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ak
MMT F.E.
Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:09 am
Posts: 897
Location: MATAGETDOWN, TX
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 fish finder/depth finder anyone? Thinking about getting a hummingbird fish/depth finder I set a lot of lines on the river for yellas and it seems like a more modern idea then sticking a pole in the water to check for holes anyone have experience with em and think it would work well or not?
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Full Throttle
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:09 pm
Posts: 1268
Location: North Texas
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone? Lowrance elite 7 best bang for the buck. I think their sonar technology is better than HB too. DI model is $699 at most places.
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Puddler45
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu May 03, 2012 9:07 am
Posts: 1199
Location: Wisconsin's waters and woods
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone? I got a humminbird 581i its a decent entry level unit and you can add the lakemaster chips so you have gps topo maps and you can plot coordinates.
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USCG4X4
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:00 pm
Posts: 281
Location: Brown Deer, WI
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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Running a Alumacraft 1442 NCS with a 25 HP Orion surface drive. Not the best, but it works.
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MDMarsh
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:23 pm
Posts: 289
Location: Eastern Shore MD
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone? I really have never cared for humminbird. Have had 2 units and was not impressed. Lowrance is a great combo unit. Also dont skimp on the screen size. Nothing worse than trying to cram chartplotter and depthfinder on the same 5" screen and read it from a few feet away
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Will
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Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:54 pm
Posts: 8133
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone? Depth finder = Lowrance
GPS = Garmin
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ak
MMT F.E.
Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:09 am
Posts: 897
Location: MATAGETDOWN, TX
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone? I ordered a garmin 150 it was only 80 bucks on amazon I have navionics on my iphone so I didn't really need a gps. will see if it is worth a dam.
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JLACOUR
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:18 pm
Posts: 4915
Location: Lake Jackson, TX
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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ak
MMT F.E.
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Location: MATAGETDOWN, TX
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone? Is that just a glare on the screen I thought it would semi show the contour of the bottom? I also got the speed transducer
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JLACOUR
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Location: Lake Jackson, TX
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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Z71Chevy
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Joined: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:21 am
Posts: 72
Location: Texarkana
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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Full Throttle
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:09 pm
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Location: North Texas
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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JLACOUR
MMT 1000 Club
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Location: Lake Jackson, TX
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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ak
MMT F.E.
Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:09 am
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Location: MATAGETDOWN, TX
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone? Looks legit
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rob_E
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:03 pm
Posts: 1763
Location: Prairieville, LA
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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USCG4X4
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:00 pm
Posts: 281
Location: Brown Deer, WI
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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Running a Alumacraft 1442 NCS with a 25 HP Orion surface drive. Not the best, but it works.
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ibfishin
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:20 pm
Posts: 1127
Location: Okeechobee, FL
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone? The raymarine dragonfly is the unit I am looking at. The elite 7 hdi was at the top until I saw the raymarine.
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robin2
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Joined: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:38 pm
Posts: 400
Location: Pecanierre,La
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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Full Throttle
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Location: North Texas
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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rob_E
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Location: Prairieville, LA
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone?
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robin2
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Joined: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:38 pm
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Location: Pecanierre,La
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Re: fish finder/depth finder anyone? Have Garmin in the offshore boat, great unit but high priced. Personally prefer HB unit to Lorance, for operation ease. That again is to each his own. Decided on the HB859 for the new surface drive. The places we fish HD & SI are useless, wanted the larger screen for the GPS options. Also has the aluminum mount compared to the plastic on the Lorance.
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