Cuda 350 delayed depth reading - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

MuddyMike · 02-12-2012, 04:44 PM

I fished MB yesterday and my Cuda 350 took about an hour before it started reading depth. It locked on with GPS and showed my speed right away.

When it wasn't reading, the depth just flashes 0.0 and it doesn't show the bottom.

I power cycled it a few times and thought I'd be going the day w/o it.

When it did start working though, it was marking bottom and fish like a champ.

Anyone else deal with this or know why? It has happened once before, but it was only for a few minutes.

jorluivil · 02-12-2012, 05:01 PM

Funny that you should post this.....today while fishing I was in 55' of water and I knew that I was about to hit a shelf and immediately go to 80'. As soon as I got close to the shelf my 350 showed 9' and bounced around between that and about 25'. I had no doubt that the area I was in was a minimum of 80', its impossible for this area to be 9'. I powered the unit down, turned it on and it still showed a depth that was not correct. I ended up leaving it on straight GPS for about 2-3minutes, when I switched back to the sonar mode it showed 82'. I have no clue what caused this to happened and its never happened before so I'm as stumped as you are.

Adam12 · 02-12-2012, 05:39 PM

I've had this happen with my Cuda as well, I wrote it off as interference with another yakers sonar who was near me, not sure though.

jorluivil · 02-12-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam12

I've had this happen with my Cuda as well, I wrote it off as interference with another yakers sonar who was near me, not sure though.

Was johnny ceviche around?

Adam12 · 02-13-2012, 03:48 AM

Lmao.

baerclaws · 02-13-2012, 06:10 AM

Recent issues with my Cuda 350 too.
I've had mine for about one year and used it almost every Saturday w/o problems. Last trip, 1.5 weeks ago, my sonar showed bizarre vertical lines, a secondary bottom and no fish responses. That went on for over 15 minutes despite numerous reboots and reconnects.I had been fishing near a friend with a new sonar, so I'm going with the interference theory. I'll do more research and if I learn anything I’ll post.

William Novotny · 02-13-2012, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jorluivil

Was johnny ceviche around?

What do you think it was? The telaprompter or the microwave throwing off the readings?

dorado50 · 02-13-2012, 12:57 PM

Did you look around for the "little gremlins"? They like to hang around boats and the electronics on board........hard to get rid of them,even bug spray won't work.

02-12-2012, 04:44 PM	#1
MuddyMike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 111	Cuda 350 delayed depth reading I fished MB yesterday and my Cuda 350 took about an hour before it started reading depth. It locked on with GPS and showed my speed right away. When it wasn't reading, the depth just flashes 0.0 and it doesn't show the bottom. I power cycled it a few times and thought I'd be going the day w/o it. When it did start working though, it was marking bottom and fish like a champ. Anyone else deal with this or know why? It has happened once before, but it was only for a few minutes.

02-12-2012, 05:01 PM	#2
jorluivil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,855	Funny that you should post this.....today while fishing I was in 55' of water and I knew that I was about to hit a shelf and immediately go to 80'. As soon as I got close to the shelf my 350 showed 9' and bounced around between that and about 25'. I had no doubt that the area I was in was a minimum of 80', its impossible for this area to be 9'. I powered the unit down, turned it on and it still showed a depth that was not correct. I ended up leaving it on straight GPS for about 2-3minutes, when I switched back to the sonar mode it showed 82'. I have no clue what caused this to happened and its never happened before so I'm as stumped as you are. __________________ www.facebook.com/Teamsewer

02-12-2012, 05:39 PM	#3
Adam12 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittier Posts: 126	I've had this happen with my Cuda as well, I wrote it off as interference with another yakers sonar who was near me, not sure though.

02-13-2012, 03:48 AM	#5
Adam12 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittier Posts: 126	Lmao.

02-13-2012, 06:10 AM	#6
baerclaws Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 72	Recent issues with my Cuda 350 too. I've had mine for about one year and used it almost every Saturday w/o problems. Last trip, 1.5 weeks ago, my sonar showed bizarre vertical lines, a secondary bottom and no fish responses. That went on for over 15 minutes despite numerous reboots and reconnects.I had been fishing near a friend with a new sonar, so I'm going with the interference theory. I'll do more research and if I learn anything I’ll post.

02-13-2012, 12:57 PM	#8
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	Did you look around for the "little gremlins"? They like to hang around boats and the electronics on board........hard to get rid of them,even bug spray won't work.