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coyotefanatic
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OK guys am new here and bought a smoker craft 16 ft. I want to upgrade the fish finder have about 1k to spend on one . Am new to the fish finder stuff . So I am looking for suggestions on a good finder for my boat
plumbertom said:I have a Lowrance Hook 5 that I bought a couple of years ago. It does down and side imaging, tracking and GPS as well as all the standard stuff.
While it does all the stuff quite well, in the time that I've had it I still have difficulty working all the features on it.
My personal view is that it could have been better designed to be more user-friendly.
I've also had a number of Hummingbird sonars, including down imaging, and I've always found them to be user-friendly and simple to learn to use.
I suggest spending a little time at the store you intend to purchase from and run through the operation of whatever you choose before making the final purchase.
Had I done so, I may not have
Chromatose said:Will you be using a kicker (Gas Power) or a minn kota (Electric Power)? The reason I ask is there are Brands that interface better than others. My recommendation is to go to a vendor and do some research on what is the best bang for your usage and dollars spent.
Awsome thanksbass said:All the brands are good. I have Garmin now but have owned HB and Lowrance (and Fish Eagle). Garmins are great units and are reputed to have fantastic customer support. I have never needed to use it but that is their reputation. Right now you should be able to find a 93SV UHD (prev gen) on sale for about $650 dollars.
https://www.thegpsstore.com/Brands/Garmin-GPS-Marine-Electronics/Garmin-ECHOMAP-Units/Garmin-ECHOMAP-UHD-93sv-GN-with-GT54UHD-Transducer?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=(ROI) Performance Max - Shopping - GPS&utm_id=20736840882&utm_content=&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2eKtBhDcARIsAEGTG43OT7eyXVBv3Hzu1hA4vWzmxCr3CCSdXraqcKEG1J7b2H97RzUtOW8aApbyEALw_wcB
The latest gen 2 is about $1200 as a comparison.