What the f@ck! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

socalyaker556 · 08-21-2017, 10:45 AM

Secomd time out with new FF hook 5 and its tripping out, whole screen turns all different colors and on gps screen it shows my track and waypoints but no contour lines and im in 200+ ft amd it will show 10ft amd bounce around.... i turned it off amd on several times and default restore several times.. after a default restart it woek for a couple hours but just took a shit again wtf? Anyone have this happen

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socalyaker556 · 08-21-2017, 10:48 AM

If u can see the photo thats will start happening out of no where

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Denis_Ruso · 08-21-2017, 10:58 AM

Those vertical lines is what's happening or is that just from the camera? If its those vertical lines I would call Lowrance warranty and send this one in. Their warranty is supposed to be pretty good and they'll send you a new one.

socalyaker556 · 08-21-2017, 11:02 AM

Those black vertical lines are the camera... if you can see inbetween them the whole screen is yellow.... amd out of no where it started working like 5 mins ago

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goldenglory18 · 08-21-2017, 11:20 AM

The Hook series is notoriously inconsistent. Bummer from an other-than-that pretty stellar company.

Contact Lowrance and I'm sure they will take care of you.

Denis_Ruso · 08-21-2017, 11:53 AM

When its showing like that, the fish finder is not getting feedback from the transducer. This can be for number of reasons.

1.) The transducer is picking something up before the sonar signal hits the water.
2.) The transducer is not connected properly.
3.) The unit is faulty.

So I have a similar issue sometimes, my culprit is that I get sand in the Lowrance ready slot on the beach launch and as the water shifts the sand in the slot. This causes me to go in-between having and not having a reading.

I found that my remedy for that is to stick the mirage drive in backwards and get the kayak going backwards to push the sand out. Then I get good signal.

I would take the cover off the Lowrance ready slot, check the orientation of the transducer and make sure its facing straight down and isn't crooked. Check for sand while your at it.

Recheck your connections, make sure the twist lock in the back of the connector is twisted all the way.

jruiz · 08-21-2017, 02:05 PM

Is your depth set to auto? Turn that off for now and set it for something reasonable like 100ft. Your screen will always look like that if your range is <5ft.

socalyaker556 · 08-21-2017, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jruiz

Is your depth set to auto? Turn that off for now and set it for something reasonable like 100ft. Your screen will always look like that if your range is <5ft.

I had the auto setting on and my buddy adjusted some sruff afyer that and it was working fine.. i had the sonar sceen zoomed in and i was at about 300ft and all of the sudden on the screen the bottom of the screen scrolled up to the top and then the whole screen went mostly yellow with blues and red mixed in and it was saying my depth was 1ft at one point... i reset to default settings and turned it off and on a few times amd finally it was working for a few hours then it did it again

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socalyaker556 · 08-21-2017, 04:06 PM

I may have found the culprit... this little fucker was in front of the trans by the cord...

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socalyaker556 · 08-21-2017, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by socalyaker556

I may have found the culprit... this little fucker was in front of the trans by the cord...

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I moved the trans up a little higher (put a screw driver in between the bottom of the trans and the plate to make a gap) and see if that helps, the trans was pretty much resting on the plate

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08-21-2017, 10:45 AM	#1
socalyaker556 Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: socal Posts: 67	What the f@ck! Secomd time out with new FF hook 5 and its tripping out, whole screen turns all different colors and on gps screen it shows my track and waypoints but no contour lines and im in 200+ ft amd it will show 10ft amd bounce around.... i turned it off amd on several times and default restore several times.. after a default restart it woek for a couple hours but just took a shit again wtf? Anyone have this happen Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk

08-21-2017, 10:58 AM	#3
Denis_Ruso Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 571	Those vertical lines is what's happening or is that just from the camera? If its those vertical lines I would call Lowrance warranty and send this one in. Their warranty is supposed to be pretty good and they'll send you a new one. __________________ 2018 Hobie Outback 13 I do not fear the storm as it will teach me how to sail my ship.

08-21-2017, 11:53 AM	#6
Denis_Ruso Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 571	When its showing like that, the fish finder is not getting feedback from the transducer. This can be for number of reasons. 1.) The transducer is picking something up before the sonar signal hits the water. 2.) The transducer is not connected properly. 3.) The unit is faulty. So I have a similar issue sometimes, my culprit is that I get sand in the Lowrance ready slot on the beach launch and as the water shifts the sand in the slot. This causes me to go in-between having and not having a reading. I found that my remedy for that is to stick the mirage drive in backwards and get the kayak going backwards to push the sand out. Then I get good signal. I would take the cover off the Lowrance ready slot, check the orientation of the transducer and make sure its facing straight down and isn't crooked. Check for sand while your at it. Recheck your connections, make sure the twist lock in the back of the connector is twisted all the way. __________________ 2018 Hobie Outback 13 I do not fear the storm as it will teach me how to sail my ship.

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08-21-2017, 10:48 AM	#2
socalyaker556 Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: socal Posts: 67	If u can see the photo thats will start happening out of no where Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk

08-21-2017, 11:02 AM	#4
socalyaker556 Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: socal Posts: 67	Those black vertical lines are the camera... if you can see inbetween them the whole screen is yellow.... amd out of no where it started working like 5 mins ago Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk

08-21-2017, 11:20 AM	#5
goldenglory18 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Seattle Area Posts: 861	The Hook series is notoriously inconsistent. Bummer from an other-than-that pretty stellar company. Contact Lowrance and I'm sure they will take care of you.

08-21-2017, 02:05 PM	#7
jruiz Large Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: La Verne, CA Posts: 1,011	Is your depth set to auto? Turn that off for now and set it for something reasonable like 100ft. Your screen will always look like that if your range is <5ft.

08-21-2017, 04:06 PM	#9
socalyaker556 Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: socal Posts: 67	I may have found the culprit... this little fucker was in front of the trans by the cord... Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk