Baitboats and Accessories

This highly advanced graphic sonar was developed by Fulcrum Designs to compliment the already extensive range of accessories available to owners of Angling Technics bait boats. It incorporates advanced digital signal processing to help differentiate between weed and sand or gravel. The method it uses is quite different to that of the ordinary fish finders.

Fully compatible with existing Angling Technics Echo sounder transponders.
Tough, robust and attractive waterproof housing.
Bed surface determination - weed, sand or gravel.
Non bottom contact indication e.g. a fish.
Protective bag included.
Maximum depth - 12 metres.
Approximately 25 hours use from one charge (10 hours use with back-light).
Recharge in 15 hours.
Bank stick fixing or hand held.
Rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride battery built in (no memory effect).
Battery condition indicator built in.
Back light for low light conditions.
4 zoom levels.
4 speed levels.
Scale in feet and metres.
6 battery condition indicator levels.
Weight approximately 500g.
Dimensions are 20cm x 11cm x 8cm.
LCD - 128 pixels x 64 pixels - backlit super twisted nematic.
Radio frequency 418 Mhz (MTP 1340).
Radio range approximately 200 metres.

The Fulcrum Navigator Satellite is designed specifically for use with bait boats in mind.

Once you have located your desired location (normally found with the use of the Echo Sounder) you can return your terminal tackle, bait and free offerings to the same position time and time again with pin-point accuracy. It goes without saying this will provide you with a massive edge during the hours of darkness or indeed when the lake is covered in fog. Once your area has been located this can then be stored for future trips. In fact you can store up to 75 different locations from any lake in the world.

The system as supplied the customer can fit themselves and is suitable for
the Microcat & Baitboat. To use the system with a Procat or another manufacturers
boat then you do require the Separate "Power Supply".

The system comprises two parts, a boat transponder which contains the satellite receiver and a shore based handset mounted LCD display. The boat transponder is usually powered directly by the boat and the display by internal rechargeable NMH batteries.

The boat transponder uses satellites to find it’s location on earth and sends this information to the shore based unit. The shore unit then calculates where the boat is, relative to the ‘marker’ and provides simple distance and direction indications as to how to get to the marker. In addition to this, the display indicates the voltage of the boat battery together with an ability to warn you when the boat battery is getting low.

Another very useful feature on the display is an arrow indicating which direction the boat is heading - obvious at fifty yards but not quite so easy at two hundred in poor light. When the transponder is initially connected to the baitboat it will usually take about 40 seconds to obtain a fix. It can take longer under certain poor signal circumstances and locations.

To navigate to the current marker you use the boat symbol to represent yourself driving the boat. If the marker appears to the right of the boat then the boat needs to be steered right until the marker symbol is directly in front of the boat symbol and vice-versa.

Once the boat is central and within the large marker symbol you are within a few meters of the stored marker. Once you are within one meter of the marker the unit will issue a triple beep. You can use this sound to trigger the dropping of bait and/or line on this spot.

Accurate baiting and hook placement time and time again.

Navigator Power Supply: This "Power Supply" is required for use
with the Procat or any other manufacturers baitboat. The power
supply is fully rechargeable and velcros to a horizontal surface on
the boat.

Solar Panel: The solar panel charger can be used with any of the boats, to charge both the transmitter and the boat at the bankside. It will still charge in overcast or wet conditions as it is completely waterproof. This is an excellent alternative to the bankside charger as it is light to transport and no additional power supply is required. The lead described below is also required if using the solar panel with the Procat.

New. This deluxe solar panel is designed in a briefcase style and unfolds to exposing two solar panels. Supplied complete with a waterproof padded custom bag.