Humminbird SmartStrike Poised to Change the Fish-Finding Game Forever
OutdoorHub 07.14.14
SmartStrike allows anglers to develop fish-catching patterns faster than ever before
Anglers are fast discovering the nearly limitless power, customizability and ease of use of Humminbird ONIX and ION sonar units.
“ONIX represents the most versatile and powerful sonar hardware on the water. Now add SmartStrike software to the mix and the power and technology is truly unprecedented,” says Dale Logue, Director of Marketing, Humminbird.
For ONIX and ION users, there are even more bells and whistles in the shape of SmartStrike, an SD card-based cartography product from Humminbird LakeMaster, currently available for nine different North American regions, including Dakotas/Nebraska, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midsouth States, Minnesota, Southeast States, Western States, Wisconsin and Woods/Rainy. The full capabilities of SmartStrike can be used on any HD LakeMaster maps in these regional software packages.
Let’s face it: Whether you’re a tournament angler or a weekend warrior, we all wish we had more time on the water. Now imagine a software program on your ONIX or ION unit that actually helped you locate and pattern fish by entering a few key details on the screen.
That’s exactly what SmartStrike does.
Based on search parameters like fish species, season, time of day, weather conditions, etc., SmartStrike highlights areas of high-definition Humminbird LakeMaster waters where fish are likely to be located, minimizing time-consuming searches. It will also “Find Similar Areas,” which means it’ll match areas where you catch fish with other areas like it on the map. This all amounts to minimal guesswork, searching or wasted casting, thus maximizing your time on the water to fish.
Jamey Caldwell, bass pro and U.S. Army Sergeant Major, Special Operations, says the software has allowed him to fish “better, stronger and faster with military precision.”
“The best thing about SmartStrike is I can start my day off by doing a search and running areas that SmartStrike recommends for all the parameters I put in. Then I start narrowing down and figuring out a pattern. Once I find a pattern I simply hit ‘find similar areas.’ It’s a huge time saver. Definitely enhances my ability to pattern fish, allowing me to do it quicker than ever before.”
Build your own custom search based on whatever criteria you choose. Or click on any location on a lake, select Find Similar Areas, and millions of data points are searched to return other areas like the one you selected. The SmartStrike engine searches depth ranges, aspect, type of structure, proximity to major types of lake structure, and more to quickly reveal your results.
SMARTSTRIKE SD MAP CARD SEARCH CRITERIA
- Season
- Time of day
- Water conditions
- Cloud cover
- Wind
- Depth
- Structure
- Slope
- Aspect
- Sun & current exposure
SmartStrike SD map cards are compatible with the new Humminbird ONIX Series, the next evolution of all-in-one fishing systems. Humminbird SmartStrike full-search functionality is exclusive to Humminbird LakeMaster high-definition waters.
