Fishfinder Recommendations - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

dorado50 · 01-26-2009, 12:34 PM

Looking to replace present fishfinder with a more advanced and concise color fishfinder for the kayak. Don't need a combo gps unit. Mainly concerned about fish recognition and clarity. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks...

T Bone · 01-26-2009, 07:02 PM

Furuno makes some smaller units now,even a monochrome model with much more power than the simple lowrance and eagles.I dont profess to know to much but I think power around 300W RMS makes for better recognition.
My sounder cant even tell me how deep I am when I am over the canyon less than a mile in front of the pier.Others would probably know better.

T Bone · 01-26-2009, 07:19 PM

OK,just came back from furuno's website.They have a color model with a 5.6 inch diagonal screen with 2500 watts of power(600w RMS) the unit has digital filters that remove clutter and has superior tunability.If you go on their website they have demo videos of the fishfinders.

dorado50 · 01-27-2009, 08:05 AM

Thanks Travis, I will check them out... its a start.

forefrazier · 01-27-2009, 10:30 AM

Dave:

Be a rebel and be the first to go HD:

http://www.lowrance.com/en/Products/...n-Echosounder/

dos ballenas · 01-27-2009, 12:42 PM

furuno is great, but sometimes more touble than their worth... whatever you get, go digital... analog is out.

MarkT · 01-27-2009, 02:10 PM

You could start by looking at something reasonably cheap like a Humminbird 343C.

01-26-2009, 12:34 PM	#1
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	Fishfinder Recommendations Looking to replace present fishfinder with a more advanced and concise color fishfinder for the kayak. Don't need a combo gps unit. Mainly concerned about fish recognition and clarity. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks...

01-26-2009, 07:02 PM	#2
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	Furuno makes some smaller units now,even a monochrome model with much more power than the simple lowrance and eagles.I dont profess to know to much but I think power around 300W RMS makes for better recognition. My sounder cant even tell me how deep I am when I am over the canyon less than a mile in front of the pier.Others would probably know better. __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

01-26-2009, 07:19 PM	#3
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	OK,just came back from furuno's website.They have a color model with a 5.6 inch diagonal screen with 2500 watts of power(600w RMS) the unit has digital filters that remove clutter and has superior tunability.If you go on their website they have demo videos of the fishfinders. __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

01-27-2009, 12:42 PM	#6
dos ballenas Vampyroteuthis infernalis Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 585	furuno is great, but sometimes more touble than their worth... whatever you get, go digital... analog is out. __________________ ____________________________________________

01-27-2009, 08:05 AM	#4
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	Thanks Travis, I will check them out... its a start.

01-27-2009, 10:30 AM	#5
forefrazier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: OC Posts: 397	Dave: Be a rebel and be the first to go HD: http://www.lowrance.com/en/Products/...n-Echosounder/

01-27-2009, 02:10 PM	#7
MarkT Deep Release Specialist Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mission Viejo Posts: 94	You could start by looking at something reasonably cheap like a Humminbird 343C.