Furuno 587

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that's some shit hot country

Tue, 2014-10-14 14:46

that's some shit hot country there, next question is what was sitting on those lumps?

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 +1.....  what did you pull

Tue, 2014-10-14 14:49

 +1.....  what did you pull up from there?

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Dhu's, pinks, baldies and

Tue, 2014-10-14 15:04

Dhu's, pinks, baldies and Sambos.

Interesting tho the Dhu's have not been real big between 55-70cm, but pretty big pinky's and thumping badlies, one on Sunday went the best part of 70cm and the biggest I've seen.

A few annoying Sambos too, 15-20 kilo mark.

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 Is the guy with the hat

Tue, 2014-10-14 17:44

 Is the guy with the hat named paul???  He looks very familiar.

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 Nup not him, his name is Den

Tue, 2014-10-14 19:13

 Nup not him, his name is Den

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  No worries

Tue, 2014-10-14 19:24

  No worries

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You cant beat furuno sounders

Tue, 2014-10-14 23:02

You cant beat furuno sounders mate, The 587 is a great unit. What size transducer you running?
the bottom lock feature is unreal!

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 Running a 1kw through hull

Tue, 2014-10-14 23:22

 Running a 1kw through hull transducer, and yep a great unit. Only downside I hve is my transducer is not right at the back of the bost it's about 1/3 of the way up, and in very choppy conditions I get a little interference. Other than that all  good

 

Been out to the 500's and can read the bottom, just have to do 3-4 knots to get a good vis

 

 

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Hi Bodie,I've the 587 and am

Wed, 2014-10-15 08:43

Hi Bodie,

I've the 587 and am looking to swap to through hull from transom mount - which model transducer(s) are you running?

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Ive got the B164 Bronze

Wed, 2014-10-15 09:25

Ive got the B164 Bronze through-hill Transducer, think it was a 12 degree one from memory

http://furuno.com.au/products/viewProduct/product/30/97

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Just a question Perfish whats

Tue, 2014-10-21 18:20

Just a question Perfish whats the reason your changing from transom mount?

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Reason for change

Tue, 2015-01-06 11:34

 I wanted to step up from the standard p66 that came with the 587 to a 1kw unit.  Planned to go through-hull to get clean(er) water over the face.  Have ended up having to go TM due to space/location challenges.  It's just been installed (Christmas pressie from me to me!) so have yet to prove it's capability.

 

Johnf has a couple of good comments/advise on this if you track him down.

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