FCV585 and M260 depth
Submitted by bsir on Fri, 2017-04-07 21:53
HI,
I have an FCV585 with an M260 (IkW in hull) transducer.
On the weekend i was out in around 200m and was struggling to read bottom at 6 knots.
I had TVG set to High, using 50kHz....I thought i would read better with this setup. Any suggestions? Shallow water performance has been awesome.
Anyone have a similar setup and what sort of performance do you get in deeper water?
Thanks
dodgy
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I'm running a 587 with
I'm running a 587 with ss264. Runs out of legs around 430m
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Alpha
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Same set up
i had the same set up and was not getting much better maybe 250m tried everything. Researched everywhere to do better mixed a few things up changed a few things with no better results. You get mixed reports some go great and get good depths then some like ours don't do what I thought would be better than 200's.
Tim
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Speed
Bryce Day
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That's not true
That's not true, The speed bit, Water condition :)
Tim
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Not true?
Bryce Day
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The even those with
The even those with commercial units on small boats cant get much more bit.
Tim
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correct
Bryce Day
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From my experience, if you
From my experience, if you put the time in and don't dick around with transducers and half arsed setups. A properly set up tranny and you should be able to sit on 9-11 knots in all fishable conditions. Not much it sounds but you sit on 6 knots all day looking for fish compared to 10-11 it makes for a shit time. I wouldn't want to be restricted to looking for fish if it was a bit sloppy
Bsir id look at other options in mounting the tranny
bsir
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Interesting
i think it would be really interesting to compare the tranny transom mounted compared to in hull. I do like the in hull tranny because I do read really good in 100m, even at 30 knots it's still nice and clear. I've never had that much clarity from transom mount.
Next install would probably be through hull with an ss164 or 264, but that's a bit expensive for right now. Maybe another year down track I can upgrade the whole lot.
Belly Fish
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Depends
How much fibreglass are you beaming through. Most guys I know running in hull transducers are running 2kw
bsir
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Not sure
its a cruise craft hull and came with a built in section for mounting an m260. Not sure of the thickness though, i would guess it is the same as the rest of the hull, and I don't know what that is.
z00m
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Tuning guide
Have you run through the tuning guide exactly?
www.fishtec.co.za/furuno_setup.pdf
bsir
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Good point
I have used this guide before but only in around 50m. I did adjust TVG and clutter but next time I will follow the guide and see if it can get any better.
if not....it might be back to the drawing board.
Sea cheese
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Mine worked well
I took my boat out wide last week with a 588 with a 1kw shoot thru tranny and read bottom nicely in 250-350 easy. Still read bottom in 500 metres but started to struggle a bit in that depth. Over all I was pretty impressed with it
Too easy in the cheesy