Please help me choose a fish finder for my new boat...

[mschmidt33]

All,

Just bought a used 09' Tahoe Ski and Fish... The last guy had a fish finder (don't know what kind) mounted between the dash and throttle. He left a large hole in the fiberglass that I want to cover up. See green dot in pic below:

Thus, I need something that can mount and telescope so I can see it while driving... I want both gps and a fishfinder in one. On the fence about side imaging.

I will mainly fish in a 300 acre lake in SE Mi. I was at Bass Pro looking at the Lowrance HD5 Lake Insight and it did not have my lake. I came home and checked the Navionics website and it shows up. Someone please explain here... I can add a Navionics chip? How do I know how detailed it will be?

This 300 acre lake is mostly shallow (about 5ft) with various deep holes. Is the SI or SS any good at these depths? Is it clouded by weeds?

Let me know guys.

 

[mschmidt33]

Re: Please help me choose a fish finder for my new boat...

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[John_S]

Re: Please help me choose a fish finder for my new boat...

SI will work in 5' of water, but will be of limited use once the thick weed growth comes in.

Most small lakes in navionics are not HD, and will have only limited depth contour lines. HD lakes have 1' contours, and are listed on the Navionics site. You can have the guy at the store insert the chip and view your lake. For a small lake, that you are on all the time, a contour map becomes of little use.

Given your mounting location, you are probably going to want a ram mount. HB models up through the 700 series come with a tilt/swivel mount, which doesn't make it ideal for the ram mount.