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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Equipment => Ice Fishing With Electronics => Topic started by: laptinepa on Nov 27, 2019, 07:46 PM
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I just got a kit to convert my Humminbird Helix 5 Chirp SI into an ice fishing sonar. It came with a XI-9-1521 ice ducer. I plugged it in, and I can hear the ducer clicking and working. But it won't show a bottom single (I'm haven't taken it on the water yet). It says it operates at 130 - 250 khz. My options for selecting the transducer are as follows:
Compact side imagine (what the unit came with that I use on my bass boat)
HB 50/200 Khz + 455 khz SI
HB 83/200 khz
HB 50/200 Khz
Generic Low Frequency
Generic Medium Frequency
Generic High Frequency
Generic 50/200 khz
Generic 83/200 khz
So I can't find 130 - 250 khz. But I hear the ducer working. I made sure it was compatible with my Helix 5 SI and it says it was.
Anyway in a nutshell, my question is how do I set up the transducer correctly so it works through the ice?
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Oh one more thing. No matter what setting it's on, the frequency on my flasher screen mode of the unit says 175 - 225 khz
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What generation is your Helix 5? Does it have the ice fishing mode on the menu?
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Chirp G2. ANd yes I have the ice fishing mode on, and the flasher dial displayed.
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I filled the tub full of water and it showed the depth and the bubbles from the faucet as marks. It's set on 175/225 now on Generic High Frequency.
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Try using the generic 83-200 as that's what most ice ducer run on.. Worth a try