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#1919098 - 01/27/08 03:01 PM Thanks John, JV, Rick......
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Registered: 05/09/04
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You guys just cost me close to a grand. Sick of seeing all these great screen shots of color graphs and GPS units, so I had to run out and get one . I ended up going with the LMS-522c because of the size of the unit and the price. I can't wait to hit the water and try it out tomorrow! I may need some help figuring all the operations out, so if anyone wants to go out and give me a lesson on it let me know. I bought a video and the '07 Navionics card to go in it. It'll probably take me a while, but this is the most exciting equipment I have bought in years. Can't wait to get started.
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#1919119 - 01/27/08 03:10 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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you will love it...don't forget to look up to see where you are going from time to time... \:D
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#1919223 - 01/27/08 04:21 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: catfishsalsa]
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#1919229 - 01/27/08 04:25 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: john varner]
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I've been green with envy for too long. After I learn to use it I may even turn shades
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#1919252 - 01/27/08 04:36 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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make sure your software in the unit is up to date. http://www.lowrance.com is the place to look. \:\)
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#1919736 - 01/27/08 06:43 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: SkeeterRonnie]
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You need a cable to do that don't you Ronnie?

I did try the emulator to check out the unit, but the site is having probs right now.
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#1919752 - 01/27/08 06:47 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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Congrats on the new graph Your gonna love it.

Check the version that you have. If you need to apply any updates, you simply have to go to Lowrance, download the update, load the update on an SD card, insert the SD card into your unit and then scroll through the unit to upload the update. Sounds harder than it really is. Good luck and may the fish shine bright on your screen

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#1919910 - 01/27/08 07:40 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: JV4 NITRO]
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Thanks for the help JV4. I checked out all the units and decided on the 522 mostly because it is the same size as the 135 on my dash. Anything bigger wouldn't fit without taking off the windshield or going with a Ram Mount. The price was in my ball park, so I think/hope it will serve me well. Going to try it out tomorrow, I'm sure I'll be hitting you guys up for advice soon!
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#1920386 - 01/28/08 05:46 AM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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Glad to hear it Matt, now all you have to do is learn to fish while you play with your unit(NPI) I spent the first month looking at my GPS more then fishing.You wont believe how much stuff you can find to fish now.
Now if I could get Jimbo to upgrade I could sell my boat and still go fishing all the time
Looks like the wind will be bad for several days so call me later this week and maybe the hybrids will be hunger
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#1921759 - 01/28/08 01:47 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: Texascandc43]
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Well, I went to Mill Creek today to play with it. Looks pretty good so far. Gots a lot to learn though...

Decided to bass fish for a while. This was pretty interesting. I've always wanted a picture of the one that got away, now I have one! I caught a 6 pounder and had a picture taken. After I turned it back my buddy was still playing with the camera and I made another cast. Another fish nailed it. I told Bryan to keep the camera on, cause this one's even better. He took a pic of me fighting the fish and then snapped another of me reaching down to lip it. Notice the lure and line? Nope! It came unbuttoned just as I reached for it! Anyways, what a pic!


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#1922453 - 01/28/08 05:33 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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LG YOU WILL LOVE IT. IT HAS CHANGED MY FISHING A GREAT DEAL. I HAVE HAD MINE SINCE CHRISTMAS AND IAM STILL PLAYING WITH IT FIGURING OUT WHAT ALL IT IS CAPABLE OF DOING. CONGRATULATIONS!!
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#1922585 - 01/28/08 06:16 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: CHAMPION FISH]
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Thanks! About what are you guys running on settings for the sensitivity and colorline? Someone also showed me how to turn the bottomline kinda brown. Couldn't figurre it out today. Oh well, more reading!
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#1922633 - 01/28/08 06:25 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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Git dem greenfish outta here before you taint the board
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#1922642 - 01/28/08 06:26 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: Parker]
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did the internal gps work ok dash mounted?
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#1922663 - 01/28/08 06:31 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: Parker]
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Seemed to work fine. I turned it off and on 3 or 4 times. It took about a minute to find location each time. Is that normal?
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#1922748 - 01/28/08 06:51 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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Mine is the 520 and it only takes about 2 seconds. but if it works it works
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#1922877 - 01/28/08 07:24 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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That seems a bit long, but I have an external antennae, so it may be normal. If I were to turn my unit off, but still have the connectors hooked up, the antennae would still track my position. Perhaps the internal anntenae units shut the GPS system down as well.

