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Review on Enhance Your Fishing Experience with Humminbird 600037-4 SmartStrike Midsouth States V4 Digital GPS Maps Micro Card by Rodney Mendoza

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Works but has some issues

Item received and fitted to my new Helix 7 Chirp Mega SI G3. It had software version 1.94, which according to the 1.2 documentation is high enough, but don't believe it. I had to upgrade to version 2.33 to get it working at all. After updating the device, you can see the Smartstrike menu. It is called "Humminbird Legacy" in the map list. That confused me. It's best to leave this on automatic, then scroll through the map menu and select your lake. After you start the search you can double click on the menu and return to Humminbird Base Map if you prefer that map, which I do because it has less outlines and you still see smart hit areas in pink. One thing I also noticed, at the level of the lake, you see big pink square fish symbols. Once you've zoomed in hard enough, they'll switch to the actual fishing areas. I gave this product review one star because of the poor or lack of documentation and the quirkiness of their use. Once you understand this, we hope it is a good tool.

Pros
  • Based on search parameters such as season, time of day, temperature and target fish species, SmartStrike highlights areas on the chart where your fish are most likely to be before you even wet your line.
Cons
  • Available in white only