Lowrance Mark 4
 

This thing just pops! LED backlighting just like on color FF SD card/split screen scroll back feature and dual freq trans. If you liked the Cuda 350 you will love this.

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I just bought his cousin....Bam! :D

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Andy, do you carry the Mark 4 in your shop? Looking to buy another fish finder for 2nd kayak before Black Pearl trip.

I have the Gold on backorder
 

I hope they will get some. Lowrance did not ship enough to the bigs (BPS and WM).

Tom,

I have Elite 4s and Mark 4s.........finally, they have been in high demand and hard to come by.

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Got mine on Friday Andy, and I love it. The back light is going to make this more easy to read in any light.

What did you pay for you Mark-4?

I just got this one...

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Right now through BPS you can sign up for 6 month pay. The unit I got is selling for $199 and the color one that someone posted up is selling for $299. So I am paying $50 a month for the next 6 months for this and I also bought a Marine radio. I love it when BPS does the 6 month pay thing.

Alright that sounds good so did you get it off online or instore?

You have to order online or over the phone using a Credit card.

Sounds good Once I pay rent then I can think about it haha
Any preferences over color or black and white?
and why?

I look at it this way, you are paying $100 more for color, do you really think the fish are going to bite better because of a color fish finder? Nope. That's why I chose the BW. I almost ended up with the HB 385ci but there was a mixup and so I chose to go with the one I got. I can't wait to test it out. Looks like that may be on the OEX tourney. I'll read up on the manual before I get out there.

Good luck on the Tourney!!
I wont be getting my line wet for another 3 weeks at least
Hey I'm taking my scotty mount off my wife's mini x to put it on my PA
any safe ideas for removing the pop rivets?

You can always use a small drill bit to drill the rivet part. If you have access to the underneath part you can try cutting them off with a small set of bolt cutters or wire snips.

glad it worked out for ya :cheers1::D

Well I will try the drill bit first see where that takes me

center punch, then break off the heads and punch through.

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work it back and forth until it breaks off, if you are looking to fill the holes left, you can use rivets for that.

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I just used a color FF for the first time today. I'll probably never buy one. I just use mine to mainly find structure. If I see boomerangs or worms on the screen that's just a bonus. If your hunting WSB or YT and you know what color they show up as then it's probably worth it. Besides, I'm color blind. So, knowing the colors wouldn't help much anyways.

Wow iceman that kayak looks very familiar lol. Thanks for the patch job and the bait tank, and the scotty rod holder. Great job bro.


Andrew

The color makes a huge difference especially if you are trying to differentiate hard bottom and structure. Any finder is better than nothing but once you can properly read a good color finder, it is a game changer.

Wait until Sharon gets familiar with her finder.

^ ^^^^ This. And one more thing: Learning to use your FF on manual instead of automatic will open your eyes to a bunch of stuff that normally gets missed.

Why I ask is because I never used one and I've herd so many debated on color and BW

Excellent point Eric. Color makes a HUGE difference identifying bottom types. Also differentiating between different types of bait. Squid being one color and finbait being a different color. A good color finder is most definitely a MAJOR game changer.
Young grasshopper, you have learned well from sensei Nakada. ;)





Another excellent point. And be sure to take it off of the "little fishy" mode and go with arches.

I am also color blind and find the color sonar very helpful whatever the colors are. I understand the differences in what I am seeing on screen far better.




So when Ed and I fish together it really is the color blind leading the color blind!!!