Pocket fish finder

Has anyone used these little things before ?

I might have thrown away 59 dollars yesterday, but I bought one for use
with my Hobie out back fishing kayak, this thing has a transducer that
has a float on it, and 30 feet of cable that can be thrown out from the
boat, pier, or bank, to look for fish and give the depth.

It uses four AA batteries, which is great for the little outback (no
huge heavy 12 volt battery needed) I will be using NiMh rechargibles in it.

ANyone with any experience with it that can share will be appreciated
--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Straight Up Hooks ,
Straight Up Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights,
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Let us know what you think after a field test, Rodney. I have a Bottom Line
Fishing Buddy that I use on my pond boats and when tubing. It's a good
little unit for the boats (probably a good choice for your kayak) and has a
temperature gauge, but is a bit of a nuisance hanging on the tube.
As far as needing a 12 volt battery, most portable models of standard depth
finders run on 2-6 volt lantern batteries. My "Buddy" uses 3 C-cells.

Matt

"Rodney" wrote in message
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Has anyone used these little things before ?

I might have thrown away 59 dollars yesterday, but I bought one for use
with my Hobie out back fishing kayak, this thing has a transducer that
has a float on it, and 30 feet of cable that can be thrown out from the
boat, pier, or bank, to look for fish and give the depth.

It uses four AA batteries, which is great for the little outback (no
huge heavy 12 volt battery needed) I will be using NiMh rechargibles in
it.

ANyone with any experience with it that can share will be appreciated
--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Straight Up Hooks ,
Straight Up Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights,
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Use a 4 or 6 amp gell cell.


"Matt" wrote in message
news:dBHIb.23887$xX.88659@attbi_s02...
Let us know what you think after a field test, Rodney. I have a Bottom
Line
Fishing Buddy that I use on my pond boats and when tubing. It's a good
little unit for the boats (probably a good choice for your kayak) and has
a
temperature gauge, but is a bit of a nuisance hanging on the tube.
As far as needing a 12 volt battery, most portable models of standard
depth
finders run on 2-6 volt lantern batteries. My "Buddy" uses 3 C-cells.

Matt

"Rodney" wrote in message
...
Has anyone used these little things before ?

I might have thrown away 59 dollars yesterday, but I bought one for use
with my Hobie out back fishing kayak, this thing has a transducer that
has a float on it, and 30 feet of cable that can be thrown out from the
boat, pier, or bank, to look for fish and give the depth.

It uses four AA batteries, which is great for the little outback (no
huge heavy 12 volt battery needed) I will be using NiMh rechargibles in
it.

ANyone with any experience with it that can share will be appreciated
--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Straight Up Hooks ,
Straight Up Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights,
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

I suggest using Lithium AA batteries. They last *much* longer. They are just not
rechargeable.
Radio Shack and Sears sells them.

Dave



"Rodney" wrote in message ...
| Has anyone used these little things before ?
|
| I might have thrown away 59 dollars yesterday, but I bought one for use
| with my Hobie out back fishing kayak, this thing has a transducer that
| has a float on it, and 30 feet of cable that can be thrown out from the
| boat, pier, or bank, to look for fish and give the depth.
|
| It uses four AA batteries, which is great for the little outback (no
| huge heavy 12 volt battery needed) I will be using NiMh rechargibles in it.
|
| ANyone with any experience with it that can share will be appreciated
| --
| Rodney Long,
| Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Straight Up Hooks ,
| Straight Up Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights,
| and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com
|

David H. Lipman wrote:

I suggest using Lithium AA batteries. They last *much* longer. They are just not
rechargeable.
Radio Shack and Sears sells them.

This unit will run 18 hours on four AA NiMh batteries, they recharge in
1 hour, can be recharged 1,000 times, and cost me about 80 cents a
piece. (that's less than good Alkilines) In other words, I will never
have to replace them in this unit.

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Straight Up Hooks ,
Straight Up Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights,
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

I bought my husband one for Christmas... We took it out on the pond.... I
think it was kind of neat.... showed how deep the pond was and how far off
the bottom the fish are....Just wonder if you can turn the beeping off....
(It beeps, when it sees fish)
(hubby just said it can be turned off) LOL... He seems to like the baby fish
finder... I know I had fun saying..."theres another one!!" four, three!!
hehehe

Joy





"Rodney" wrote in message
...
Has anyone used these little things before ?

I might have thrown away 59 dollars yesterday, but I bought one for use
with my Hobie out back fishing kayak, this thing has a transducer that
has a float on it, and 30 feet of cable that can be thrown out from the
boat, pier, or bank, to look for fish and give the depth.

It uses four AA batteries, which is great for the little outback (no
huge heavy 12 volt battery needed) I will be using NiMh rechargibles in
it.

ANyone with any experience with it that can share will be appreciated
--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Straight Up Hooks ,
Straight Up Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights,
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

In rec.outdoors.fishing Rodney wrote:
: Has anyone used these little things before ?

: I might have thrown away 59 dollars yesterday, but I bought one for use
: with my Hobie out back fishing kayak, this thing has a transducer that
: has a float on it, and 30 feet of cable that can be thrown out from the
: boat, pier, or bank, to look for fish and give the depth.

: It uses four AA batteries, which is great for the little outback (no
: huge heavy 12 volt battery needed) I will be using NiMh rechargibles in it.

: ANyone with any experience with it that can share will be appreciated

I'd be interested to hear what you think of it, I have a fishingbuddy II and
one of those flashlight sized portables from Cabelas for icefishing but all
that gives is a depth reading on a LCD screen and a beep if a fish swims
under it...

The fishingbuddy is portable, but I bought the other one because it just
wasn't as portable as I wanted sometimes...

--
John Nelson
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On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 16:35:55 +0000 (UTC), Chicago Paddling-Fishing
blurted forth:

" Has anyone used these little things before ?
"
": I might have thrown away 59 dollars yesterday, but I bought one for
use
": with my Hobie out back fishing kayak, this thing has a transducer
that
": has a float on it, and 30 feet of cable that can be thrown out from
the
": boat, pier, or bank, to look for fish and give the depth.



Could one of you kind souls post some links to these pocket fish
finders,thanks.
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yar wrote:

Could one of you kind souls post some links to these pocket fish
finders,thanks.

here is mine
http://www.grfrequencies3.com/items/...ish_finder.htm
--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Straight Up Hooks ,
Straight Up Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights,
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

yar wrote:
: On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 16:35:55 +0000 (UTC), Chicago Paddling-Fishing
: blurted forth:

: " Has anyone used these little things before ?
: "
: ": I might have thrown away 59 dollars yesterday, but I bought one for
: use
: ": with my Hobie out back fishing kayak, this thing has a transducer
: that
: ": has a float on it, and 30 feet of cable that can be thrown out from
: the
: ": boat, pier, or bank, to look for fish and give the depth.



: Could one of you kind souls post some links to these pocket fish
: finders,thanks.

Well, I think the below link is the current model of the handheld finder I
have for ice fishing.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te..._A&_DAV=search

It's improved... mine has the lcd down near the sensor at the bottom which
requires either laying on your belly, or lifting up the unit to read.

It's about the size of a flashlight that uses 2 D cell batteries, but it's
lighter. If that link doesn't work, do a search for Marcum LX-i Hand Held
Sonar.

My fishing buddy is also older and looks kinda like this picture ...
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/co...312104vr01.jpg

I believe the unit there is a III, mine is a II. It runs off 2 C cells

--
John Nelson
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