Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: bmynbr on April 26, 2015, 06:32:41 PM
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Need opinions on a fish finder. Thinking I'll get one with GPS. Budget up to $500ish. Will be used for crabbing salmon fishing and lower fraser for sturgeon. Any help would be appreciated.
Dave
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This may give you an idea of what specs you should be looking at when shopping for a new unit:
http://www.fishfindersource.com/how-to-choose-a-fish-finder/
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Take a look at the Lowrance products.
Elite 5 CHIRP looks like their latest product in your price range ($500 on Amazon.ca).
The mid- to high-end Lowrance products have something called "Down-scan" (or side-scan).
This provides a "photo-like" image of the bottom - may be able to sturgeon.
http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Products/Fishfinder-Chartplotter/Elite-5-CHIRP-en-us.aspx
I have an Elite 4X that I bought just for sturgeon fishing.
Having said that, I haven't had a chance to try it yet for sturgeon fishing.
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A friend has (last model) Ray Marine Dragonfly and loves it. I've been checking Lowrance vs. Dragonfly myself..... the display on the Dragonfly looks pretty cool.....
http://raymarine.com/view/?id=11198
the pro version also has GPS and dual channel CHIRP as well as the wi-fish app that hooks up to your cell phone or tablet (great for others in the boat if they wanna see what's going on too!) that records etc.... also cool!
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Was at wholesale yesterday, and they just got the hummingbird helix 5 with down imaging. Looked good too. So far it's between that and the lowrance elite 5 chirp