Overview
Engineered with military grade technology, FishHunter™ is a powerful fish finder for Apple and Android phones and tablets. The sonar floats on the top of the water or in your ice hole and tracks water temperature, depth, bottom contour and fish locations.
The FishHunterTM fish finder sonar connects to your smartphone/tablet via WIFI using our free software APP, so you don’t need to have a cell tower connection to use your new fish finder.
Using our Free software app, you will also have the ability to access and store critical fishing information like you’re favorite fishing spots, your catch details and share your information with your friends and other fisherman.
If you would like more information you can also go directly to our web site where we have videos and additional contents.
Connecting your FishHunter™ Directional 3D
- Download the FishHunter™ Pro app from the Google play or iOS app store.
- Create an account inside the app by opening the app and following the steps on the screen.
- Ensure you have charged your FishHunter™ Directional 3D for 4 hours before first usage. You will know it is charged, when a Green light will appear in the top.
- Tether your FishHunter™ to the braided line on the end of your fishing rod or to the red leash that was provided in your box. It might be tight, but the end with the small loop will fit through the ring in your FishHunter.
- Drop the FishHunter™ into the water beside your current position.
- Please note, in order for you to see your sonar readings on your screen you will need to be in a minimum of 4ft of water, or else the sonar will not be able to detect the water bottom and will present a depth of 0 on your screen.
- The unit will turn on when placed in water and will start flashing red from the top of the unit to let you know it is turned on and ready for a connection.
- Go into your phone/tablet WIFI settings and look for “FishHunter™ WIFI”. It may take up to 1 minute for it to appear initially.
- Select “FishHunter™ WIFI by pressing on your phone screen where you see “FishHunter™ WIFI” and wait for your phone to tell you that you are “connected” to FishHunter™ WIFI.
- Now open your FishHunter™ app on your smart phone or tablet and go to the “Sonar” section. Select the picture of the FishHunter™ sonar that you have by pressing on the “icon/picture” on the screen of your phone/tablet. You have the WIFI version and blue tooth does not apply to you.
- Please choose the function you would like to use.
- START SONAR: allows you to use sonar and offers you 4 view modes. Please press on one of these modes to activate your sonar.
- MY BOTTOM MAPS: allows you to see any bottom maps you created quickly.
- SWITCH DEVICE(only appears if sonar is connected): will disconnect your sonar from your phone so another person/phone can connect to your sonar.
- DEMO MODE : will allow you to see how the sonar will work when not connected to a sonar.
- The sonar will start flashing amber and will continue flashing amber quickly when connected and sending information to your phone.
- The unit will turn off when not in the water and power down. To get it working again, just repeat steps 7 -10.
Screen Viewing Options
Directional Casting™
1 You must place FishHunter™ Directional 3D in water for it to turn on (it must be in 4ft of water or more to work correctly).
2 Open your WIFI settings and choose “FishHunter™ Wifi”
3 Open the FishHunter™ app and go into the SONAR section
4 Choose the “FishHunter Directional 3D sonar icon”
5 Choose “START SONAR”
6 Cast/drop FishHunter™ into the water at the area you would like to map
7 Select “Directional Casting” icon within the FishHunter app from your phone/tablet screen
8 Each of the round circles on the phone/tablet screen represents one of the 5 transducers on the bottom of the FishHunter™ Directional 3D
9 When you see those circles turn red with a number in it, that means fish have been detected below that transducer with the number being their depth
10 Now you know where the fish are and their depth in relation to your floating FishHunter™ Directional 3D
11 Cast your line towards the area of the sonar that keeps lighting up (turning red) to catch more fish
12 Want to see the raw sonar data from any of the 5 transducers? Just press/touch on your phone/tablet screen on any of the circles and see the transducer data on the right side of the screen
3D Bottom Contour Mapping
1 You must place FishHunter™ Directional 3D in water for it to turn on (it must be in 4ft of water or more to work correctly).
2 Open your WIFI settings and choose “FishHunter™ Wifi”
3 Open the FishHunter™ app and go into the SONAR section
4 Choose the “FishHunter Directional 3D sonar icon”
5 Choose “START SONAR”
6 Cast/drop FishHunter™ into the water at the area you would like to map
7 Select “Bottom Mapping” icon within the FishHunter app from your phone/tablet screen
8 Follow the steps on the screen to create and save a 3D Bottom Contour Map
3D Bottom
1 You must place FishHunter™ Directional 3D in water for it to turn on (it must be in 4ft of water or more to work correctly).
