Best Sonar

[Pete Sauberlich]

What is the best conventional sonar for clarity and detail?

 

[roscoe]

Price range ????

 

[Pete Sauberlich]

Price range ????

Under a grand

 

[Scott Danforth]

Any on the market today are good

 

[alldodge]

What is the best conventional sonar for clarity and detail?

Need @dingbat
and not getting much with sonar for under a grand IMO, fish finder yes but not sonar

 

[dingbat]

What is the best conventional sonar for clarity and detail?

True, multi-frequency (slur) CHIRP is the only way to go.

Specific recommendations would be dependent on depth of water and application to be used.

In the under $1,000 category, the Garmin EchoMap UHD or Striker series units are hard to beat when makes with the the right transducer for the application.

Having said that, knowing how to manually "tune" the unit for the best presentation is key

 

[Pete Sauberlich]

True, multi-frequency (slur) CHIRP is the only way to go.

Specific recommendations would be dependent on depth of water and application to be used.

In the under $1,000 category, the Garmin EchoMap UHD or Striker series units are hard to beat when makes with the the right transducer for the application.

Having said that, knowing how to manually "tune" the unit for the best presentation is key

Looking at Garmin 93sv. Usually fishing in 20' or less. For $700 it looks to be pretty decent. Thanks for the input.

 

[dingbat]

Looking at Garmin 93sv. Usually fishing in 20' or less. For $700 it looks to be pretty decent. Thanks for the input.

Choose wisely....the unit is supplied with a couple of different transducers. Some of which are not well suited for use in shallower water. Ideally you want a 150-240 kHz transducer

 

[FLATHEAD]

Looking at Garmin 93sv. Usually fishing in 20' or less. For $700 it looks to be pretty decent. Thanks for the input.

I switched from older Lowrance to Garmin this spring. Went with the 106SV ultra and GT 54 transducer. Great unit. Does everything you need in lakes. Lots of really nice features. The 93 is pretty much the same unit. The GT56 Transducer is better unit but the 54 has worked really well for me in lakes up to 100 foot depths.

 

[Pete Sauberlich]

I switched from older Lowrance to Garmin this spring. Went with the 106SV ultra and GT 54 transducer. Great unit. Does everything you need in lakes. Lots of really nice features. The 93 is pretty much the same unit. The GT56 Transducer is better unit but the 54 has worked really well for me in lakes up to 100 foot depths.

Thank you!

 

[Pete Sauberlich]

Choose wisely....the unit is supplied with a couple of different transducers. Some of which are not well suited for use in shallower water. Ideally you want a 150-240 kHz transducer

Thank you!