fish finders in kayaks!

[kriso]

Hey Guys,

will be fitting a fish finder to me yak when i get it. What battery do you use? if you have one fitted to a profish can you tell me cause you have the same storage area and i know if i buy a battery before hand that it will fit.

[Confused]

Well i first bought from supercheap a Century PS 1270S 12v 7.0Ah and it runs my sounder and on off spraybar setup for approx 8hrs than the positive pin snapped off, So i went to BCF and paid approx 35ea for a REMCO Rm12-7.2 12v7.2Ah and i still havent flattened it after approx 8 hrs i also got a Battery fighter brand mini charger works a treat i think from memory was approx $50

[Alex]

Hey Kriso,

Mate at the moment there is no set date as to when the hatches will be available for the Profish other than as soon as we possibly can,

As for the battery for your sounder, a 7.2 amp hour battery is the one that fits in the slot.

They are sealed, and you can get them from BCF or supercheap autp for about $30.

I have been using this battery from ages now on my Viking Predator kayak, running a Humminbird Matrix 12, and will get multiple sessions from it before rechargeing.

All though I have no commerical interest in Humminbird sounders I do fully recomend them to anyone for kayak use, they are virtually bulletproof, as tested by me.

Cheers

Alex

[Brian D]

I grabbed a 12ah from battery world for the same price as the 7.2ah from bcf.

The 8ah batteries are the same size as the 12ah but gives a couple of more days life. also the 12 can run an air pump as well.

Battery World have good batteries.

[kriso]

thanks fellas! well sus out one of brians i think. any chance of the model number chilli!

[Angus]

Kriso ill do some research as well. Might even make a project of it together as i want to put one in mine asap as well!

Angus

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I got a Lowrance x67c installed in my Tempo ( got it < $300 off ebay US ) and have my big battery for when I'm running the Leccy as well and a 7AH sealed battery from Jaycar ( $30ish I think ) which I'll put in a plastic box and probably stick it inside the hull.

[Confused]

Krisco and angus you guys are quite welcome to come take a look through mine before you start cutting holes in, just to see and discuss maybe better options?

[kriso]

thanks mate might take you up on that once i buy a few things

[Master Sardines]

My fish finder / sounder

I went out in mine today and i could see fish swimming around me as i scared the crap out of them so i know there was some fish there. While the water was still a bit merkey i put the paddle in the water and if it touched i knew it was about 3-4 foot. When it didn't touch i knew it was deep.

[Angus]

Master Sardines wrote:

My fish finder / sounder

I went out in mine today and i could see fish swimming around me as i scared the crap out of them so i know there was some fish there. While the water was still a bit merkey i put the paddle in the water and if it touched i knew it was about 3-4 foot. When it didn't touch i knew it was deep.

Haha thats the method i have been using to date master

Angus

[Angus]

Confused wrote:

Krisco and angus you guys are quite welcome to come take a look through mine before you start cutting holes in, just to see and discuss maybe better options?

Yeah mate i think that would be awesome.

Are you going to come along to the AFO Day at baroon pocket dam. Plenty of fish and a good chance to look at other rigs

Angus

[Confused]

well i was'nt planning to as ive never fished fresh water in my life and well prolly just afraid ill know nothing.

[Angus]

Haha. Fresh is great mate! And Baroon is a good starting point coz its so chockers with bass!

[Brian D]

Confused wrote:

Krisco and angus you guys are quite welcome to come take a look through mine before you start cutting holes in, just to see and discuss maybe better options?

Don't cut holes - the profish has moulded section made for teh battery and the sounder.