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.

you will love it...don't forget to look up to see where you are going from time to time...

I love when other people spend money

I've been green with envy for too long. After I learn to use it I may even turn shades

make sure your software in the unit is up to date. http://www.lowrance.com is the place to look.

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.

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

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!

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

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!

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!!

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!

Git dem greenfish outta here before you taint the board

did the internal gps work ok dash mounted?

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?

Mine is the 520 and it only takes about 2 seconds. but if it works it works

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.

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.

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!!

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?

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.

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.

Rick my unit seemed to be working fine on Saturday when we were pounding them and everybody else was having trouble.

This is what mt graph read on Saturday

Jimbo??? Come on now???I dont think your fishing sonar had anything to do with the fish we caught!