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Android Jr. Member Offline Posts: 69 Location: Wright County, MN Joined: Apr 19^th, 2010	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #10 - Feb 9^th, 2011 at 10:27pm	Quote Print Post
	moonman wrote on Feb 9^th, 2011 at 4:27pm: Yes, they are exactly the same. They are phasing out the Eagle brand name. Right now I'm looking at the new Garmin Echo 100. Specs look really good. Moonman. I looked at the specs for the 100 and I didn't see anything that said that it runs on AA batteries. I think thats a key for the BWCA or Q. Maybe someone can tell me if a small sized 12volt battery can last a week.


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DentonDoc Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #11 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 12:10am	Quote Print Post
	Android wrote on Feb 9^th, 2011 at 10:27pm: I looked at the specs for the 100 and I didn't see anything that said that it runs on AA batteries. I think thats a key for the BWCA or Q. Maybe someone can tell me if a small sized 12volt battery can last a week. I just went to Radio Shack and got a 8-pack battery holder for AA's and a 9-volt clip on adapter, wired it up to the battery leads and viola. dd


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Snow_Dog Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1858 Location: Twin Cities Joined: Jul 11^th, 2003	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #12 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 1:03am	Quote Print Post
	DentonDoc wrote on Feb 10^th, 2011 at 12:10am: I just went to Radio Shack and got a 8-pack battery holder for AA's and a 9-volt clip on adapter, wired it up to the battery leads and viola. dd x2 There's no reason to ever carry lantern batteries in the bush anymore. Just be sure you buy a regular depthfinder, not one marketed as portable.


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nctry_Ben Inukshuk Offline Posts: 401 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Jan 12^th, 2010	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #13 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 2:23am	Quote Print Post
	Snow_Dog wrote on Feb 10^th, 2011 at 1:03am: DentonDoc wrote on Feb 10^th, 2011 at 12:10am: I just went to Radio Shack and got a 8-pack battery holder for AA's and a 9-volt clip on adapter, wired it up to the battery leads and viola. dd x2 There's no reason to ever carry lantern batteries in the bush anymore. Just be sure you buy a regular depthfinder, not one marketed as portable. Well, I'm guilty... I had an old Eagle "portable" and my son wanted to take it to WCPP with us. He said he didn't use it much and the TWO lantern batteries were dead in like three days I think. Once that thing was dead weight it doesn't seem so portable. I'm looking for something too.


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moonman Jr. Member Offline Posts: 59 Location: Toronto, Canada Joined: Sep 15^th, 2010	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #14 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 2:59am	Quote Print Post
	Yup - AA is the way to go. After reading Denton Doc and others posting about converting standard, non portable finders it seems fairly straightforward. One of the reasons I'm not looking at the Garmin 150 is that its 200 watt rms model so more power consumption. The only thing I'm not sure about yet with the Garmin is the screen readability in direct sunlight. I'm used to eagle products and always found seeing the screen in sunlight fine with them. what I do like is the look of the tilt and swivel mount. Looking forward to seeing an actual unit when they come out in a couple months. Moonman.


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DentonDoc Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #15 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 4:22am	Quote Print Post
	moonman wrote on Feb 10^th, 2011 at 2:59am: what I do like is the look of the tilt and swivel mount. I just made a tilt/swivel mount for my Eagle to fit the round thwarts on my Prism. dd


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Puckster Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1208 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota Joined: Feb 10^th, 2009	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #16 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 2:51pm	Quote Print Post
	I'd love to know the percentage of QJ members who use or don't use fish finders in the QP or BWCA. I've never used one. Always caught enough fish to eat. Would I catch more and bigger fish if I had one? Probably. Would I catch more walleye? That would be enough incentive for me to bring one! prouboy


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Old Salt Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4871 Location: Crossville, TN Joined: Jun 17^th, 2004	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #17 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 3:45pm	Quote Print Post
	Snow_Dog wrote on Feb 10^th, 2011 at 1:03am: DentonDoc wrote on Feb 10^th, 2011 at 12:10am: I just went to Radio Shack and got a 8-pack battery holder for AA's and a 9-volt clip on adapter, wired it up to the battery leads and viola. dd x2 There's no reason to ever carry lantern batteries in the bush anymore. Just be sure you buy a regular depthfinder, not one marketed as portable. Get two of the 8 pak battery holders, put your backup batteries in the backup holder. Tape all batteries in their holders with a few wraps of electrical tape. Then, when your initial set dies after about 5-6 days of heavy use, it's a simple matter to swap the whole set. Quick & easy. PB, yes, you will catch more & bigger waldos if you are fishing where they hang out. I don't actually 'mark' waldos hanging on the bottom, but I can read the structure to determine where they are if they are home. I do see suspended fish which can serve as an indicator.


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	do you want 8 batteries? Reply #18 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 10:47pm	Quote Print Post
	Most depth finders are designed to operate in a motor boat with a car type battery. 12 volt car batteries are about 14 volts and when charging are about 16 Volts. I have read where others (Jimbo) reported his detector worked better on lithium batteries. He was using 8 AA batteries. Lithium batteries are a little higher voltage than alkaline batteries. I use a power hog detector so I need to use C cells to operate it for a week (C actually last quite long). I found the detector did not work well and got lower performing as the week went along running on 8 C cells. I changed to 10 alkaline C cells and the detector worked very well. When the 10 batteries are fully charged the detector is getting about 16 volts which is not higher than what it could be in a running motor boat. The detector seems to work quite well ( can pick up a rubber twisty tail) between 12 and 16 volts.


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DentonDoc Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: do you want 8 batteries? Reply #19 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 11:28pm	Quote Print Post
	Quote: I have read where others (Jimbo) reported his detector worked better on lithium batteries. He was using 8 AA batteries. Lithium batteries are a little higher voltage than alkaline batteries. I run a lithium AA 8-pak. Seems to be enough to carry me for a two week trip (under moderate use). As a matter of fact, on the last trip I pulled a couple out to put into my GPS who's batt's had succumb (since I wasn't fishing my way out to the exit). I've used the GPS several times since my trip and the batt's seem to still be going strong. dd


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