2 Open your WIFI settings and choose “FishHunter™ Wifi”
3 Open the FishHunter™ app and go into the SONAR section
4 Choose the “FishHunter Directional 3D sonar icon”
5 Choose “START SONAR”
6 Cast/drop FishHunter™ into the water at the area you would like to map
7 Select “3D Bottom” icon within the FishHunter app from your phone/tablet screen
8 You will start receiving 3D Bottom Contouring data to your device screen
Ice Fishing Flasher
1 Clean any snow debris from your ice hole
2 You must place FishHunter™ Directional 3D in water for it to turn on(it must be in 4ft of water or more to work correctly), so place it in your ice hole
3 Open your WIFI settings and choose “FishHunter™ Wifi”
4 Open the FishHunter™ app and go into the SONAR section
5 Choose the “FishHunter Directional 3D sonar icon”
6 Choose “START SONAR”
7 Select the “Ice Fishing ” icon within the FishHunter app from your phone/tablet screen
8 You will start receiving Ice fishing flasher data to your device screen
Important Usage Tips
1. Shore Fishing
FishHunter™ Directional 3D is the world’s most powerful portable fish finder and we designed it to work in all types of fishing conditions. As you already know, it comes with 4 very powerful views to support you in catching more fish and we recommend that you review how the 4 different views work on our web site.
Casting & Reeling from Shore
- The FishHunter™ Directional 3D is 180 grams so, when casting from shore we recommend that you use a stiff road and braided line. We have tested casting the unit with all types and styles of rods and lines and have had no issues, but better to be safe in your approach when casting from shore with no access to a boat.
Auto Ranging Function and Casting
- You will notice that each time you cast the FishHunter™ into the water the screen will take a few seconds to “find the bottom” depth for the area you that are fishing in. In order to optimize your experience, we have created an auto ranging function that allows us to automatically balance the Gain and Pulse Width of your sonar to give you the best possible results at each depth.
- If you know that you are going to be fishing in the same depth range, we suggest that you manually set the depth range to increase the speed of your FishHunter. You can set the depth manually by going into the side menu and selecting the depth yourself as seen below.
2. Kayak Fishing
FishHunter™ Directional 3D is the world’s most powerful portable fish finder and we designed it to work in all types of fishing conditions. As you already know, it comes with 4 very powerful views to support you in catching more fish and we recommend that you review how the 4 different views work on our web site.
We recommend that you try a number of different set-ups to ensure that you pick the one that works best for your style of fishing and the water conditions you experience where you like to fish most often.
Casting and Reeling from your Kayak
- With a range of over 80ft, you can cast the FishHunter™ away from the kayak and allow you to fish the broadest possible area. We have tested casting the unit on all types of rods and line but do suggest a braided line for casting.
Auto Ranging Function and Casting
- You will notice that each time you cast the FishHunter™ into the water the screen will take a few seconds to “find the bottom” depth for the area you that are fishing in. In order to optimize your experience, we have created an auto ranging function that allows us to automatically balance the Gain and Pulse Width of your sonar to give you the best possible results at each depth.
- If you know that you are going to be fishing in the same depth range, we suggest that you manually set the depth range to increase the speed of your FishHunter. You can set the depth manually by going into the side menu and selecting the depth yourself as seen below.
Drifting
- For drifting we recommend that you use our 15ft leash to attach your FishHunter™ to the back/side of your Kayak. This will allow you to have both hands free to focus on fishing. As you drift along, the FishHunter™ will be giving you strong reading for the the area located around the floating sonar and below your Kayak. This is perfect when you are not looking to cast your line far or when you would like to drift your bait line.
- With a range of over 80ft, you can also cast the FishHunter™ away from the kayak and allow it to drift away from your kayak. This will allow you to fish a much broader area and also allow you to cast at your FishHunter™ when you are using it in “Directional Casting Mode”.
Paddling/Pedaling
- When paddlling/pedaling the Kayak at a slow pace you can use the 15ft leash and pull the FishHunter™ behind the kayak to allow you to see the terrain below your kayak.
- When paddling/pedaling along at a fast pace, you will want to have the FishHunter™ located just behind your seat in the kayak. This will give you the best possible connection with the Sonar and the most consistent screen speed (see picture below).
- Attach your tether to the side of your Kayak (in the case below we have attached it to the kayak handle)
- Allow enough line to ensure your FishHunter™ will be behind your seat when you are moving along (in this case we have used about 4ft of the tether) The FishHunter™ may bounce off the side of your kayak from time to time, but that will not impact its performance.
