Tips 'N Tricks 229: Vertical Sonar Fishing with Humminbird HELIX 

I’ve been wondering how to do this so Thank you for the information. Keep videos like this coming.

This was the best vid I’ve seen really fish with a graft,not just doing settling which is good as well. Merry Christmas

you did an outstanding job of explaining this process. i now u understand what to look for and how to do this! thank you 🙏

Thank You so much for this video. Showing the setup, the screen and fishing at the same time really helps me interpret what we are seeing on the screen. Merry Christmas and Safe Travels during the holidays.

That was awesome!!! Cant wait for warm weather to try that out.

Is your helix 10 a mega imaging? I have a helix 9 g2n running through the transducer on my ultrex. It keeps reading double bottoms. Is there a fix for it? Thanks been watching your videos for years now.

Merry Christmas Mr Doug and thank you for all your help setting up my new graphs on my boat this fall.

Nice going Doug, that's what I'm talking about " Hummingbird " can do it too! I am just getting the hang of this way of fishing. Thanks a million man!

That was fun to watch!! Nice to know how you set up your unit. Thanks for sharing this!! Merry Christmas my friend!!!

Definitely the best video game fishing video I have seen so far! Just realistic and clear! I only saw videos catching fishes all the time, which upset me a lot as I thought I was doing something wrong or I misinterpreted the fishfinder. But your story told me and confirmed me I was seeing fishing and scared the fish anyway lol. Thanks! I got my confidence back and will give it another try. Just a quick question: I usually fish from kayak. Will it be too late to drop bait when I see the fish on graph, since the kayak always drifts a bit?

In Minnesota, I catch crappies in that depth just after ice out and in the fall. Next time I will set my depth range like you did there. Sometimes I see my jig and sometimes I don't. Now I think I know how to see my jig every time. In the warmer months maybe I'll see if the bass or even walleyes are down in those depths. Deepest part of my lake is 84 feet. Depths more like 30's and 40s are more realistic for fishing.

Awesome video, what was your chart speed ? My 1198 has jigging mode , do you turn it on , or turn up your cart speed or put it on 1 since your not moving? Thanks

What frequency do you run? Or is it not selectable on the G3. How do you keep the lure in the cone with that much wind? Spotlock? You did not mention using jigging mode Ty

Great video and great information. You picked up another subscriber with that!

I have two 988's on my boat right now and this winter i wanted to pull them off and put two helix 10s on it. Should i do the mega chirp si at the console and mega chirp di up front? Or how would you reccomend me setting my boat up?

@Doug Vahrenberg if you're fishing on the front of the boat, where is your transducer mounted?

Doug. My question has nothing to do with this video but I have a minn Kota powerdrive with ipilot. Why can’t you get the i-Pilot link for a powerdrive system. And can you use the i-Pilot link remote on the i-Pilot. Thanks

Hey Doug, great video! It didn't look like you varied your jigging speed or vertical height with the spoon to entice a bite. Do the fish look for different presentations when vertical fishing, or are you always using a consistent jigging action?

Doug around the 7:40 mark why did it look like there was a gaps on the birds screen like it was paused, were you changing frequencies on the transducer or was it just gaps in the timber. I learn alot from your videos keep teaching. Thanks.

What the heck.... Thanks for the invite Dougie!

What kind of spoon? It looks like it's dropping pretty fast? Lead/chrome?

Hi Doug Vahrenberg We must bite the grass. Garmin has come with Garmin panoptix livescope. It looks fantastic. I have always used Humminbird and have ordered the new Solix G2 but it does not come to Denmark until February But has now also bought Garmin panoptix livescope and is going to mount in the boat.

Great video! I have a Helix 7 Si on the bow, all i have right now is 2D because the imaging has went out....thanks for sharing you settings....If you had set your depth range to 80' would that have opened up your picture even more?.

I have new hummingbird Solix units, when you have a chance can you do a session on setting up solix units , including vertical fishing.

Great video Doug, Were you using the transducer on the trolling motor or did you have the transducer for the g3n mounted on it.

I think the future is getting family together and watching a screen to catch fish lol

HELIX 5di chirp gps g2. The color palette wich you recommend me. 1 or 5

Hi man love your videos keep it up! I got myself a solix and I want to enlarge the flasher on the right. Is that posible that you know of? Thnx👍🏻

Hi I have helix 9 g2n mega si an I have had for a while but have only had it out for 4 maybe 5 times for me an for the life of me I can do not understand it yesterday it was jumping depth from 7ft to 90 an anywhere in between also it looked like it had two bottoms like one a ten ft an then a very hard return an 20 something ft also my 2d sonar will show fish but my down very seldom does please help

Great content.... Thank you soo much for sharing... What lake were you on?

I’m getting a helix g3n mega. What trolling motor transducer do I get so I can do this?

Hey Doug love all your videos I have 2 helix 9ns on my 1989 ranger 390v and no one has been able to help me get the graph to read going down the lake I've moved the transducer more times than I would have wanted too I had these same units on a 1987 ranger 373v and never had a issue with losing the reading going down the lake I need your help

Awesome video. What model minn Kota trolling motor do you have?

Why do you have a Helix and Solix both at the bow?

Mr. Doug what are the differences between the g2n and g3n.

Merry Christmas!!!

How deep can you fish without harming the fish because of the depth?

I use the side imagine to find and mark the schools then go in with the 2d sonar to catch them.