Jigging for lake trout with HDS

[Curtis Payerl]

Hey,

I was out jiggin for some lakers today with my hds and i found that my graph would mark my tube fine but it would mark like 5 or 6 lines moving up and down perfectly with the tube. I just put new tuffline briad on my line and i am wondering if anyone has dealt with this before either open water or ice fishing and if anyone has any recommendations.

Also when i turn my sensitivity up past about 75 in 80+ feet of water every time i run my trolling motor (Motorguide Xi5 with pinpoint and built in lowrance transeducer) i get bad interferance. Is there any way to get rid of this? The graph is on a different battery then the motor guide.

Any advice is greatly appreciated,

Thanks

This was the biggest caught today, 14 lbs

 

[buckhorn-bassin]

Where abouts do you live? I'd contact the boys at angling outfitters in Woodstock if I was you.. They know everything and anything lowrance.. And know a ton about the HDS models

 

[Curtis Payerl]

will do. I know that place well. Thanks!

 

[hamiltonangler94]

Wow beast of a laker man

 

[buckhorn-bassin]

will do. I know that place well. Thanks!

No problem!! Iv learned a lot myself from the guys at angling outfitters.. The hds models are expensive units and most people don't know how to use them properly.

 

[Curtis Payerl]

Ya I have 2 hds 7s gen 2 and am very familiar with them. The motorguide Xi5 is still so new it is hard find any trouble shooting on it. It has a built in lowrance transducer so there isn't supposed to be any interference but when i call motorguide they tell me its a lowrance issue and vice versa when i call lowrance. Just gotta sit around and wait until someone figures it out. Until then i'll just run it off my back sonar.

 

[buckhorn-bassin]

My guess it's a motorguide problem.. But I could be wrong. Reason I say this tho is I have 2 friends that had problems with their minn kota built in transducers.. And have went and bought normal transducers to put on their minn kotas.. Might wanna try that.. I know it's not ideal or cheap for a transducer (70-80 bucks)