Garmin STRIKER Cast GPS Review

Cast Garmin STRIKER Cast GPS, part number 010-02246-02, when the job is a 75 g puck you toss from a bank, an ice hole, or a kayak that will not take a transom transducer. Do not buy it as a boat Helix or a STRIKER Vivid with a GT20 in the box. The Cast GPS streams 260/455 kHz sonar to a phone. The transom graph stays a different URL.

Helix 5 CHIRP DI GPS G3 versus PiranhaMAX 4 is a wired boat finder with a transom puck. STRIKER Vivid 4cv versus HOOK Reveal 5 is another transom pair. What kind of waters you can use a fish finder on is the column, not the SKU. First ice walleye is why a castable puck shows up in November. A Sunday creek kayak is the hull that still has no transducer bolt. Ice-trip planning is the morning, not the sonar.

Cells come from Garmin’s US STRIKER Cast GPS page (p/665274 and pn/010-02246-02) except the maximum-depth cell, which Garmin prints on the UK spec table for the same SKU. This desk does not paste Amazon’s 20 ft tether onto a puck Garmin lists at 16.4 ft / 5 m. The non-GPS Cast is a different part number and does not get the GPS waypoint cell.

Sources, as of November 12, 2026: Garmin STRIKER Cast GPS; 010-02246-02 part page; Garmin UK spec table for the 0.6–45 m depth cell; Amazon model field 010-02246-02 on B08LDZR6WH.

Who is STRIKER Cast GPS actually for?

Buy STRIKER Cast GPS when you already fish a bank, a dock, or an ice hole and you want a 75 g IPX7 puck that talks to a phone at 260/455 kHz. Garmin prints a 60 m streaming range and a 5 m tether. That is a castable sonar, not a chartplotter you bolt to a console.

Skip it if you wanted a 5-inch keyed boat graph. Helix 5 versus PiranhaMAX 4 already owns that fight. Skip it if you wanted ClearVü on a GT20. Skip it if the Amazon title still says Cast GPS while the model field quietly became 010-02246-00. Open the live card, read 010-02246-02, then use the price button.

A phone is required. Garmin’s STRIKER Cast app is how you see the ping. This desk will not invent a standalone screen size for a puck that has no screen. Charge the puck before the first ice morning. Ten hours is Garmin’s printed life, not a guess about a half-frozen battery you left in a truck overnight.

If the hull already has a Helix or a Vivid, this SKU is a spare for the bank, not a replacement for the transom. Gift buyers should send B08LDZR6WH plus 010-02246-02, not a screenshot of “Garmin sonar.” Photo updates do not always change the SKU.

What does part 010-02246-02 actually do?

Part 010-02246-02 is Garmin’s STRIKER Cast GPS. The US product page prints 2.6 oz (75 g), 3 × 2.97 × 2.28 in, IPX7, 10 hours, 260/455 kHz, 7.78 dBm maximum transmit, 5,000 waypoints, a 16.4 ft tether, and a 60 m streaming range. Quickdraw Contours sits on that same GPS SKU.

The tether is a leash so the puck comes back, not a depth rating. Do not paste a 45 m depth cell onto a 5 m cord and call that a 45 m cast. Depth is the water column the sonar will paint if the puck is sitting in that column. The cord is how you retrieve the puck.

Streaming range is the radio. Garmin prints 60 m / 200 ft. Trees, a steel bridge, and a phone in a zippered chest pocket all shrink that number in the field. This magazine will not invent a “real world” meter count. Put the phone where you can still see the app and still grab the rod.

In the box Garmin lists the Cast GPS, a carrying bag, the 16.4 ft tether, a USB cable, and documentation. Caption art that shows a rod, a shuttle, or a Helix ram is not a kit. Those extras are only in the order if the live bullet list names them.

When is a bank the right place to throw this puck?

A bank is the right place when you can stand, cast the puck beyond the first weed line, and still see the phone. Garmin’s UK depth window starts under 0.6 m, so a skinny flat is not an automatic no. A riffle full of air is a maybe. If the ping looks like noise, move the puck.

The waters page on this magazine is the column question: lake, reservoir, river deep enough, salt if you will rinse. Cast GPS does not change that physics. It only changes how you get the transducer wet without a transom bolt.

A cheap spinning reel is enough to retrieve 75 g. Fuego LT versus President XT is a different URL if the reel is the actual hole in the kit. Do not order a baitcaster because a marketplace collage showed a flipping stick next to a Cast puck.

Night bank sessions still need a lamp and a way home. This SKU does not replace a headlamp, a PFD on a dock that drops into a channel, or a plan to leave before the park gate locks. IPX7 is Garmin’s water rating for the puck, not a rating for your phone.

