NorCross HawkEye F33P Fish Finder by NorCross Marine Products
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Digital camera reviews of NorCross HawkEye F33P Fish Finder
Digital camera Review: Hawkeye fish finder
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been using this fish finder for a few weeks now. It is definitely worth the money. I bought it to use when I fish in my kayak. It would be nice if you could get a shorter cable for it instead of the 35' cord. I just keep it coiled up. I just dangle the transducer over the side of the kayak. When I paddle along the water movement near the kayak interupts the signal. If I am sitting still or drifting or paddeling slow it works fine. I have one lake near me that is over forty feet deep. The fish finder seems to have trouble with water over that depth. I have been using rechargable batteries and I am wondering if those batteries are just not powerfull enough?? Next time I go to that lake I will try brand new regular batteries and see if it makes a difference.Digital camera Review: Hawkeye fish finder ff3355p
Summary: 2 Stars
Took too long for delivery. It took two weeks from the day I put in the order. Good for depth finder not sure if the fish signal is correct. Can't seem to catch fish when it show there are fish. The connection is very easily lose connectivity and show no reading on depth. You get for what you pay. It is not really water proof.Digital camera Review: I couldn't make it work
Summary: 1 Stars
I tried this while ice fishing- it gave wildly varying depth readings when it did sense the bottom and couldn't find the bottom at all in more than 30 feet of water. This was while sitting on 18" of ice, and yes I did get the transducer below the bottom of the ice. However, Amazon customer service was flawless. It was really easy to return and my CC was promptly credited.Digital camera Review: Ice Fishing
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought the Nor Cross HawkEye to use ice fishing. It will show if fish are in the area, but I could not tell how close the fish were. The depth finder works great. The see through the ice feature will not work unless you freeze the sensor to the ice. I would much rather use a flasher for ice fishing, but if you only use it as a depth finder it works great.Digital camera Review: It Actually Works!
Summary: 5 Stars
Unlike the Humminbird RF35, the Norcross Hawkeye can actually detect the fish!
I've used both, the Humminbird works fine as a depth finder, but has difficulty detecting fish. The Hawkeye, on the other hand, sees them.
Case in point, on a recent trip to Crane Prairie Reservoir (Oregon) we were looking for bass. According to the Hawkeye there weren't any fish when we checked their usual holding spots. When we finally moved over to the channel the Hawkeye started detecting fish (and we caught a few). Apparently the heat made the fish move to the deeper parts of the lake. Same thing happened on Paulina and Big Lava lakes. Without the Hawkeye we probably wouldn't have caught a thing!
Also, the Hawkeye uses plain old AAA batteries, unlike the Humminbird which uses an expensive lithium-ion 2450CR watch battery. (The AAAs seem to last longer, too.)