Yep another good image , Could you please tell me how you have the r299 mounted , ie internal or external fairing block and what speed can you sound for fish out in 250 m in calm weather.
Im just trying to make my mind up between the fcv1150 or the 295 and which tranny set up to go for.
Also wondering if the furuno chirp is worth waiting for.
Its a big unit..needs lots of space. Dual variable frequency broadband tranni. Its cheaper to buy two seperate tranni's but I wanted the narrow cone angle for deep work. As it turns out in 50 meters of water it has only a 10 meter circle of view. So the detail is greater and that fish you see is only 5 meters from your bait when you see it directly under the boat. I have a 585 running a standard tranni alongside and the return detail is chalk and cheese
Scottnofish is my brother. Same boat, we share it.
Noha , Thanks for that , Ive just bought the fcv1150 and still deciding on the tranny setup and just found out that the 1150 is not chirp enabled so that narrows the field a bit.
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Mate
Thought your name is Scott no fish, well bastard, now you have 5!!!
Time to change the name to Scottgotfish I recon.
Well done and nice pics.
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Jayden20
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what sounder are you running
what sounder are you running mate....that's a pretty sweet pic...can definatly tell there's fish there haha
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thats a furuno fcv 295 with a r299 tranny
just wish i could get the iphone to take a better pic of the screen ,always come out blurry and the screen has a line through it every time
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Not your average entry level sounder
Thats a beauty sounder setup.
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that's brilliant mate
that's brilliant mate
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fcv295 and r299
Hello Scotnofish ,
Yep another good image , Could you please tell me how you have the r299 mounted , ie internal or external fairing block and what speed can you sound for fish out in 250 m in calm weather.
Im just trying to make my mind up between the fcv1150 or the 295 and which tranny set up to go for.
Also wondering if the furuno chirp is worth waiting for.
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R299
Its a big unit..needs lots of space. Dual variable frequency broadband tranni. Its cheaper to buy two seperate tranni's but I wanted the narrow cone angle for deep work. As it turns out in 50 meters of water it has only a 10 meter circle of view. So the detail is greater and that fish you see is only 5 meters from your bait when you see it directly under the boat. I have a 585 running a standard tranni alongside and the return detail is chalk and cheese
Scottnofish is my brother. Same boat, we share it.
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Noha , Thanks for that , Ive
Noha , Thanks for that , Ive just bought the fcv1150 and still deciding on the tranny setup and just found out that the 1150 is not chirp enabled so that narrows the field a bit.
The photos were a help , Ta
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