Four meters?

adman · Post by **adman** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:05 am

I am curious why so many of the pros now have FOUR meters on their boats. Anyone know the answer? Besides the "because they can" answer.

kopper_bass · Post by **kopper_bass** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:01 pm

adman,
when do you see Pro's with 4 meters on their boats?

Not sure i really have seen that, but an explanation could be the following:
1 - 1 of the "meters" is actually a biosonix machine.
2 - Some guys have the Humminbird side imaging and leave it setup just for that and use a seperate meter for traditional fish finding.
-or -
3 - your TV (or eyes) is fuzzy & out of focus and your getting a "double" image.

just kiddin.

explain what you've noticed cause i would be interested to know.

Thanks,

Kopper

DL · Post by DL » Thu May 28, 2009 12:44 pm

when do you see Pro's with 4 meters on their boats?

Ike had four on his boat at the last Elite event. Maybe its so he has a backup in case one of them gets the boot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBzZxZG6so

Two on the console and it looks like 2 on the bow...(flush mount and gimbal/gimble)

adman · Post by **adman** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:12 pm

And I saw some pro, forgot who it was talking about the importance of batteries and he said "I have four meters plus..." and I thought what in the hell am I missing here...I suppose backup could explain it but you'd think they would just have a spare in a compartment rather than up where it would just take up more space...and do any pros actually use biosonix?

Dave Wilson · Post by **Dave Wilson** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:31 pm

I'm guessing they have a fore and an aft flasher also.

kopper_bass · Post by **kopper_bass** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:32 pm

i checked out that video of Ike and the only thing i can think of in his case is this:

- his boat was pre-rigged with some basic equipment (for future resale) and he then added his sponsored/preferred stuff on the gimble mounts.

otherwise, i have no idea. obviously the flush mounted equipment is smaller and is the only stuff that fits in their. the gimble mounted equipment he has is h"huge".

that's my guess.

Kopper

DL · Post by DL » Thu May 28, 2009 1:58 pm

and do any pros actually use biosonix?

KVD uses it, and talks about using it. If someone gave me a BioSonix unit I would use it, but I ain't shellin out 600 clams for one..

BassManDan · Post by **BassManDan** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:08 pm

Probly the factory rigging plus the extra gimbal mounted stuff, hell when I get my Sonar/Chart for the side of the console and the sonar up at the bow, I'll have three, (got a flush mount on the console, and space for one up front!)

I would expect that the newere boats have a big enough openings to flush mount those HUGE units.

bassrockstar · Post by **bassrockstar** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:23 pm

Skeet specifically has said he has the two extra units for on the water back up in case of unit failure or transducer failure. I'd do it too if I could and $100,000 was on the line.

big_limits · Post by **big_limits** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:04 pm

What i would see as beneficial, especially fishing deep open water, would be one 4 boat positioning(gps) and one to fine tune position(looking at the bottom structure, fish, bait, etc.). This would eliminate having a split screen up and allow u to expand ur image more???????????????????

green_monster · Post by **green_monster** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:29 pm

Here is Skeet's explanation....backup

http://www.skeetreeseinc.com/console.html

http://www.skeetreeseinc.com/BowRigging.html

DanO · Post by **DanO** » Fri May 29, 2009 5:30 am

It serves a couple of purposes.

First, they have the ability to choose the unit they use based on the type of fishing they are doing. In shallow water, they may use a smaller unit, then turn to the bigger units for deep water finesse angling; giving them a bigger screen to look at, and more zoom capabilities.

Secondly, as green monster said, is redundancy. They have the ability to switch units if one goes down. Some of them are now also rigging a separate GPS antenna in case they have a failure of the main one. THey can simply plug in the other one and be back in business.

With the units now being set up on a network in the boat, everything is in sync, making it a cohesive fishfinding / navigation system.

A lot of them also have the new Biosonix RF300 installed as well, and not just the sponsored anglers either, I know several pros that are purchasing them and installing on their own.

Like someone mentioned, if I was fishing at that level, or even the National Guard trail, my boat would be setup this way too. It just makes too much sense.

DanO