Hey James, thanks for the very detailed comment. Feel free to get a hold of me on a messaging platform like Instagram or Facebook @patrickzajdel or @precisionmarineinstallations As far as charging lithiums, I charge my batteries after each use. I recommend that to all my customers as well. The 135ah DL+ Dakota is a great option for a starting battery especially now that it features Bluetooth. I have not had any customers have problems with the batteries as either stand alone electronics batteries or starting batteries for mercury and Evinrude outboards. As far as connecting to the battery posts there’s a few things I do to eliminate number of connection at the battery. A buss bar of your choosing will go a long ways to consolidate your connections to one positive and one negative at the battery with all accessory connections going to the buss bar. All motor related connections should go directly to the battery. The lithium starting battery will be a drop-in replacement for your lead acid starting battery

Patrick thank you for the reply. For some reason I wasn’t notified of your reply very strange. Came back to watch the video again and happen to find the posting. I don’t do facebook, so replying this way on KZbin. Anyway thanks for the input on the Dakota Lithium Dual Purpose 135AH cranking/deep cycle battery. First hand experience is always the best and that’s why I search this forum for knowledge. The dealer for the boat has the wiring for accessories sitting on top of the engine cable, turns out everything uses ‘eyelet’ style connections even for the engine. The engine cable is on the bottom to make good connection to the battery and I don’t remember if it has a buss bar or not. I believe the wires come up through the floor to make the connection, however I would have look under console to see if any such is located there. It does work this way, just that the lead acid battery has been a problem since I purchased the boat with all the electronics for fishing and dealer didn’t even suggest a second ‘house’ battery. One of the reason looking at the 135ah lithium and is just a direct replacement with lots of energy for the electrical devices when fishing. Never have had a problem with the Dakota Lithium 36v-63AH for the trolling motor work’s well! Trying to problem solve the consistent issue! My work around this past summer was to put the battery on an onboard NOCO 5A charger/maintainer every time it is on the lift and turn main power switch OFF. Still have some concern’s however the current battery is only slightly over 2 years old. However just about to make a decision to either get one ordered or try to get another year out of the lead acid. Not cheap, if it makes life on the water during summer more hassle free, it could make it much better. Again thanks for the reply!

@ I would definitely recommend an onboard charger for the starting battery when the boat is not in use. Always plugin before your next use or after your last use! The engines alternator will never top up the battery to full if using fish finders/chartplotters. If you are in Ontario by any chance, you can always bring the boat by the shop and we can get you setup.

@ Thanks Patrick! Ontario a bit out of our location area to haul a boat, however appreciate the suggestion! I live in Omaha NE, with the Ranger 223FC stored near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and our summer lake cabin. The NOCO charger is only 5A, however can do lithium. Since the boat alternator will do some charging of the DL 135ah dual purpose battery, the battery won’t deplete as much of my dedicated trolling battery. Discussing charging amperage with DL sales/support. They thought the 5A charger may just work for topping off that battery at the lift for the 135AH since it does get some charging from engine alternator. What has been your experience and thought or should I get more of a 10A or a 20A charger/maintainer? If the battery was depleted way down the 5A would take way too long on charging, 13.5 hours on a 10A to charge the 135Ah if fully depleted and 6.5 on a 20A charger. Then it would make sense for a larger charger for saving time. Thank for the expertise, my first boat and a learning curve.😁

@ I would recommend the 10am NOCO personally

That video was taken with the Humminbird 360, and second LVS34 in forward running at the same time as the perspective. Very slight flashes on the LVS34 in forward, but not enough to affect performance

I think the 6’10MLB or 7’2MLB will be best, just dependant on if you like shorter or longer.

@@patrickzajdel much appreciated

When it comes to fishing smallmouth, especially on the Great Lakes, there are specific models that will excel with smallmouth techniques. That’s not to say you can’t use these rods for largemouth or spotted bass too, they just excel for smallmouth in certain situations. Tight lines!

Yes, definitely delete the factory fuses that come on the cables (like Garmin). You can use a dual circuit switch to control power flow from 2 batteries without mixing chemistries.

Awesome! Glad to hear it! This feature makes it easy to have both Navionics and Lakemaster in the system and flip between them

Have you turned on interference rejection in the Power-Pole app and tried all noise filter settings on your Humminbird?

@@patrickzajdel so I tried the noise rejection option but for some reason on my helix it doesn’t pop up but I also only have 360 hooked up and I noticed that it seems to be a 2D Sonar option.

Also when I got this new board and I went to do the update I ran into a couple issues and I had to restore everything to default and never messeds with it since. So the update may have not actually gone through, updated everything last night after watching your video I’m gonna go out there now and see if it fixed. Literally was going to get an Ultrex on my next boat if this didn’t work bc I love 360. So many people have no idea what they’re missing.

@@mattwfishing seems like it might just need proper settings and updates. I won’t run another motor other than Move. I fell in love with it this year.

Definitely not!

I am just trying to share an unbiassed opinion of the three major brands and their strengths and weaknesses

It seems like with the Mega Live each update has its own set of quirks as well as benefits.

I’ve found Garmin to be most user friendly personally and least buggy. Humminbird as of late have had some struggles with updates and quality. All three brands have a great side imaging now since all are in the Megahertz range. With Garmin, you want the GT56 transducer. With Lowrance you want the HDS Pro units with the Active Imaging 3-in-1 HD transducer.

