The color makes a huge difference especially if you are trying to differentiate hard bottom and structure. Any finder is better than nothing but once you can properly read a good color finder, it is a game changer.

Wait until Sharon gets familiar with her finder.

^ ^^^^ This. And one more thing: Learning to use your FF on manual instead of automatic will open your eyes to a bunch of stuff that normally gets missed.

Why I ask is because I never used one and I've herd so many debated on color and BW

Excellent point Eric. Color makes a HUGE difference identifying bottom types. Also differentiating between different types of bait. Squid being one color and finbait being a different color. A good color finder is most definitely a MAJOR game changer.
Young grasshopper, you have learned well from sensei Nakada. ;)





Another excellent point. And be sure to take it off of the "little fishy" mode and go with arches.

I am also color blind and find the color sonar very helpful whatever the colors are. I understand the differences in what I am seeing on screen far better.




So when Ed and I fish together it really is the color blind leading the color blind!!!