01-05-2020, 11:02 PM
I feel like I resolved the problem I was having with the Striker 4 the first two times I was using it, and that is that it didn't seem to pick up what was actually on the bottom under me. Did some testing yesterday and I figured out that the round part needs to point straight down, not the wedge shaped piece that sticks out of the side. I saw a Youtube video about it where a guy had added a piece of PVC pipeto the inside of the pool noodle that he had and then run the cable for the flasher through and then mounted the flasher to the piece of PVC pipe so that it is always pointing down in the perfect orientation.
When I was being careful to orient the cable so it was pointing down like this, I could see a tiny tungsten jig 75 feet down no problem. The accuracy and faster updates on the Striker 4 get it my vote by far, but also the fact that you can see the wide and narrow beam sonars at the same time is key because you can see what's right under you and what might be approaching. It's really easy to look at that display and visualize something very far down circling around the area under you.
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When I was being careful to orient the cable so it was pointing down like this, I could see a tiny tungsten jig 75 feet down no problem. The accuracy and faster updates on the Striker 4 get it my vote by far, but also the fact that you can see the wide and narrow beam sonars at the same time is key because you can see what's right under you and what might be approaching. It's really easy to look at that display and visualize something very far down circling around the area under you.
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