I got a new toy! (Garmin Striker 4 Portable)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- After a whole bunch of time spent on the water and not a lot to show for it, I finally bit the bullet and got myself a nice entry level portable sonar.
In this video I do a quick unboxing and assembly, then go through a couple of the many features that are included in the Garmin Striker 4 Portable Fish Finder
You can get it off amazon for cheaper than I bought it at Canadian Tire. Use the link below
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No problem, I'll let you know what I decide. It seems like a monumental decision as I really want to get this right first time! Will subscribe & have a look at some of your other vids when I'm finished all my searching! Tight lines! 👍
i took my garmin ice fishing today and caught a 29.5" Pickerel. It work well beside my buddys' vexilar
Good brother 👍
Thanks! 🙏
@@jeffdicks 😁🙏
Where your 3 screws for the base too long so that they stuck into the bottom on the case so that they eventually will make holes through the case
That was not an issue I had with mine
We look forward to seeing how it works for you. We are bank beaters but maybe one day. 👍🏻
I was finally able to get on the water with it recently and I can't say enough good things about it. The video will be out in a few days! It's one I'm super excited to put together, but not because of the Striker4 😄😄😃😃
@@jeffdicks We are looking forward to it!
You look like mike perry from the ufc. Good review
Hahaha! I'd say he's got a minimum of 6 more abs than I do, but I'll take it as a compliment! Thank you, and thanks for the feedback on the video too!
Thanks for the video. I really want to buy the 4plus and am considering buying one of these to use in a float tube. Just wondering if the unit would sit comfortably in my lap with the transducer floating at the side/behind? Am struggling to find decent mounts in the UK for a float tube. Would that bag be able to be strapped to the top side of a tube?
I'm sorry to say that I don't think it would be feasible to strap the bag to the side of a float tube. It's pretty heavy with the battery in there and I think it would create an awful imbalance in weight distribution, not mention put an unknown amount of stress on the tube itself. That said, I don't know anything about float tubes so I could be right out to lunch. As for the transducer, I'm not sure how effective it would be free floating behind you. I think that you would have issues with it not staying straight which will cause significant inaccuracies in the sonar reading. I would, however recommend something smaller and lighter such as a Deeper Sonar unit. They're pretty neat little units. A friend did a unboxing review of the winter bundle he bought last year for ice fishing, but you can use those little things in a lot of different scenarios. Heres a link to his unboxing video of that unit.
th-cam.com/video/g6u9wG9ONiU/w-d-xo.html
He took it out ice fishing a few times too so I would encourage you to see how it worked in reality as well.
Thanks for your reply, I appreciate it. Other tubers do use this unit with a battery on the side of the float tube but with a purpose built strap/mount for it and the transducer is fixed on to an extendable pole. The main/best quality ones I can find are only in the USA though and I haven't had a response from them when I asked about shipping to Scotland. I will def check out the link you gave me thank you. I was considering a Deeper unit initially until I saw so many other tubers using this and better models, & the cost was similar I thought I'd be better going for the more substantial Garmin, but the mount is the stumbling block! Back to the drawing board! Thanks again for your help 👍
My pleasure, I'd love to hear about whatever solution you come up! Perhaps if I'm ever faced with a question like yours in the future, at least I'd be able to refer them to someone who figured it out!
Try fish finder mounts.com. Not sure what shipping would be to the UK, but they make mounts for float boats I believe. Good luck
What is the black rubber washer and the black looking spindle for?
It's been a while since I made this one, so I watched it a couple of times to try and figure out what you're asking about... can you give me a timestamp for when you saw those items?
@@jeffdicks in one of the plastic bags you have a long screw metal washer , a black plastic spindle and a rubber washer.
@@jeffdicks 2:46 suction cup with screw then down to the transducer when you place it in that bracket... do you just use the long screw with 2 metal washers and the wingnut at the end or do you put that black spindle and somehow manage to wedge the rubber washer in before sliding the long screw with the 2 metal washers and the wingnut at then end? Also how tight to you make that wingnut attachment?