- You may notice in the RAW data view that you will be able to see your Paddle/Pedal strokes in the surface noise (see picture). This does not impact the performance of your sonar and is due to the fact that the sonar is floating directly behind your kayak. You can eliminate this by either moving the FishHunter™ just behind your seat as explained below, OR you can switch to “Smart View” and use the surface slider to adjust to eliminate the area where your paddle/pedaling is appearing.
3. Tin/Metal Boat Fishing
FishHunter™ Directional 3D is the world’s most powerful portable fish finder and we designed it to work in all types of fishing conditions. As you already know, it comes with 4 very powerful views to support you in catching more fish and we recommend that you review how the 4 different views work on our web site.
We recommend that you try a number of different set-ups to ensure that you pick the one that works best for your style of fishing and the water conditions you experience where you like to fish most often.
Casting and Reeling
- With a range of over 80ft, you can cast the FishHunter™ away from the boat and allow you to fish the broadest possible area. We have tested casting the unit on all types of rods and line but do suggest a braided line for casting.
- When reeling into the boat you will note that in some cases as the FishHunter™ gets close to the boat (under 5 ft) you will start to see the boat in the RAW data or smart views screens. This is due to the power of the transducers that we are using and their reflection off the side of your boat. When the units is right beside the boat most of this reflection will disappear.
Auto Ranging Function and Casting
- You will notice that each time you cast the FishHunter™ into the water the screen will take a few seconds to “find the bottom” depth for the area you that are fishing in. In order to optimize your experience, we have created an auto ranging function that allows us to automatically balance the Gain and Pulse Width of your sonar to give you the best possible results at each depth.
- If you know that you are going to be fishing in the same depth range, we suggest that you manually set the depth range to increase the speed of your FishHunter. You can set the depth manually by going into the side menu and selecting the depth yourself as seen below.
Drifting (no motor running)
- For drifting we recommend that you use our 15ft leash to attach your FishHunter™ to the top/side of your boat. This will allow you to have both hands free to focus on fishing. As you drift along, the FishHunter™ will be giving you strong reading for the the area located around the floating sonar and below your boat. This is perfect when you want to fish close to your boat.
- With a range of over 80ft, you can also attach the FishHunter™ to a fishing rod and then cast it into the area that you would like to drift it across. This will allow you to fish a much broader area and also allow you to cast at your FishHunter™ when you are using it. Please see “Directional Casting™” to how to use this cool feature.
Trolling- 15ft Leash Mounting
- The FishHunter™ has been designed to troll at under 2 miles per hour for Android and under 1.5 miles per hour for IOS devices. The difference in the two devices is due to the difference in the WIFI chips on different devices. You will find several cases where you can troll faster but this is our recommended range.
- Trolling speed is impacted by the water conditions and wave heights. In more rough water the FishHunter™ will perform slightly better then perfectly calm water.
- We recommend that you use the 15ft leash that is provided with your FishHunter™ to make it easy for you to use your new sonar.
- Please note - when trolling the FishHunter™ in a metal boat you may see a thin line on your screen which is a sound reflection off your metal boat. There are some cases where FishHunter™ might think that reflection is fish. When this happens, you will see fish continuously on the screen at the same depth level.
- Since this situation only occurs with certain boats and not all, we suggest that you use the “Fish Sensitivity Slider” to adjust the sensitivity of the fish finding algorithm we use to present/notify you of fish in the water.
- You will find the “Fish Sensitivity” slider in the side menu, within the sonar section of the app. Please move the slider to the left to eliminate FishHunter™ from seeing your boat as fish.
Trolling –Transom Mounting
- If you are having trouble with the connection to your phone or tablet when trolling using your leash or you would like to try to troll the FishHunter™ at a faster rate, we suggest that you tether your FishHunter™ to the trailer mount on the transome of your boat using your leash.
- You are going to be attaching the FishHunter™ to the trailer mounting bracket on the back of your boat.
- You will want the FishHunter™ to be about 6-10 inches behind the back of the boat when you are finished, so it will float freely in the water. The actual length required will depend on the height of your trailer mounting bracket. A higher bracket means you will need slightly more line.
- The goal here is to have the FishHunter™ sitting flat on the water with about 6 inches of line free after it is attached to boat. This will allow the FishHunter™ to sit flat in the water while you are trolling it.
