banner ad
 

Quinte Fishing

Fishing Reports for the Bay of Quinte
It is currently Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:19 pm
banner ad


All times are UTC - 5 hours





Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: flasher help
PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:56 am 
Offline
Jumbo Perch

Joined: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:04 am
Posts: 46
Location: Gananoque ,Ontario
A buddy of mine just bought hummingbird ice 55 and its reads bottem in middle of the screen correct at 22 feet but would show bars indicating bottem at 12 feet any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated ... Thanks


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: flasher help
PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 4:44 pm 
Offline
Walleye Fry

Joined: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:41 pm
Posts: 59
Location: Trenton
Possible the zoom function is enabled.
Try going to youtube and use the search words Humminbird 35, 45, 55.
Hope this helps.

_________________
Work keeps gettin in the way of my fishing


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: flasher help
PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:43 pm 
Offline
Walleye Catcher
User avatar

Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:25 am
Posts: 498
Location: Amherst Island
This could happen if you are fishing the edge of a steep drop, where one side of the cone is 12FOW while the other side is 22FOW. I believe they call this the "dead zone". I have seen this on my unit fishing Loughborough. When you drop your lure it will go down to the red bottom but will keep dropping another 5-10 feet. If you use narrow cone it will reduce the effect but will not eliminate it. The only way to get rid of this is to move away from the drop. Not sure if this is what you are seeing but it is one possibility


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: flasher help
PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:20 pm 
Offline
Jumbo Perch

Joined: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:04 am
Posts: 46
Location: Gananoque ,Ontario
That makes sense , the spot we fished did have a drop I noticed on my underwater camera , I don't have a flasher and not aware of all the little tricks , we never did end up moving around , ill give it another try in the morning in a few holes , thanks for the advice EvesR!


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: flasher help
PostPosted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:12 am 
Offline
Walleye

Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:52 am
Posts: 165
Location: Peterborough
Use the wide cone for that depth set your zoom so it's just a bit above bottom so you can see a fish worked up off bottom
You may have the target function set but try the 3 rd setting for colours give you five different ones and check your gain setting


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: flasher help
PostPosted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 2:50 pm 
Offline
Jumbo Perch

Joined: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:04 am
Posts: 46
Location: Gananoque ,Ontario
Thanks again , I guess its a common problem hummingbird has been having with the heads not working properly in some of the ice 55 ..been through all the settings had it checked over ,tried different depths , just not functioning properly, there having new one sent monday.


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 
banner ad


All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 85 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron


Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group