littleboat Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Has anyone bought one and what kind of results (i.e. good reading on depth, speed and temp or erratic) with them. I'm thinking about buying one.
Rascal Trophy Fishing Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 I've had two fish hawk over the years and they work fine. My latest is the X-4, it's great. The X-4D with depth of the ball is new and haven't heard anything yet.
littleboat Posted January 2, 2014 Author Posted January 2, 2014 I've had two fish hawk over the years and they work fine. My latest is the X-4, it's great. The X-4D with depth of the ball is new and haven't heard anything yet.I know the speed and temp fish hawks work well, but I haven't heard about the one with the depth option. That's the one I want to purchase. I have a Cannon speed, temp and depth, but the display go intermittent once I go pass 87'. I want to get away from the coated cable.
CITM Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 I bought an X-4D last year, I also had been using a Cannon and liked having the depth feature. The X-4D was a definite improvement over the Cannon but the readings weren't as consistent as I would have liked. In all fairness though, I haven't contacted Fish Hawk to try to resolve the issue. I suspect that it is fixable from what I have heard. I wouldn't hesitate to buy the X-4D again.
littleboat Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 Is it interference from your motor or how close you mounted it to the props/drive? I know they say it should be 15-17 inches I think. Or is there a wiring issue(i.e routing). When does it not read correctly?
Sly Selea Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 I use the X4D and have found it very useful, especially once when the counter went out on one of my riggers. I have my transom transducer mounted about 20-24 inches from my outdrive and my readings seem to be accurate. I do get occasional readings where it seems to kind of freak out and give funny readings for about 20 seconds and then either reacquires the signal or reset itself. I'm very happy I added it.
littleboat Posted June 26, 2014 Author Posted June 26, 2014 I mounted my X4D far away from the drive and just a couple of inches to the inside of the trim tabs. The readings are rock solid. As mentioned you have to use your GPS speed for the surface, since they used that display for the ball depth. The unit is great, no wires on a cable to deal with or wear out/replace. LB
stcroixx09 Posted June 26, 2014 Posted June 26, 2014 got 2 try my xd4 also. seemed to lose signal shortly, very infrequent though. all in all was very pleased with results and am very glad i added it.
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