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I'm starting to outfit boat (just missed out on a smoking deal on a great motor), and need to find a fish finder...

Does anyone have any opinions they'd like to share about fish finders (yeah, they're cheating - but I'm getting one anyway! :)) Lowrance and Garmon seem to be the main brands, eh?

Andrew
 
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Don't forget Ray marine (Raytheon) and Hummingbird, they have units all sizes and prices, just depends on how serious you want to get.
 
I have had a had hummingbird for close to ten years. It has been used and abused, still works great. I also like the display on it better than the new models. Thats my vote.
Rjones
 
Electrical charge does a really nice job also. It allows you to pick and choose your catch.:eek: Garmin, hummingbird and some others don't carry that guarantee!!:biggrin:
 
I have a Garmon as the main unit and an Eagle up front with the trolling motor. The Garmon is a much better unit. I have a Garmon GPS as well. Both have worked very well for me.
 
I love my garmin 495, but unless you want a gps and a big screen that is able to darken down for night viewing, I'd go with the hummingbird. I like a screen that is easy to see from five feet away, which is going to be in the 4 1/2" - 5 1/2" size.
I have had good luck with garmin products, they are intuitive to use, and have good side view angles.
Michael
s/v AnnaDor
 
Andrew, check out the hummingbird site and go into a sporting goods store and have the salesman demo the fishfinders. They almost all have demo modes built into the fishfinders. Hummingbird will probably have one of the larger ranges of fishfinders available, you just need to see what is available and get the most bang for your buck for the kind of fishing you will be doing. Hummingbird has been around for a long time and has a good reputation.
 
MDEdwards said:
I love my garmin 495, but unless you want a gps and a big screen that is able to darken down for night viewing, I'd go with the hummingbird. I like a screen that is easy to see from five feet away, which is going to be in the 4 1/2" - 5 1/2" size.
I have had good luck with garmin products, they are intuitive to use, and have good side view angles.
Michael
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Good advice, but Michael, aren't you risking your good standing in the blowboat community by putting a fishfinder on board? (comment made in fun only, the old stinkboat/ragboat rivelry thing, nothing personel)
 
CaptG,
at least I didn't recomend a 25" screen chartploter at eye level with side sweeping sonar, radar overlay and arial photos of our favorite fishing spots. I don't have sixty MPH bass boat, that by time you see the fish under the sending unit the vessel has traveled, oh uhh, 1/4 mile. At that speed you gotta have good technology!
In ernest, I do like seeing the bottom profile, especially at night along the coast, I'll follow a contour line like a road. Nice around the "Graveyard of the Atlantic".
I agree with CaptG, the Hummingbird is a good place to start.
Michael
s/v AnnaDor
 
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