Our last outing of the year went on without a hitch. The weather turned out to be like the last summer day of the year. It definitely reached the 80’s. This outing had the most veteran participation out of all.

The second outing at Picatinny Arsenal was a bit different due to the over all weed growth in the lake. It was a different style of fishing unlike in the spring. Hobies didn’t work well and I learned my new transducer mount really grabbed on the weeds. It was such heavy cover that my depth finder wouldn’t shoot through.

Looking forward to taking the vets kayak fishing here in the spring again!

Thanks again to Civic Duty Partners for providing lunch. The sausage sandwiches really hit the spot!

Overall totally glad I waited for this bad boy! Like its big brother the Elite-7 this unit is just as powerful in a more compact design. The smaller design is perfect for kayaks. The screen being smaller also prolongs battery life. Here is the breakdown.

Pros:

• Compact
• RAM Mounts Mounting System
• Good battery life
• High Definition Display
• Broadband Sonar and DSI Scanning
• The ability to overlay the DSI image over the Sonar Image
• Navionics Gold add on
• All in one transducer
• *Lowrance Transducer scupper mount Kit works on the Jackson Kayak  Big Rig

Cons:

• Large Connecting plugs for power and transducer. Hard to wire for a kayak install. *(Updated) With West Marine 2 Wire Caps wires can be run through a 1″ hole and capped off water tight!
• Oversized transducer. Cannot scupper mount on Jackson Cuda 14, 12, Cruise, or Big Tuna

As i stated the connecting plugs are over 1″ in diameter. I still have not found a through hull wiring pass through of this size that will be water tight. *(Updated) See Big Rig Install Here!

Last night after work I drove an hour to fish for Striped bass in the Manasquan River. A cool calm night as I begun at the drop in. Its not all that often I get to fish on water so calm its like a sheet of glass. The same area fluke are targeted in the summer where hundreds of boats pass through daily. The non rocking and rolling was odd along with the dark sky. I ended up with 2 bass over 21 inches and lost what was probably well over 30″. I wish i could have fished longer but when you live an hour away and have to work early in the morning theres no way to get alot of fishing time in. The tide could have been better also. Dead low tide was at 7:30 PM but the tide didn’t run for a good 2.5 – 3 hours after dead low. Once the tide started to move the fish started biting. I am definitely going to give it another shot next week.