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Fish Finders
Thinking of getting one for use on a reservoir I will be fishing in the near future. Anyone owned or used one at all, some advice would be much appreciated.
silvers- Posts : 98
Join date : 2011-12-14
Age : 68
Location : Swanley Kent
Re: Fish Finders
yes pal i have one on my sea fishing boat and one on my small boat i use for pike fishing very useful bit of kit for finding features ,drop offs,reefs .snags and bait fish, depthsilvers wrote:Thinking of getting one for use on a reservoir I will be fishing in the near future. Anyone owned or used one at all, some advice would be much appreciated.
stubbo- Posts : 3976
Join date : 2010-01-14
Age : 61
Location : Warrington
Re: Fish Finders
What type do you have?
silvers- Posts : 98
Join date : 2011-12-14
Age : 68
Location : Swanley Kent
Re: Fish Finders
lowrance on the seaboat a cheap garmin on the pike both are good and do the job but it depends how much you want to pay try to buy one with a good clear picture been looking at the humming bird range they have got some crackerssilvers wrote:What type do you have?
stubbo- Posts : 3976
Join date : 2010-01-14
Age : 61
Location : Warrington
Re: Fish Finders
silvers wrote:Thinking of getting one for use on a reservoir I will be fishing in the near future. Anyone owned or used one at all, some advice would be much appreciated.
humming bird smart cast rf15.. cant go wrong with this model. it's a bit price'y.£220. money well spent, for features, water-temp, drop off's, digital screen, fish alarm..etc. .
welsh piker- Posts : 346
Join date : 2011-11-28
Age : 53
Location : wales
Re: Fish Finders
I have had a selection of 7 fish finders in the last 13 years so have a fairly good idea of what makes a good one. I have had ones with No GPS, External GPS, colour and black and white.
The main difference in them all is you need the GPS if you are doing a lot of trolling, otherwise its not really neccesary. Colour just looks prettier but thats the only advantage I could find. The real important part of a finder in my view is the Degree of angle for the transducer (wider for shallow lakes and narrow for deep deep water) and the resolution of the pixels (Dots on the screen) the more dots the better the picture shown and the greater the degree of seperation between objects.
So I would sugest the one with the biggest viewable screen, 5" or more, black and white, wide angled transducer and at least 480X480 Pixels. Its a hard choice as theres so many.
The main difference in them all is you need the GPS if you are doing a lot of trolling, otherwise its not really neccesary. Colour just looks prettier but thats the only advantage I could find. The real important part of a finder in my view is the Degree of angle for the transducer (wider for shallow lakes and narrow for deep deep water) and the resolution of the pixels (Dots on the screen) the more dots the better the picture shown and the greater the degree of seperation between objects.
So I would sugest the one with the biggest viewable screen, 5" or more, black and white, wide angled transducer and at least 480X480 Pixels. Its a hard choice as theres so many.
Re: Fish Finders
Thanks Lowdouble just the answer I was looking for as the choices are amazing and I didn't want to waste me money
silvers- Posts : 98
Join date : 2011-12-14
Age : 68
Location : Swanley Kent
fish finders
I could do with one of those.......................just had 4 blanks on the trot
doug6364- Posts : 683
Join date : 2011-11-29
Age : 60
Location : suffolk
Re: Fish Finders
Doug I am beginning to think you are trying to outdo me on blanks LOL
silvers- Posts : 98
Join date : 2011-12-14
Age : 68
Location : Swanley Kent
fish finders
Trust me Silvers, i am trying so hard
doug6364- Posts : 683
Join date : 2011-11-29
Age : 60
Location : suffolk
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