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Wade, the Elite 5 has the resolution and power to do all of the things that you are concerned about. The HDS can give you better separation of stacked or very close fish, but I am dropping a line if I see 1 WSB on the finder myself. I believe the HDS draws a little more power than the Elite, but even the Elite required an upgrade to a 9amp battery for me to run all day. The connector on the back of the Elite for additional temp/GPS receivers requires a cap that did not come with my unit. Lowrance was happy to send me several of them for free when I emailed them my address (I have extras if you need them). I would recommend the Gold (Navionics) unit for the $80 more it is worth it just for the bottom contours.
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