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#1923019 - 01/28/08 08:00 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: JV4 NITRO]
Parker Offline
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i didnt think about that. i dont have the power going to the GPS antenna on a switch. Must be why mine is so quick to connect.
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#1923262 - 01/29/08 01:12 AM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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Loc: Garland, Texas USA
 Originally Posted By: Lakeguide
You guys just cost me close to a grand. Sick of seeing all these great screen shots of color graphs and GPS units, so I had to run out and get one .


Matt, I feel you!! JV made go and get one also!! I got the Eagle 2000 which is the same as the Lowrance 27c (pretty much). Mine came with out the antenae. I still haven't bought it so I am just using it as a sonar for now!!
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#1923464 - 01/29/08 05:53 AM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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Hey Matt , Thats the same way I have mine set up--if you cut power it will take some time to find its position again when you turn it back on but if you wire the internal antena so it has continuous power it will always show your position, also if you are moving at a good clip it will take longer to find its position. I have mine set up with a dash switch that lets me keep power while I go fishing and then when Im done I switch it off and I dont have to worry about draining the battery?


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#1923477 - 01/29/08 06:01 AM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: Texascandc43]
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JV4 who is the guy on your signature with the Dean guitar? My son has a linking to Dean guitars. I got him a Dimebag Razorback 7 for his B-Day last year and he got an Dean V 255 for Christmas. They are hideous looking things but man can he play them.


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#1923627 - 01/29/08 07:12 AM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: XYZ]
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DJ, the Eagle looked like a good unit to me as well. I like Eagle electronics really well. I would liked to have bought it, but I already had the Lowrance wiring.

I usually don't turn off the power that much to the graph, so it doesn't seem too long for it to aquire position to me its only about a minute. The main thing I will need work on is to get the sonar settings the way I like them. I know exactly what structure and fish look like on my old unit. I'm going through that "new graph" learning phase again.
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#1923736 - 01/29/08 08:05 AM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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Rick my unit seemed to be working fine on Saturday when we were pounding them and everybody else was having trouble.

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#1923819 - 01/29/08 08:36 AM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: Jimbo100]
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This is what mt graph read on Saturday

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#1924468 - 01/29/08 12:32 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: Jimbo100]
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Jimbo??? Come on now???I dont think your fishing sonar had anything to do with the fish we caught!
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#1924992 - 01/29/08 02:57 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: Texascandc43]
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Just got the X135 moved up front by the TM, now all there is to do is keep reading manuals and wait for the wind to lay!
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#1925009 - 01/29/08 03:02 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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 Originally Posted By: Jimbo100
Rick my unit seemed to be working fine on Saturday when we were pounding them and everybody else was having trouble.


