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low/mid cost range fish finder/depth finders - Need recommendations please
6/18/2008 3:03:36 AM
I grew up fishing where I knew the lakes and rivers like the back of my hand - now I am in a different place, with different fish, and I need a depth finder/fish finder pretty bad. I don't need GPS or anything really fancy (it'd be nice, but empty wallet says no).
I just need a decent system for my boat that can give me a decent sonar picture and depths so I can maybe come home with a few fish now and then. Any recommendations out there for cheaper units? I don't want to spend a lot of dough.
I just need a decent system for my boat that can give me a decent sonar picture and depths so I can maybe come home with a few fish now and then. Any recommendations out there for cheaper units? I don't want to spend a lot of dough.
6/20/2008 3:32:10 PM
BTT - maybe I'd better put this into GD. Not enough people check the fishing forum.
6/23/2008 1:42:29 PM
What kind of boat? What kind of water? How deep?
I had a Lowrance X125 that served me well in shallow salt water.
I now have a complete Garmin 4212 system with XM weather. It's a great system, but probably WAY more than you are looking for.
I had a Lowrance X125 that served me well in shallow salt water.
I now have a complete Garmin 4212 system with XM weather. It's a great system, but probably WAY more than you are looking for.
6/26/2008 12:33:08 AM
Cuda 68, $70. Great little unit.
6/27/2008 12:18:55 AM
Originally Posted By Q3131A:
What kind of boat? What kind of water? How deep?
I had a Lowrance X125 that served me well in shallow salt water.
I now have a complete Garmin 4212 system with XM weather. It's a great system, but probably WAY more than you are looking for.[/quote
I just have a little open bow runabout for fun with the family - 19' Bayliner Capri outboard. The lakes I will be fishing run up to 150 ft deep but mostly less than that, with varying types of bottoms. I fish for salmon/steelhead, trout, bass, walleye, northerns, etc. Mostly lake fishing but a might head into Puget Sound if I have time available when the salmon are running.
What kind of boat? What kind of water? How deep?
I had a Lowrance X125 that served me well in shallow salt water.
I now have a complete Garmin 4212 system with XM weather. It's a great system, but probably WAY more than you are looking for.[/quote
I just have a little open bow runabout for fun with the family - 19' Bayliner Capri outboard. The lakes I will be fishing run up to 150 ft deep but mostly less than that, with varying types of bottoms. I fish for salmon/steelhead, trout, bass, walleye, northerns, etc. Mostly lake fishing but a might head into Puget Sound if I have time available when the salmon are running.
6/27/2008 12:25:31 AM
I've had great luck with Hummingbird over the years.
My current is a boat mount with hull sensor that I pop off and put on the battery bank that has a stopper sensor for my canoe. Its not fancy but very reliable, durable, and let's you know where the fish are in feet, approximate size, and a good picture of the bottom contour.
You can spend more and you can get prettier but its the information you are after.
Tj
My current is a boat mount with hull sensor that I pop off and put on the battery bank that has a stopper sensor for my canoe. Its not fancy but very reliable, durable, and let's you know where the fish are in feet, approximate size, and a good picture of the bottom contour.
You can spend more and you can get prettier but its the information you are after.
Tj
6/27/2008 12:55:55 PM
What model Hummingbird? Puns aside, there seems to be a boatload of different models.
That sounds like exactly what I am looking for.
Thanks!
That sounds like exactly what I am looking for.
Thanks!
9/25/2008 11:53:16 PM
Lowrance X96 for 199.00. Good resolution, and same capabilities as the X125 -135 just not as many bells and whistles
10/2/2008 11:29:54 AM
| Originally Posted By scrum: What model Hummingbird? Puns aside, there seems to be a boatload of different models. That sounds like exactly what I am looking for. Thanks! |
Sorry I lost track of this thread.
Humingbird 565.
You can buy either the base 565 or the portable then buy the different mount and sensor.
With me I bought the 565 then later bought the portable case and sensor.
TJ
10/19/2008 9:42:24 AM
| Originally Posted By Roughneck43: Cuda 68, $70. Great little unit. |
+1
10/19/2008 10:44:54 AM
Cuda 68 they work great.Got mine at walley world.
