Help with fishfinder

[nash1970]

I have been looking for a fishfinder gps combo for under $600 what I'm looking for is to hear your opinion befor I buy what brand and model and why you like it .

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Help with fishfinder

Why a GPS/Locator combo??? If one function or the other dies, you have two junk capabilities. Buy a locator and a separate GPS that you can use in your car, hiking, and biking as well. GPS is an expensive toy to be limited to boat use only. The GPS won't help you find fish but is useful to mark the spot where you actually found fish. You can go back to that spot but there is a good chance the fish won't be there when you arrive. Besides, unless you routinely fish strange waters, you don't need a gps at all since you know the water like the back of your hand.

 

[Boatist]

Re: Help with fishfinder

Sliver tip makes some good points. I also like to have seperates units but it takes a lot more room and the price is more because you have to buy two screens.

I think picking the right unit is very difficult. To start you need to ask your self how are you going to use the unit.

Fishing shallow fresh water then you need a unit with a 200 Khz transducer and resolution and power not very important.

Fishing deep fresh water over 100 feet and saltwater then you need more power and better resoultion.

I think Eagle Has the best deals for shallow water fishing and at a good price.

Also keep in mind if you take good care of unit you buy it will likely last you more than 20 years so concider getting the unit you really want instead of a cheap unit to get buy with.

You might start with a Eagle Fish Elite 500 C. It is a 5 inch color unit with 200khz 20 degree transducer and External gps antenna. It has 187 watts RMS power and 320 vertical resoultion.

Spec will say depths to 800 feet so it will work good down to about 100 feet.

Price is around $450

This would be a good unit to compare other to for Fresh water to about 100 feet.

If you will be fishing water over 100 feet or saltwater then do not even consider the above unit.

 

[ECHO 1]

Re: Help with fishfinder

I have had 2 hummingbirds and have been pretty happy with there preformance. They got a 580 sonar/gps black-n-white 5" screen for about
$350 or you can go color with the 585c for around $500

 

[Texasmark]

Re: Help with fishfinder

I bought a Cuda 168 finder for $99 and a hand held Magellan Explorist 200 for $99. Now I can use my GPS wherever I go.

Mark

 

[Fish n Geer]

Re: Help with fishfinder

Why a GPS/Locator combo??? If one function or the other dies, you have two junk capabilities. Buy a locator and a separate GPS that you can use in your car, hiking, and biking as well. GPS is an expensive toy to be limited to boat use only. The GPS won't help you find fish but is useful to mark the spot where you actually found fish. You can go back to that spot but there is a good chance the fish won't be there when you arrive. Besides, unless you routinely fish strange waters, you don't need a gps at all since you know the water like the back of your hand.

I dunno bought that?My uncle found a sweet walleye producing weed bed.He marked it on his GPS goes back there and gets em bout everytime.You do have me rethinking about the como idea i also had in mind.My original plans were for a combo on console with a fishfinder depthfinder mounted on bow with trolling motor attached transducer?