upgrade's on boat

[adamsfence]

ok guys i'm going to put some upgrade's on my boat was going to put trim tabs and jackplate but i think i am just going to go with the jackplate and put the trim tabs on later......i also am going to get a chartplotter i know everyone is sold on garmin (including me from the handhelds) My question is what series is the best for the money. I have been looking at the 420s how much better are the upper series and is it worth the extra money. I mainly fish big lake but i do fish alot at toledo so would won't something that is good on both

thanks
adam

[adamsfence]

damn 26 views and none of yall have a chartplotter....i thought yall were all 6 figure salary people that work at nasa.....i guess everyone is just as poor as me

[Raymond]

AFENCE, good choice with jack plate and I second the Garmin but,,,, personally I would check 2cool for used before dropping new money. They have a ton of people that love to upgrade every year and their loss could be your gain.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by adamsfence

damn 26 views and none of yall have a chartplotter....i thought yall were all 6 figure salary people that work at nasa.....i guess everyone is just as poor as me

Hell, I done forgot what I was gonna say, now.

[QUACKHEAD]

Looking to get one also Adam. I haven't really started to research them yet, I still have a couple more things to get before that. Maybe toward the end of summer. I do have charts and GPS along with depth/fish finder. I have a friend that has a Lowrance Plotter, not sure of model, with the gulf chip in it. When he asked me to wire it up for him, I convinced him to wire it up with a power plug which I did. (Now I can use it if I need it.) and I do like useing it. Even when I go to Big Lake. You Know where the terrain changes are.
The Tabs are nice if people tend to move around in your boat, or if your ice chest gets heavy and it's on the side of the boat. But they take a little while to get use to them too. But once you do, you can have the attitude of the boat where you want it. I am still trying to get use to it. Da#%, there's just too many additional things to look at for a boat these days. I guess it gives me a good reason to keep working for the man...

[Jordan]

i was looking for a good GPS also... I have an offshore huge chartplotter that came on the boat. If anyone is interested in buying this... its fer sale $100 and its urs.... Have all wiring and the antenna.

Adam, sorry for hijacking the thread !

[QUACKHEAD]

I want it Jordan, but this is Adams thread, he has first shot at it. Other than that if it works it's sold.

[adamsfence]

Originally Posted by QUACKHEAD

I want it Jordan, but this is Adams thread, he has first shot at it. Other than that if it works it's sold.

its yours i'm looking for something in the smaller range ( not much room on my console) .......I have a handheld i use i just haven't been able to find the chip that will work in it to make it like the garmins those things are neat

[all star rod]

I would get the 540 series by Garmin. My uncle has one and it is nice. I have a Hummingbird lower end model 383C; however, the only issue I have with mine is that it is kind of hard to see the screen on a very sunny day. My next one will be a Garmin.

[Fishmaster]

We have a lorance it's very good ,has just everything. Only bad thing is you will spending about 800, what are you look to do with it? Just simple stuff?

[Shawn Braquet]

Originally Posted by Fishmaster

We have a lorance it's very good ,has just everything. Only bad thing is you will spending about 800, what are you look to do with it? Just simple stuff?

i have a lowrance dont remember the model but paid over 800 for it and im not very impressed with it, now the customer service has been good. I have been having problems with it just freezing up and to fix it you have to reset it which if your waypoints aren't stored on the sd card they get lost. Not a major problem but still a problem, also have a problem with the screen having what i am calling "noise" on the depth finder. Have been told by a lowrance rep to try a few things like using a seperate ground instead of using the one off my terminal, and try rerouting my wires.

[Fishmaster]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

i have a lowrance dont remember the model but paid over 800 for it and im not very impressed with it, now the customer service has been good. I have been having problems with it just freezing up and to fix it you have to reset it which if your waypoints aren't stored on the sd card they get lost. Not a major problem but still a problem, also have a problem with the screen having what i am calling "noise" on the depth finder. Have been told by a lowrance rep to try a few things like using a seperate ground instead of using the one off my terminal, and try rerouting my wires.

yeah the only man two problems we had with ares is that we got the built in attena an we have it mounted in front the wind shield if some one is sitting in front the console it will cut out the signal also we had a problem with it cutting off out of no were an like you say yo lose all your points we thought they had some sleep mode but we called them up an said they did not, we fount or or what we think the problem was before we had it going threw a switch on the console, those switches went to the starting battery an the dropping of volts the system would cut its self off, so now we ran it straight to the trolling battery, but if we do get another one i would say get the external attena makes life a lot easier

[adamsfence]

what does the Sounder do on these models?

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by adamsfence

what does the Sounder do on these models?

listens to the fish talking ??

[adamsfence]

Originally Posted by Jordan

listens to the fish talking ??

Exactly what I was thinking

[SULPHITE]

Now Jordan...how is this information helpful to Adam?

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

Now Jordan...how is this information helpful to Adam?

ok .... what does a sounder do ?

[Montauk17]

I would get a Garmin 441S it comes pre loaded with the coastal maps,very nice unit http://www.thegpsstore.com/Garmin-GP...ion-P2170.aspx

[Jordan]

i want one that they wont discontinue in 4 days....

[speckinabox]

I have the 540 series on my boat and have had no problems with it. Installed it myself and was not that hard. It also doesnt take up alot of room on the console.