Why do pros never have covers on their graphs?

[Hokies]

Even when trailering? I saw wheeler had snow all over his screen one time. Doesn’t make any sense

[Bassalive]

The price they want for those plastic covers makes you almost want a cover to protect the cover....

[posmallie]

Maybe because they're getting new ones next year, while the rest of us hang on to ours for a while and need to keep them nicer for longer. Just a guess.

I sometimes question why they sell covers, since typically your screens face the rear and are not likely to get hit by anything while trailering them. At least that's how mine are set up. Although there is that rare occasion where something could happen. Lowrance calls their covers "sun covers", but the only time mine see the sun is when I'm fishing and need to be able to see the screens.

[Spanky06]

The price they want for those plastic covers makes you almost want a cover to protect the cover....

^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^even for those guys.....

Spanky

[oldgoat188]

I've been fishing for a very long time and my current boat has 4 units on it. I have Never used the covers.

[Hokies]

I would say that is logical but there are a lot of guys who have gone into the free market in terms of electronic sponsorships just so they can have the freedom to run whatever brand they like or multiple brands at the same time. Wheeler being one of those. Those guys pay for their stuff with their own money. I did see Brandon Cobb stand on The screen of his graph wild sight fishing one time, but he is sponsored so I didn’t really think much of it other than to cringe at the site of that.

I am in the same situation you are and keep my boat in the garage. I agree with you, Chances are slim something would happen while trailering but just from a weather perspective (heat, ice, pollen), I would think it would be a no brainer. Those guys are very particular about every little thing they do and they have a reason for everything they do. Just something I’ve always wondered because you never see a pro with a cover on the graph, ever.

Maybe because they're getting new ones next year, while the rest of us hang on to ours for a while and need to keep them nicer for longer. Just a guess.

I sometimes question why they sell covers, since typically your screens face the rear and are not likely to get hit by anything while trailering them. At least that's how mine are set up. Although there is that rare occasion where something could happen. Lowrance calls their covers "sun covers", but the only time mine see the sun is when I'm fishing and need to be able to see the screens.

[Hokies]

what is your reasoning behind that? Not trying to poke or prod I am just curious if there’s a logical explanation for why people don’t

I've been fishing for a very long time and my current boat has 4 units on it. I have Never used the covers.

[Hokies]

The covers that came with my birds are pretty legit covers. Thick, tight fitting rubber. Much better than the covers that were on my Lowrances. The replacement covers for birds are around $50 which I think is a somewhat reasonable price for that type of cover

The price they want for those plastic covers makes you almost want a cover to protect the cover....

[Mark Perry]

I rarely if ever have covered my graphs while trailering. I go from house to lake then back to house. Boat is stored in garage. If traveling and I plan on stopping and going inside a business etc I remove them, put covers on and keep in my truck. Same at a cabin or motel.
I personally see no need for me to cover them while trailering.

[WStorey]

I take my graphs off while trailering anyways

[APS]

In 40 years of fishing I've never used a cover and never had a graph broken from flying rocks or debris. A cover wouldn't do anything for road debris in the first place unless its a magic rock like the jfk bullet that can do a 180.

[BrianKF]

I left the covers on once and one got blown off. Since I have a fairly long drive I pull the graphs off except for the dash mounted one.

[BassnPhoenix920]

I rarely if ever have covered my graphs while trailering. I go from house to lake then back to house. Boat is stored in garage. If traveling and I plan on stopping and going inside a business etc I remove them, put covers on and keep in my truck. Same at a cabin or motel.
I personally see no need for me to cover them while trailering.

Same for me.

[AKRISONER]

I’ve always taken my covers off simply because I figured they would certainly blow off…anyone have any experience with your covers and If they stay on at 70mph?

[berudd]

So it seems that the reason for not using them is because they are unnecessary. ;).

I’ve been using mine and quite the opposite of them blowing off, I have a hard time getting them off. A touch of artheritis in the fingers does not help me at all. Before my next trip, they are going on a shelf in the garage.

[Cbump]

I’ve always taken my covers off simply because I figured they would certainly blow off…anyone have any experience with your covers and If they stay on at 70mph?

My rubber bird covers stay on.

[cubswin]

My cover has been in the truck since day one. Doesn’t protect back of graph where things hit it. Now fishing it would protect from a jig smacking it, but makes it hard to use.

[getfished]

I pull my graphs when the boat is on the trailer. I put the covers on.. This protects the screen when they are laying on the boat front deck between trips. I am using Garmin and the quick snap on release cradle works great and makes it a snap to remove the graphs in a quick minute and put them in the truck. At the time the covers go on and then the screens are protected in the event of something unexpected happening. Once I got to the lake and opened the back door of the truck to grab the graphs and there was only one on the back seat. I thought, WTF ? How did I forget to bring both graphs. Turns out the other graph had slid across the seat when turning a corner apparently and had fell off the seat side into the door pocket. Having the cover on the screen certainly didn't hurt.

I have seen a few pros remove the graphs and I have seen a few of them use the covers. I think it's nothing more than a bit of an inconvenience to most of them, especially when those graphs are business tools, ( tax deductible ) so they don't worry too much about it.

[yanknbass]

I’ve always taken my covers off simply because I figured they would certainly blow off…anyone have any experience with your covers and If they stay on at 70mph?

I use a small bungy with the metal hooks, work great.

[okiebass]

They dont pay for em