Thoughts on a fish finder?

[Cybersnow]

Thanks, ordered one from Amazon.

 

[mtncat1]

I am also interested in what your suggestions would be. I have an older first gen hds that gave me a few problems last season, so I've been considering an upgrade. To those of you who have side and down scan, is it worth the price of admission and do you utilize it for kokanee in any way? Secondly, what functions do you guys find most critical for kokanee fishing? I hope I didn't hi-jack this thread, I'm pretty green to these forums as well. Thanks

side and down scan are a waste of money in my opinion . i ran a hds 10 with the side scan module . happy with the just the hds

 

[Cybersnow]

Can’t say I agree with you. When fishing a lake with a lot of Kokanee, side scan isn’t really important. BUT, when fishing a larger lake with smaller schools of larger fish, it helps immensely. It is easy to troll right next to a school and miss them completely. Side scan tells me to turn around and troll over the school.

 

[Kokaholic]

Can’t say I agree with you. When fishing a lake with a lot of Kokanee, side scan isn’t really important. BUT, when fishing a larger lake with smaller schools of larger fish, it helps immensely. It is easy to troll right next to a school and miss them completely. Side scan tells me to turn around and troll over the school.

I agree, I need to learn how to read my side scan and use this technology to my advantage, Its to easy to be off 30-40 feet from a nice school of kokes either right or left.

 

[SuperDaveMT]

I just took the plunge and bought a Garmin livescope set up on Black Friday. Anyone set one up for ice fishing- what shuttle, pole, battery do you use?