Does STRIKER Cast GPS replace a flasher on ice?

It replaces a flasher only if you wanted a phone graph in a 75 g puck you drop in a hole, not a dedicated ice unit with a shuttle. Garmin prints the same 260/455 kHz pair. First-ice walleye on this magazine is still a reel, a glove, and a hole you can see. The Cast GPS is the extra graph.

Charge the puck at the table. Ten hours is the printed life. A hole that is already slushy will eat a wet phone faster than it eats the puck. Keep the phone in a glove, not in a puddle on the ice. Garmin’s US Cast GPS spec block does not print an operating-temperature cell, so this table leaves that cell blank rather than copying a forum number.

Ice-trip planning is a different URL. Do not treat 010-02246-02 as an auger, a shelter, or a transducer arm. Drop the puck, confirm the app sees it, then fish. If the hole is a wheelhouse with a Helix already on a ram, you do not need this SKU unless you also walk to a second hole.

Quickdraw on ice is a map you draw while you sit, not a public lake chip Garmin ships in the box. Mark the hole if the GPS SKU actually sees satellites through the roof. A steel hut can eat that fix. Walk outside if the app will not lock.

What does a kayak without a transducer bolt do with Cast GPS?

A kayak without a transducer bolt uses Cast GPS as a deployable sonar you can toss off the bow or drop beside the hull. Garmin prints a 60 m streaming range. You will never use 60 m from a 12-foot hull. You will use the fact that there is no through-hull hole and no scupper puck to steal.

Sunday-creek paddling after the weekend wake is the hull this SKU actually fits. Tether the puck. Five meters of Garmin cord is plenty beside a kayak and not enough to pretend you are scanning a channel marker 45 m away. Clip the phone where you can still paddle.

A fish-finder PFD fight lives on another desk; this URL will not pick a vest for you. If you wanted a transom graph on a jon boat, go back to Helix 5 versus PiranhaMAX 4. If you wanted ClearVü on a GT20, go back to Vivid 4cv versus HOOK Reveal 5.

Salt is a rinse job. Garmin prints IPX7. IPX7 is not a salt-life rating and this desk will not invent one. Rinse the puck after a bay session. Dry the charging contacts. Do not store it wet in a crate with a pile of jigs.

Which other finder pages should you open instead?

Open Helix 5 versus PiranhaMAX 4 if the boat already has a transom and you wanted a keyed graph. Open STRIKER Vivid 4cv versus HOOK Reveal 5 if the fight is a GT20 Garmin against a 5-inch Lowrance. Open the waters page if you still need to know whether a river column will return a ping.

A floating handheld with BlueChart g3 is GPSMAP 79sc, not this puck. This URL is one castable GPS puck. Owning Cast GPS does not make a Helix obsolete. Owning a Helix does not make Cast GPS required. If you are gift-buying, send B08LDZR6WH plus 010-02246-02, not a photo of “castable sonar.”

The non-GPS Cast is a different part number. Quickdraw and the 5,000-waypoint cell stay on the GPS SKU. Do not paste those cells onto a cheaper Cast that Garmin still sells without GPS. Confirm the live model field before you tap the price button. Renewed pucks appear. A renewed puck is only this product if the listing still says 010-02246-02.

Warranty, seller identity, and whether the puck is new or renewed live on Amazon, not in this table. Open the live button for the current ask. This desk will not freeze a hangtag number here. End of the practical loop: bank, ice hole, or kayak without a bolt, cited Garmin numbers, live price button.

Quickdraw Contours is Garmin’s map-as-you-go feature on the GPS SKU, not a preloaded LakeVü chip. You draw the lake you are standing on. Sharing those contours is Garmin’s Quickdraw Community, not a promise this magazine will host a map. If the phone cannot see satellites, the puck can still ping; the waypoint cell cannot. That split is why 010-02246-02 is the GPS Cast and 010-02246-00 is not this URL.

Transmit power at 7.78 dBm maximum is Garmin’s sonar output cell, not a VHF wattage. Do not compare it to HX890. Do not compare it to a Helix CHIRP number Garmin prints on a different product page. 260/455 kHz is the pair. Dual-frequency traditional sonar is the mode. Bottom lock and an adjustable depth line sit on that same spec block. They are finder features, not a reason to skip learning the water.

A carrying bag is in Garmin’s in-the-box list. It is a pouch for a 75 g puck, not a shuttle, not an ice-dampener, and not a transducer arm. If a marketplace bundle adds a rod, a lure kit, or a power bank, those extras are only in the order if the live bullet list names them. This desk will not freeze a bundle SKU.