Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Pond Boss Is this the norm for fish finders now?

Saw this ad on a side bar here. The last time I bought an LCD fish finder was an Eagle Optima about 20 years ago. So I've been out of the loop.


http://www.raymarine.com/view/?id=9678&gclid=COy25oCj_8ACFSyCMgoddiMAuw

I don't know if slightly under $600 is the norm for fish finders now or not.

I remember using the Lowrance green box as a kid. Wow, have depth finders come a long way

Looking at a Marcum LX-9 for winter use....all digital, with color camera also. Pretty salty.

May opt for the less expensive LX-7

Heath green box flasher here........

A number of years ago I bought a LCD Hummingbird 3D with side scan. I liked the side scan feature.

I dropped 10K in electronics on my offshore boat in 2005. I installed both a Raymarine C series network and Garmin 3000 series networks. Ray system was 24 NM radar, GPS, Sonar. Garmin was XM sat. marine weather package overlay, GPS and sonar. Needless to say if I am going to be on the open seas I like 2 of nearly everything to make sure I can get back or not waste a trip. That being said I recently replaced the Garmin network and found I could now get everything I had a lot cheaper than back when the network was newer.

Oh yea I like that my raymarine sonar can read the bottom at 40+ mph. I have found several reefs while traveling open waters because it will pick it up.

Also I have friends using the chirp systems and I must say it is way beyond my Digital in definition of sonar readings.

I wasn't clear with my post. I wasn't referring to the price but the exceptional photograph like detail.

Check out the aquatic weeds:

You can still get basic fish finders for reasonable prices, under $100. They will not be high quality like a $600 unit...

I've got one of the little Humminbird 120 portable units. Down-looking and sidescan. It isn't fancy, but it is fully self contained and mounts nearly anywhere. A set of batteries lasts forever. For its versatility and price ($129) it is great in my canoe, kayak, paddleboat, and even on my dock. I still have an old neon-flasher unit from the 1960s that sits on a shelf in one of my sheds. Things sure have changed for the better.

WOW those are so nice. Thanks for the link.

The details are unbelievable now. Just got a new lowrance. We ran over an abandoned crab trap at 15 foot depth and I could see the details of the wire mesh. Unreal.

My fish finder is bait on the end of a line, of course, attached to a hook