Hey, we didnt do to bad \:D \:D


 Originally Posted By: john varner
Well, another day of trying to see how much punishment I can take with this fishing thing \:D JV4 and I decided to fish Hubbard this morning \:D First thing was first…..”Lets don’t start to early \:D “ ….. I hate sitting at the house and waiting to go fishing \:D On the water at 9:00am and man was it foggy…. Thanks to the brilliant minds that invented GPS \:D One little hint, nor reason to start at 9:00am. We had 13 fish on the clicker by 12:30pm. We made a decision to go eat some lunch so we pulled the boat up to the docks at the boardwalk and went and ate at Dodies Cajun restaurant. Man was it good. After lunch we went back out and got a good 1 ˝ hour break from the cold and fog. Found fish scattered around with some bird action. There were more birds and fish on the graph then on our hooks. The water was 46 degrees and it was tough to get them to bite. Dead sticking bass assassins was NOT the trick today. We caught a few like that but not many. TNT slabs worked most of the day though, I was also using a ˝ jig with a curly tail body and ended up doing fairly well with it. We were going to leave and Sea Pro Todd called and had birds working out from the jetties. We hauled arse over there and caught a few nice hybrids and big sandies \:D Today was TFF day out there \:D To many people to name, if you want to shout out go ahead \:D I forgot to mention, while JV4 and I were working all day to find fish, our good friend Ruben was in a nice warm house \:D He called a couple of times and got a fishing report and waited till we got into them for us to pick him up at the dock \:D \:D So Ruben got to catch fish today, but he was the smart one \:D All fish caught on TNT slabs, grubs, Bass As. Water was 44-47 degrees and winds were 0-12 mph. All fish were in 28-32 ft water. We did not get off the wateer till 5:30pm with 16 hybrids and 50 sandies caught and released. On a closing note, While were where catching fish at the end, there was this huge cruiser trolling \:D There were 12 or so boats all in a circle, you know how it looks when people are catching fish. Anyways, I looked at JV4 and Ruben and said “ SURLEY THIS GUY IS NOT GOING TO TROLL IN BETWEEN ALL OF US RIGHT? “ ….HE DID….I mean he was not 5 ft away from us, with other boats on the other side of him. This guy was a moron, I am sorry to say it but he was. We had to use our trolling motor to get out of his way, he was big \:D


 Originally Posted By: Texascandc43
Hey John we saw you guys down at the Jetty--wondered if the birds were working? Could not tell looking thru the glasses but Jimmy found us a spot on down south and we ended the day catching two dozen hybrids and alot of big sandies. Had a new fishing buddy of Jimmy out and he caught more then me on his second trip out :hammer It took me a hour before I landed my first Hybrid! Here are some more picks-- JimmyWe needed some fresh fish for dinner so we keep 4 hybrids and some big sandies last pic is kind of fuzzy but shows alot of fish
Most hybrids were right at 18" and a few unders but I did have a 21" and a 20" and Cal had a few big 20+ fish also. Was a great day to be out

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#1925014 - 01/29/08 03:03 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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 Originally Posted By: Lakeguide
Just got the X135 moved up front by the TM, now all there is to do is keep reading manuals and wait for the wind to lay!


Well, the only thing I can tell you about moving that X135 to the front is you will be cussing it.... once you go color you never go back \:D \:D you will be buying you one for the front \:D

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#1925041 - 01/29/08 03:12 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: john varner]
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i have a 522c with internal gps. it takes it a minute to find the location 30seconds to a minute but it works fine and i didnt have to mount anything other than the unit.
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#1925296 - 01/29/08 04:51 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: john varner]
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Well, the only thing I can tell you about moving that X135 to the front is you will be cussing it.... once you go color you never go back \:D \:D you will be buying you one for the front \:D [/quote]

I heard it was bla... woops nevermind!

I wonder what BPS will approve me for on their credit card
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#1925605 - 01/29/08 06:34 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: *Lakeguide*]
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 Originally Posted By: Lakeguide

Well, the only thing I can tell you about moving that X135 to the front is you will be cussing it.... once you go color you never go back \:D \:D you will be buying you one for the front \:D


I heard it was bla... woops nevermind!

I wonder what BPS will approve me for on their credit card [/quote]

Just wait... the sun will be in the right spot...you wont be able to see the screen then you will be cussing \:D \:D

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#1925646 - 01/29/08 06:42 PM Re: Thanks John, JV, Rick...... [Re: john varner]
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I FINALLY BIT THE BULLET AND GOT COLOR FRONT AND BACK. JOHN IS RIGHT, IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO. I LOVE IT!!!
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