lowrance x510c

[evobassfish]

Hi, anyone have any experience with the x510c out on the ice? I got a few questions

[mungo544]

Hi, anyone have any experience with the x510c out on the ice? I got a few questions

It works just like the x67, bigger screen, more powerfull. They make an ice transducer for it. Cabelas has them on sale for 329.00. About 60 for an ice transducer, and 20 bucks for a battery. I don't think they make a portable kit for it but you should be able to throw something together with no problem. I can answer any questions you might have, I have the emulator downloaded on my computer.

[evobassfish]

It works just like the x67, bigger screen, more powerfull. They make an ice transducer for it. Cabelas has them on sale for 329.00. About 60 for an ice transducer, and 20 bucks for a battery. I don't think they make a portable kit for it but you should be able to throw something together with no problem. I can answer any questions you might have, I have the emulator downloaded on my computer.

I went with the x67c ice machine instead and loved it, caught my limit of crappies the first time i took it out. I was able to mess around with a x510c at fleet farm and looks like the settings you would use for the x67c for ice fishing is the same for the x510c. I don't regret buying the x67c but having a bigger screen with more power would be a ++. 

[mungo544]

I went with the x67c ice machine instead and loved it, caught my limit of crappies the first time i took it out. I was able to mess around with a x510c at fleet farm and looks like the settings you would use for the x67c for ice fishing is the same for the x510c. I don't regret buying the x67c but having a bigger screen with more power would be a ++. 

You made a good choice. I bought an x510 and have been playing around with it in shallow water, (18 inches in a tub.) My m68 will find the bottom and hold it, and pick up one or two inch changes in transducer depth. the x510 won't. Even in manual settings mode with sensitivity and depth range at minimum it won't hold the bottom. I will try it out in open water, maybe because it is so powerful it won't read as shallow in a small container as the m68 , but if it can't do any better in open water it is going back to Cabelas. Does anyone else here use an x510 for ice fishing if so how is it for you?

[evobassfish]

do you use a soft pack with your m68? if yes does the x510c fit in it? i might upgrade in the future but will keep the x67c also. just wondering if the x510c will fit in my x67c lowrance soft pack that came with it.

[mungo544]

do you use a soft pack with your m68? if yes does the x510c fit in it? i might upgrade in the future but will keep the x67c also. just wondering if the x510c will fit in my x67c lowrance soft pack that came with it.

It fits in the softpack, but it's a tight squeeze.

[evobassfish]

You made a good choice. I bought an x510 and have been playing around with it in shallow water, (18 inches in a tub.) My m68 will find the bottom and hold it, and pick up one or two inch changes in transducer depth. the x510 won't. Even in manual settings mode with sensitivity and depth range at minimum it won't hold the bottom. I will try it out in open water, maybe because it is so powerful it won't read as shallow in a small container as the m68 , but if it can't do any better in open water it is going back to Cabelas. Does anyone else here use an x510 for ice fishing if so how is it for you?

what transducer were you using when you did the test?

[mungo544]

what transducer were you using when you did the test?

Ice transducer.