Rain City
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You just hold the on button.
Scotty HP Digital Counters...They Keep Dying....
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ab1752
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There is just hold the button for 6 seconds.
Aquaholic
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yes, just did it. Thanks.
I bought my HP's new and have had them for 1 season, i have already replaced both counters and have to go get another one done again. So the "new" version isnt working either. that being said scotty was very good and fast about mailing me replacements. otherwise they are awesome downriggers and being able to pull my 18lbs cannon balls with ease
Gear'n'beer!
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I fish on friends' boats with 1106's and I feel like I should have brought a book to read on bait checks
Rain City
Crew Member
Clunkity clunkity clunkity.
Aces
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ship happens
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I've had 8 manual counters in a row fail. Right out of the box. Fyi
SpringVelocity
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Me 2. That's why I won't buy the new one. Looks great but a big price tag for a counter that goes bad all the time. Not sure I can justify the switch. I am not fishing bank style 200 ft down with 20ft balls and need it personally.
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Aces
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I've had mine since 1991 (always on a guide boat)and they are still slowly coming up. I can't tell how many salmon and a few halibut i've hooked while that rigger was coming up from the bottom out on the banks
Stoisy
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I definitely have had fewer bites on the retrieve since switching to the 2106. The slower retrieve seemed to get them. Too fast with the high powers maybe?
RiverBoy
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at the depths i typically fish in CR ( 250 plus all the time) i’m never waiting for the cannon. i’m usually still reeling and sucking wind like a swine and my cannon is already up
spring fever
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Time to switch to Hi-Tech jigging!! LOL
Aquaholic
Crew Member
If you need to pay for one, Poco Marine appears to be competitively priced.
wolf
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TOTALLY I tried the high sped ones for a week guiding lost 3 cannon balls on braid that went "tink" from the shock!!!! to me if i was fishing the big banks maybe but for 100 feet and less ill stick to what has worked for me for over 30 years .
And nothing is cooler then hitting the swith and reeling the line up with rod in hand and BAM spring on!!!!!!
Last year had to laugh on the boat wih all the fancy stuff I saw this hole on the lid of the guys brand new HP rigger ... looked in ohhh thats why manual display counter LOL LOL
I just encountered a new form of them dying. I'm on rev 3 of them -- the one that takes a battery. Now the buttons do nothing -- you can't turn them off, can't turn on the light, change units, reset, etc. So power is good but they don't turn off any you're stuck with the last known depth. Always kept the riggers in my cabin when not in use, the counters are sealed and no water intrusion.
Regardless, got a free one under warranty so I'll keep playing the game.
I did the hack to install the analog counter with the hole in the cover as a backup. Funny thing was that the analog counter stopped working before the digital did. It would spin but the counter was stuck at zero.
Regardless, got a free one under warranty so I'll keep playing the game.
I did the hack to install the analog counter with the hole in the cover as a backup. Funny thing was that the analog counter stopped working before the digital did. It would spin but the counter was stuck at zero.
