fish finder

[twinsburg]

I want to purchase a good fishfinder and gps but only want to spend $150-$200 for each. Can it be done?? What options should I be looking for?? I am going to be fishing on Lake Erie.

 

[delsol]

Re: fish finder

i would say dont buy what i brought a basic hummingbird w/ water temp ...i brought only to see the bottom for how deep it is for nav.. and swimming as i am on a river and its merky

 

[delsol]

Re: fish finder

also you can get a good finder for 150.00 and a portable gps for for$100,<br />thats a option, but on sale 150-200 should get you a nice one...mine cost 79.00

 

[twinsburg]

Re: fish finder

are there combo's that would be under $400

 

[JB]

Re: fish finder

Moving to Electronics.

 

[onehunglow]

Re: fish finder

Hey bobby515 - What didn't you like about the Humminbird? I am about to buy a PiranhaMax 20 (depth and water temp). What model did you get?

 

[rpddoc]

Re: fish finder

Lowrance is the way to go. Good depth finder with speed/temp sensors for under $200.00 bucks.<br /><br />TakeEm

 

[ThomWV]

Re: fish finder

No, it can not be done.<br /><br />Spending $150~200 on a fish finder is not much different than taking the money and tossing it in the trash. There is no fish finder made that sells for $200 that is worth having at all.<br /><br />Lowrance. This is my opnion, but not just my opnion, Lowrance makes the most over rated equipment on the water.<br /><br />There are a lot of hand held GPS units out there for a couple of hundred bucks. They are not full featured and do not have mapping for the most part. You can find a pretty decent used chartplotter for a couple of hundred bucks.<br /><br />Thom

 

[onehunglow]

Re: fish finder

Well I don't need a GPS (I have a portable Garmin iQue 3600 which goes between the boat & car). I just want a depth sounder with water temperature and perhaps what the bottom looks like. I don't need to see little fishies. <br /><br />Do you guys think that the $100-$200 units will do okay for me in that category?

 

[ThomWV]

Re: fish finder

Yep. When you're shopping around for a model limit your search criteria to power, and power only. The more the merrier. Take a look at the Furuno LS4100. Its really the best bang for your buck out there. Its got 300 watts so it'll shoot to a couple of hundred feet with no problem at all, probably up to 100 fathoms. It will give you the best view of the bottom you're going to get for that kind of money and if you find yourself wanting to use it that way it'll be pretty good on finding the little fishies too. Furuno makes the best and these things are one heck of an often overlooked deal on one. I think you can pick one up with a transom mounted trasducer (speed and temperature too) for about two fifty or something like that.<br /><br />Thom