Yakin Saturday

[Stinky_Hooker]

CB I am definitely loving it. Just having so much experience on the water has helped me dive into it pretty easily.


That F&D is a nice boat...plenty of room, plenty of stability and plenty of storage. I ALMOST bought one but after Saturday glad I didn't. My Redfish will SMOKE it with half the effort.


I am powering the fish finder with a small motorcycle battery.


However, most of the guys in my club use the small rechargeable 9.6V RC car batterys. Easy to recharge and last all day with no problems. I will eventually go to that but I had the motorcycle battery anyways. They don't require 12v to run though because the 9.6 runs em fine. I forgot to charge mine and it read 7.5V most of the day....never missed a beat.

[Mulv80]

I have some R/C plane batteries, I was figuring I could get away with running a fishfinder on them. I'm looking at the Eagle Cuda 242 @ Walmart for $80, it looks perfect for a yak. Cheap, waterproof and low voltage draw.

[Stinky_Hooker]

Yes Mulv...it will work. Several of the guys I know are running the Cudas on RC batteries.

[tsubaki]

Have you tried 2 of the 6v lantern batteries tied together in series to see how long they last?

[Stinky_Hooker]

I havent, but thought about it...may try it for giggles...