebuilt it to fit my 16" screen. That said, sometimes you can't do that and in the past I have often had to settle for a smaller screen because I had no room (or money) for anything bigger. You will want the B54 transducer and a DFF3D box to process the signal in order to do the 3D mapping. Not required, but you will get much better results if you also get an SCX-20 satellite compass, which will remove most of the wave motion from the signal. Two 9" TZT3's would work, the only caveat is that the 9" won't take the Furuno side imaging transducer. If you ever decided you wanted one of those you would need a 12" TZT3. I also like to have 2D sonar. I have the Airmar TM265LH for that as I like to go out deep sometimes. There are plenty of other options available, depending on what sort of fishing you do. I already had the 265LH when I got my TZT3. If I was selecting a 2D transducer specifically to go with the TZT3 I would be looking at one that does bottom discrimination (tells you if you are over mud, sand, rubble, rock, etc). Furuno has a list of compattible transducers and their capabilities in the TZT3 manual. You can download the manual in PDF format from their web site.

@@weFishAU than you so much. I watched that episode getting more space. Really appreciate it. Didn’t know the 9 didn’t take the side imaging transducer.

Thank you, glad you got something out of it.

That is another good memory aid. I like it.

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.

Glad you like it!

Thank you. I don't pretend to know everything about them, but I try to keep learning. Will do.

Dawn and dusk are good but I fish whenever I can. I generally like the incoming tide in that area.

Thanks for the info. I thought the Navionocs map was showing moorings there when I made the video but I just checked the Garmin map and it isn't showing any. Good to know. Thank you.

Thank you. For the Mackerel I generally troll between 5 and 6 kts but when I'm not getting anything I vary it between 4 and 7 knots to see if that changes anything. On this trip nothing changed. When I am catching a heap of grinners I also bring the lures in closer to the boat as that is supposed to help. It didn't. I am definately catching more grinners than I ever have in the past. The only saving grace is that I have finally found a use for them as crab bait.

I prefer size 8 or 10 for Yakkas, but all I had on board that trip was 6 and 12 so I used the 12s.

@@weFishAU yeh ok cheers

:-)

You're welcome. Judging from my results I am sure you will do better with full mono or at least a long mono leader.

I use a long mono leader on braid..

Thank you. I thought I could learn to use braid but switching to the very long mono leader seems to be just as good as using all mono used to be for me.

I should when I am winding in, but that is usually the last thing on my mind with a fish on. :-)

Best if you can but most pumps aren't rated for continious use. Mine isn't. One day I will replace it.

Wherever you go in the central or northern area of the bay you will need to watch the weather. That said, It's a relatively short trip from Wellington Point to Green Island. Cleveland/Raby Bay to Peel is a little bit further but quite doable on a good day (thinking of your sons anxiety here). There is fishing close to Cleveland and Wellington Point so you could start in close and see how he goes. Around Huybers light is one spot near Wellington Point but there is patchy reef all the way from Cleveland to Wellington Point so if you can identify that on your sounder you could try any of them. You could also drop some crab pots in that area. There is also reef in Raby Bay itself, which is close to the ramp. There is a video in that playlist that will give you some general spots to try. Hope this helps.

Thank you. I took him out to a new spot and ramp today and he did pretty good so I think were getting there.

Thanks, I will give it a go. The gulp oil is nearly all gone from the packet.

@@ianfischer4141 with all the jenny's it should be.

Thanks for watching!

It surely does, and that one was close to getting it if it hadn't dropped off whan it did. :-)