Ohhh that's the suction cup mount for the transducer to stick it to the back of a boat. You'll need a pretty smooth metal or plastic surface for it to work though. Honestly I don't know if I'd trust it. I ended up not ever using it anyways though.
@@jeffdicks I have lost a few transducers before where that suction came off the boat and the prop cut off the dangling cable. Now back to my issue that suction cup is attached to the bracket on the top. At the bottom of the bracket is where you insert the transducer and lock it in with the long screw, 2 metal washers and the wingnut. Someone mentioned somehwere that the black spindle is placed between that metal screw as a spacer.
Hi mate when charging do you connect both black and red cables?
Yes! The red cable is the positive and goes on the red colored lead of the battery and the black is the negative, and it goes on the black colored lead of the battery. If you don't have both cables of the charger connected to the battery or you have them connected backwards it won't charge.
You'll know you've connected it properly when the indicator light on the charging cable turns orange, signifying that it is charging. When it's complete the light will turn green.
@@jeffdicks thanks buddy. I got mine a year ago but the battery was dead after not using it for 4 months. I thought I might be charging wrong. I've since learnt you must charge regular even when not using. Thanks again pal
Hey did you use the suction cup?
The suction cup didn't work at all on my pelican because the plastic was textured on the back. I had to duct tape it onto the back of my kayak until I got myself some duct seal to do the through hull method.
th-cam.com/video/rJzGsIOwwbQ/w-d-xo.html
There's the link to the video I did about the duct seal through hull method
@@jeffdicks hey thank you so much for your response and I really like your videos. I'm actually going to be using it on a mariner 4 Intex air raft and I'm just trying to figure out how exactly I'm going to do this. I do have trolling motor mount set up and was thinking of clamping down on that
@@strnto8967 htm, not sure how well it would work on an air raft. I don't have any experience with them though so take that as you will. Unless you can get the duct seal well inside the tubing i don't think it would work. Even if you could, I imagine an air raft might be a bit bouncy on the water, you risk having the water in the ducer well splashing out which would render your transducer ineffective. The water in the well is what makes it work. It's probably best if you just get a trolling motor transducer clamp and use it that way like you said.
@@jeffdicks today I found a Minn Kota trolling motor transponder kit which attaches to the bottom shaft of the trolling motor. Twenty bucks at Bass Pro Shop oh, I'll keep you posted and let you know how it works
What in the world is the boat shaped 3M sticky tape thing for? The directions that came with mine showed pouring water into it and mounting it somewhere with the water in it for 24 hours? The directions with this unit are some of the worst I've seen for any kind of product. Btw, mine is setup as far as yours is in this video. Just curious about the tape boat shaped thing
thats supposed to be a foam mount full putting your transducer in the hull of a boat (or kayak mostly). It's hit or miss for people. It did not work for me so I had to come up with another solution for mounting the transducer inside my old pelican kayak.
Here's the video I did about that: th-cam.com/video/rJzGsIOwwbQ/w-d-xo.html
If you want to use it on the ice you really need the garmin ice transducer. The boat transducer can work in a pinch, but you will be significantly more happy with the speed and functionality.
I totally agree. The ice ducer will be planned for next season though. This will be my first season at it so I think the boat transducer will be good enough for now.
Nothing wrong with the ducer that comes with it. In fact, it works perfectly fine. Been using it for 3 seasons now. Caught so much fish. Thanks Garmin for making such a great unit that cost way less and has a ton more features, than other flashers out there!
@@TSniper79 that's excellent news for me! I have read mixed reviews of the traditional transducer for hardwater fishing but I'm happy to hear stories of success with it too! Thanks for sharing
@@TSniper79 that's exactly what I said you yahoo. Ice transducer is more ideal.
@@Thentertainer12 Hey asswipe. No need to be calling names. You were implying that you needed the ice ducer to make this unit shine on the ice. I was just stating that you didn't. Are you butt hurt from my comment?!