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Old 02-01-2012, 10:19 AM
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i am looking to finally purchase some electronics for my boat. some of you guys know its long over due. i am looking at this unit and wanted some pros and cons. this unit has side imaging and down scan. my budget is about 700-800 bucks. im not stuck on this one unit if you guys can recommend other brands.

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Old 02-01-2012, 10:19 AM
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GET IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... I hate fishing in ur boat.... no electronics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:22 AM
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i hope the next time you jump in i will have some electronics. my boat still beats walking the banks. lol
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:24 AM
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i am looking to finally purchase some electronics for my boat. some of you guys know its long over due. i am looking at this unit and wanted some pros and cons. this unit has side imaging and down scan. my budget is about 700-800 bucks. im not stuck on this one unit if you guys can recommend other brands.

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I got 1 of those on my jon boat. It works great!
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:31 AM
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I have the 989 model and it has been a very good unit the maping for the gps is very good.
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:38 AM
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The lowrance HDS units are nice too...bout to buy a HDS-5 for my whaler. IMO the down imaging and side scan are pretty useless for inshore saltwater fishing. Works good for finding laydowns and brush in freshwater.
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:47 AM
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I think Kanunaz has one for sale in the classified section. Not sure what it is but, it looked pretty cool to me!
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Old 02-01-2012, 12:59 PM
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Likes my Lowrance HDS. Got a 5 and 7
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Old 02-01-2012, 01:35 PM
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love my 5....fixing put one on the gront but sure what to tap into...not hijacking the thread but if can help...pm me...
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Old 02-01-2012, 01:36 PM
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The lowrance HDS units are nice too...bout to buy a HDS-5 for my whaler. IMO the down imaging and side scan are pretty useless for inshore saltwater fishing. Works good for finding laydowns and brush in freshwater.
Thats what I was telling him. Being able to see the bottom in sidescan in 3ft waters doesnt seem worth it. And we all know you never go bass fishing. Im telling you man, just get a gps plotter/depthfinder. You dont need the sidescan for inshore sw fishing. Unless you wanna see what the weirs look like. Depth, temp and gps is all you need.
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Old 02-01-2012, 01:54 PM
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Garmin makes the best GPS systems imo. Now their sounders arent the best in the business but as far as map quality Garmin is #1
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Old 02-01-2012, 02:00 PM
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Garmin makes the best GPS systems imo. Now their sounders arent the best in the business but as far as map quality Garmin is #1
I felt the same way untill I used the HDS.....garmin got nothing on the detail the HDS unit's have. And yes garmin's depth finders blow
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Old 02-01-2012, 02:07 PM
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Love love love my Garmin.....its the Cape Horn of the plotter/finder world!
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Old 02-01-2012, 02:11 PM
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Garmin got some bad azz hand held gps's.....I don't understand why their gps/fishfinders are not in the same class.
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Old 02-01-2012, 03:15 PM
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I see side scan in saltwater as a waste of money. Its really unnecessary and not useful. Sure it can see what the bottom looks like 300' to the sides in 60' of water, but in 3-6' of water, really need to see what the bottom looks like? Maybe you can find that sunk scb.
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Old 02-01-2012, 03:25 PM
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Love love love my Garmin.....its the Cape Horn of the plotter/finder world!
So u had to rebuilt ur garmin too??
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Old 02-01-2012, 03:48 PM
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Love love love my Garmin.....its the Cape Horn of the plotter/finder world!
If this is the case I retract my earlier statement
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Old 02-01-2012, 04:54 PM
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The lowrance HDS units are nice too...bout to buy a HDS-5 for my whaler. IMO the down imaging and side scan are pretty useless for inshore saltwater fishing. Works good for finding laydowns and brush in freshwater.
I have to disagree, ive got an hds10 on dash and hds7 on bow and the down/side imaging is incredible in lk p and breton sound. I can tell if theres fish on a structure before making 1 cast.
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Old 02-01-2012, 04:59 PM
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I have to disagree, ive got an hds10 on dash and hds7 on bow and the down/side imaging is incredible in lk p and breton sound. I can tell if theres fish on a structure before making 1 cast.
I could see how it could be useful in that area.....he mainly fishes big lake,water averages 7 foot deep. Down imaging and side scan does very little for finding oyster reefs that hold most of the fish.
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Old 02-01-2012, 05:03 PM
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I could see how it could be useful in that area.....he mainly fishes big lake,water averages 7 foot deep. Down imaging and side scan does very little for finding oyster reefs that hold most of the fish.
What structure is there in bl to fish besides reefs and holes. Find em with the depth finder. I mean J if you wanna spend your money on it, go for it. I couldnt justify buying side imaging fishing strictly big lake.
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