Need a good Fishfinder

[Love Kokanee fishing]

I have a 14 ft boat and I have a little money to spend on a Fishfinder. What would the Kokanee fisher faithfull recommend? What is a good Finder? I heard that you want something with alot of pixels and powerful. Please help.

 

[Petty4life]

basicly buy the most expesive you can afford.

 

[SuperD]

basicly buy the most expesive you can afford.

And within that statement, a lot depends on what your budget is. IMO, $500 or less gets you an average FF. So, what's your budget?

 

[Love Kokanee fishing]

500 would be my max.

 

[SuperD]

With that being your limit, consider buying something for $500 to start and then upgrading later in the season or next seaso to an Airmar transducer to really get some performance out of your unit. They run about $125 to $150 and really strengthen your signal a bunch. To the point that you will get speed and bottom returns even at cruising speeds.

 

[ZONKER]

It just so happens that I am going to upgrade my FF and I have a Lowrance with low hours on it. If you are interested shoot me an email.
[email protected]

 

[KokeKruiser]

I'm also looking for a new graph. What model is your Lowance and what are you upgrading to?

 

[ZONKER]

Electronics upgrade

The Lowrance that I have now is a DHS 5x. What I am going to is called a
Humingbird 798

 

[Love Kokanee fishing]

The Lowrance that I have now is a DHS 5x. What I am going to is called a
Humingbird 798

What do you think of about the performance of this model. I am wanting something with that Grayline feature. I am interested.

 

[Love Kokanee fishing]

What do you think of about the performance of this model. I am wanting something with that Grayline feature. I am interested.

 

[SilverBullets]

Customer service is also something to concider when purchasing a fishfinder. I'd advice going with Humminbird. Their customer sevice has been great...I've had a 777c2 on the boat for around 5 years now. I've sent the unit back in a few times for software upgrades and added gps and a barametric pressure sensor. The only issue I've had was loseing the depth readout up at Paulina in a couple areas but fixed it by adjusting the sensitivity.

Look at the 778c HD. This unit goes for around $500. It's color, 4000 watt, 640x640 pixels, and has a dual beam transducer.

 

[Mr. D]

Look into the Lowarance X135. It's a powerful unit and will fit into your budget. Yea, it's not color but for the $$$ it will do just what you need.

 

[bhunt63]

I'm also looking to upgrade. If I do I would have a Lowrance lms 522c with internal gps receiver. Works great just looking to go to a larger display.

 

[ReelJerks]

I'm also looking for a new graph. What model is your Lowance and what are you upgrading to?

I have an HDS-10 with Insight USA mapping in perfect shape I am selling for $1800. Comes complete with transducer, power cable, and front cover.

Edd

 

[Fourteen]

Customer service is also something to concider when purchasing a fishfinder. I'd advice going with Humminbird. Their customer sevice has been great...I've had a 777c2 on the boat for around 5 years now. I've sent the unit back in a few times for software upgrades and added gps and a barametric pressure sensor. The only issue I've had was loseing the depth readout up at Paulina in a couple areas but fixed it by adjusting the sensitivity.

Look at the 778c HD. This unit goes for around $500. It's color, 4000 watt, 640x640 pixels, and has a dual beam transducer.

I just purchased a Hummingbird 788ci combo for $479.00 on sale from a leading retailer . It sells orginally for 649.00 . It 's an excellent buy for under $500 .

 

[OneDogShort]

Airmar Transducer

Is there any advantage that the Airmar Transducer has over the factory 83/200 Lowrance Transducer?fencing

 

[fishinfrenzy]

Where???

I just purchased a Hummingbird 788ci combo for $479.00 on sale from a leading retailer . It sells orginally for 649.00 . It 's an excellent buy for under $500 .

This is one of the units I have been looking at, but I haven't seen any for less thah $650. Where did you find them at that price?

 

[Drifterdon]

I got one from Cabelas for $499 just before christmas.
Look in the Bargain Bin for sales.

 

[Petty4life]

I got one from Cabelas for $499 just before christmas.
Look in the Bargain Bin for sales.

be careful buying out of the bargin cave alot of those units have alot oftime on them as display units

 

[Drifterdon]

That was a fear I had also but the store had to order it in and it was a new sealed unit.
Working just fine so far.