So happy to hear you love the Exprides as much as I do! Cheers

@@patrickzajdel I haven't picked one up yet Patrick but soon .

I am partnered with Radioworld and they wanted to get some first hand insight on the motor since it was new to the market. I used the store display model for a few months to test it out. Since then I have purchased one for my boat and I love it!

That 7’6MH can do so many things! It would be a great big wormin’ rod and offshore jig rod.

Would the 7’6” MH work well with 4.3 and 4.8 Keitechs on a 1/4 ounce flashy swimmer?

@@Boilermakers_92 no problem for those baits. That would work very well!

It will definitely get the job done. I’ve used it for wacky works as well as dropshotting 👌

@@patrickzajdel Thank You.

I believe it is called the Multi-Vu Pro Gen 2

Can’t be! There were fish on it….

You can play around with the colours a bit on the new VX cards and customize how you like it. But I agree, the Lakemaster colours are much more vibrant than that of the CMAP.

For those mounts the customer supplied them himself. If you are looking for a local option, GeigerTec may have mounts for the 1875 pro v bass as well! You can get in touch with someone at Radioworld to find out for you.

You would be better off with the 7’L model for that!

Each rod has a different action. But most of the time I prefer a fast for bladed jigs.

Appreciate it!

I don’t have any personal experience with that model, but what I can tell you is that from experimenting with different rods for the jig head minnow technique. You definitely want that solid tip to impart the right action. From those that I’ve talked to you that 6 foot 10 medium solid tip is the deal.

@@patrickzajdel Thank you for the insight.

I was running a 100Ah but actually went to the 315ah Dakota and I’m loving it.

I can’t speak for Patrick but he may argue all this is exactly why he doesn’t have any money 😂

Do you have any other units on your boat that you would be looking to network with? Or would this be the only unit?

@@patrickzajdel Just one unit. I have a 10' Jon boat. Lmao

@@straightwhitemale5753 go with the touchscreen option with the Garmin 👌

@@patrickzajdel You would choose Garmin over Humminbird? Why? How is the clarity and is the screen glass?

@@straightwhitemale5753 the 2D sonar on the Garmin is really impressive!

Which one did you try?

@patrickzajdel 7'2" medium heavy The Rod is either heavy or not balanced, and ended up with a Daiwa Tatula 7' 2" MH glass cranking rod not their glass bladed jig rod which is a MH 7'4" too but heavy feeling 8n the hands, The $159 cork handle rods. But I think my favorite is Bass Pro Shops Johnny Morris CarbonLite Technique Casting Rod - 7'3" - Heavy - Heavy Moderate - Bladed Jig SKU: 3810360 I have tried many a rods for this technique and they cross over for 3/4oz rattle trap rod. More expensive doesn't always mean better. That Bass Pro bladed jig rod is even better then Abu Garcia Hank Cherry Bladed jig rod better balanced etc. and I think Abu Garcia makes it for Bass Pro

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Appreciate it! Thanks!

Humminbird is still going to give you the best side imaging. Lowrance and Garmin are close, but still not there. To reach depths of 150 you would need to run it on the lower frequencies

​@patrickzajdel thanks for your reply. Would there be a difference between Solix 10 gen 3 vs Helix 10 gen 4 in the same situation ?

@@vaskodimoski5690 the max depths and ranges on the Solix for the Mega+ imaging are larger than the Helix. I believe it’s +50ft for Mega+ Down Imaging and an extra 100ft of range for the Mega+ Side Imaging

Ok thank you. I might go solix

@@vaskodimoski5690 that’s what I prefer between the two. I really like the touchscreen of the Solix and the features it has.

How long of a handle do you prefer for a Jerkbait?

@@patrickzajdelAnywhere from 13 to 14.5 for jerkbaits and topwaters

Thanks for tuning in!

You can definitely do that, your Solix 12 will have a clearer display

I used 10awg for the 360, and a separate 10awg for the GLS10 Garmin Blackbox.

Patrick any chance you can show simple schematic how you ran your battery

@@TheChodsr Give me a follow on Instagram and message me there and I can walk you through it @patrickzajdel

@@patrickzajdel don't have insta only fb but thanks

@@TheChodsr Facebook works too!

Thanks for watching!

A 7’6MH or 7’6H would be a great addition to your existing arsenal!

How would the 7’7” H A compare to the the 7’6” h b.

@@alexandermenningmann5469 the 7’7h is much more moderate. The 7’6h is a much faster rod.

Thanks. Exactly the info i was looking for. Your page has great information. Im a subscriber now!!

Will the 7’6” heavy be good for jigs 3/4-1 0z and weedless magdraft style baits on a keel weighted weedless offset hook.

That’s a tough one! I can’t honestly say that there is one rod that can cover that spectrum well. I think you would more than likely be looking at two rods to get the job done.

@@patrickzajdel what two rods would would you suggest?

@@av_100series I think a 7’6mh in the Expride lineup would do the trick on the 6” swimbait, assuming it is a Magdraft style. That rod is super versatile and will do much more than just that. For jerkbaits and shallow crankbaits, one rod that can do both is the 6’10m Expride.

@@patrickzajdel thank you!

I am not currently running a Power-Pole Charge, however, am looking at getting one. I am currently charging them with a MinnKota 550PCL at the end of the day. I am looking at adding a DC to DC charger between my AGM and dedicated electronics lithium. I would do that when I add a PowerPole Charge as well.

@@patrickzajdel noted and thanks 🙏