sonar

[YadkinCatman]

what make sonars do you guys have?Mine is a hb 565 $200.00 at walmart still trying to learn it.

[darkside]

hey yadkin i have a 717 humminbird on one and a 320 eagle on the other ..i like both ..320 is a cheaper unit but i like th pic it gives..717 has gps but no lake map..that way if you go to a different lake you can still mark spots and name them..

[YadkinCatman]

hmm I dont think i have lake map but that would be nice to have.and i dont have gps.

[jerry9497]

Hb997

[WVBowhunter]

dual birds 797csi and 37 matrix

[bigcatsc]

Eagle 502c "Fish Elite" here. I'd hate to think of fishin' without it!

Bill in SC

[BigBird]

i have a eagle seachamp 2000-i bought on close out at a good deal couple years ago. i love the bigger screen but would eventually get a lowrance.
i would like to have the lowrance gauge package and the fuel management system.
Another thing i would like to do is mount a unit at the back networked for drifting, so no turning around all the time. i dont think i can network an eagle.
I have been looking for a dual console with a bay hull pattern so as to be better suited for drifting.If i move from a center console to a dual console i would put my unit where i can use it forward looking or rear looking, with the same unit.

[Blackwaterkatz]

HB 797 csi and a Lowrance LMS 337. The HB lies more than the Lowrance, though. lol Side imaging is great to have, btw.

[FLATBLUE]

Hb 998 love it!!!!!!!!!!

[countryboy79]

I bought a hb 565 from walmart and about the third time i used it the buttons started sticking on it and 2 weeks later it just stoped working ... I got a friend of mine his wife bought him one for xmas and it done the same thing,,, Maybe you will get lucky and wont have the problems we did.. The marine gave me a new garmin 160 color ff with my new boat,,, so far i like it

[JimmyJonny]

Originally Posted by BigBird

i have a eagle seachamp 2000-i bought on close out at a good deal couple years ago. i love the bigger screen but would eventually get a lowrance.
i would like to have the lowrance gauge package and the fuel management system.
Another thing i would like to do is mount a unit at the back networked for drifting, so no turning around all the time. i dont think i can network an eagle.
I have been looking for a dual console with a bay hull pattern so as to be better suited for drifting.If i move from a center console to a dual console i would put my unit where i can use it forward looking or rear looking, with the same unit.

I just mounted a Humminbird 788 on my drift rack and I love it. Anyone on the boat can see it anytime...glad I did it.

[BigBird]

Originally Posted by JimmyJonny

I just mounted a Humminbird 788 on my drift rack and I love it. Anyone on the boat can see it anytime...glad I did it.

shoot me a pic sometime....i would like to see how you got it set up?

[jerry9497]

I got to get me one of these!

[dearl]

Eagle fishelite 640c color with gps, navionics premium. The nightview screen is awsome!

[Leatherneck]

What the heck is that Jerry? Is that another fishfinder or just a screen hooked in with operational one?Thats BIG!!!

[jerry9497]

its a monitor, it's connected to the 997 on the dash. I can read that without my glasses on

[Leatherneck]

I dont need one...could just follow you a couple hundred yards back and watch yours...

[Stonewall]

That is nice Jerry!

[Brad Stout]

I've got a HB997. I really like mine.


Last summer I had time to play with my sonar unit a lot. One fishing trip we found some slower current to drift. This allowed my bait to stay straight down under the boat so the sonar could see the bait as we drifted down the river. We caught 2 35lbers that day & one of them shows up on screen. You can see the bait go over him, then he swims down stream and up hitting the bait. Also you can see him fighting and then as he is coming up to the boat he swims under the transducer at about 25ft deep.

The image attached is the downward sonar feature. I do use the side scan feature but mostly to find structure.

[jerry9497]

good pic