Saturday, February 16, 2019

That darn fish finder doesn't work.

I mentioned last post that I got a Garmin Striker 4, 3.5" screen  fish finder.

Garmin Striker 4 with Transducer, 3.5" GPS Fishfinder with CHIRP Traditional Transducer
Fish finder
Well, I got it put together. I contemplated mounting it on the side of my kayak, but you still need space for the battery. So I did it the portable way. You have a little tray about 10 inches in diameter that the fish finder attaches to, a little slot for the 12v battery, and a place to wind up the cord that goes to the transducer. 

So I put the fish finder in the kayak, opened the access hole in front of the seat, and suction cupped the transducer to the bottom of the kayak. 

I turned it on and nothing. Oh, it came on all right, but didn't show any depth or fish that I could see. 

So I called Garmin and told them the problem. Ran through all that I had done and what was showing on the screen. 

The Customer Service Rep that I was talking to then asked the definitive question. 

"Was the kayak in the water?"


Thought you might need a little chuckle this morning.   
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  1. Brk TrtFebruary 17, 2019 at 4:16 AM

    Thank you very much...you had me going.

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  2. Michael AgnetaFebruary 18, 2019 at 6:10 PM

    LOL. That was a good one.

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  3. Bill TrussellFebruary 24, 2019 at 3:36 PM

    Mark
    I can relate----after launching my boat on one of my morning trips last year, I kept wondering why my depth finder wouldn't work----I found out after working with the functions for sometime it works much better if it is plugged in.

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