Marine Electronics Quick Reads

Just released and now in stock - HDS Live with Active Imaging - See the fish like never before!HDS LIVE is poised to carry on that tradition behind premium performance and the best collection of innovative sonar features available – from new Active Imaging™ and StructureScan® 3D with Active Imaging to FishReveal™ and LiveSight™ real-time sonar – you will experience a new level of fishfinding performance with HDS LIVE.Navigating to your favorite fishing spot or finding a new one …

We are starting to receive some of the new Minn Kota trolling motors with built in mega down imaging (Mdi).  For the first time, anglers will have the option to select a Minn Kota Ulterra™, Terrova®, Ultrex™ or Fortrex® trolling motor with Built-In MEGA Down Imaging sonar. The Humminbird MEGA Down Imaging transducer will now be integrated into the trolling motor to provide a clean set up at the bow for anglers. Humminbird’s ultra-clear MEGA Imaging™ is the first …

Capt'n Billy writes for forums, blogs and periodicals and has enjoyed sailboats, power watercraft, and fishing in the lakes and rivers of Western PA and NY, and along the Eastern Seaboard since the 60s. My Boating Friends, there have recently been a few articles and blogs that describe the dizzying number of features and options you have to think about when you are buying marine electronics. Honestly, Friends, it just ain't so complicated! You have a few basic choices, and when you've answe …

Capt'n Billy writes for forums, blogs and periodicals and has enjoyed sailboats, power watercraft, and fishing since the 60s, in the lakes and rivers of Western PA and NY, and along the New England coastline. Dear Readers, electric boat motors have been around since my granddaddy was a tyke (the late 1800s). As with cars, when gas started to be plentiful and cheap, electric motors faded. Remember that electricity has only been commercialized since the late 1800s, and much of rural America d …