fish finders

[totalivewire]

I'm looking into buying a fish finder. can someone tell me a good one I can get? whats the diffrence between a 100$ and a 400$ fish finder?

 

[Boatist]

Re: fish finders

totalivewire<br />Difference between a $100 and a $2250 dollar unit is a lot. Really depends what you are going to use it for. Biggest difference are resolution ( how small a fish it can see). Power, or how deep it will work in saltwater or fresh water, divide by 3 as to what they say. Screen Size, important when you need galsses. Color, nicer viewing eaiser to see and easier to tell if bottom hard or soft. Frequency, 200khz for water to about 200 feet fresh or 150 Saltwater, 50 khz for anything deeper. Features, Shallow water alarm, water tempature, speed, voltage, Fish alarm, Live well tempature, zooms, bottom lock, surface clutter adjustment. Personal preference. Built in GPS.<br />Check out this Site for a starter.<br /><br /> http://www.lowrance.com/Tutorials/sonar/sonar_tutorial_01.asp

 

[NOSLEEP]

Re: fish finders

Ive Had humminbird & lowrance. the best<br />depth sounder for my money was the garmin 160<br />i bought a few years ago. Excellent features<br />and graphics and power for the money.

 

[Big Al1]

Re: fish finders

I've had Eagle and Bottom Line and I like my Humminbird Legend 1000 the best. It ain't a crummy Humminbird though, its made by Zercom. For $260, in my opinion its the best for the money. Its got temp and speed and its got a 5" screen. Also it is the easiest to use out of all that I tested. Most important aspects to me are having speed, temp, a large display, and ease of use.

 

[snapperbait]

Re: fish finders

I like the Humminbird Ledgend series as well.. It is very easy to control all the settings.. Just a simple turn of the knobs, no scrolling thru several screens to make adjustments...<br /><br />I currently have a humminbird wide portrait that serves me very well and it's not as bad as some would have you believe, but if I had a chance to upgrade, the ledgend would be at the top of the list for sure..<br /><br /> Some of the new lowrance units like the X-87 & X-97 and the eagle fishmark 320 are also worth a look..

 

[Cohoho]

Re: fish finders

I recently got an Eagle Silverstriker 600plus and I'm really happy with it. I think it's an exclusive of Boatersworld.com. It cost $130 and has the features, range, and screen size of units that cost a hundred bucks more. Check it out.

 

[Dman]

Re: fish finders

In my opinion, the difference in the finders is directly related to the person looking at them. The key is to know what your locator is seeing. Detail, clarity, power, ect only does you so much good if you can tell what you are looking at. Myself, I don't have spendy finders but they work fine for me because I can read what it's displaying. Believe me, I want to get a new one but the old Bottomline is finding the fish just fine.<br />D

 

[Tacklewasher]

Re: fish finders

When I was looking last year, I settled on a Lowrance X91 as having a good reputation, good resoloution and more power than I needed. But I actually bough an Eagle FishMark 240 (made by Lowrance) as it is identical to the X91 but with 1/2 the power.<br /><br />As I only fish fresh water and not too deep, I didn't need 3000 watts so I am very happy with the Eagle. I also bought the portable kit so I can use it in either boat or even in my belly boat if the desire hits.