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05-22-2013, 06:06 PM | #1 |
Junior
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Lowrance Elite5 vs Elite5DSI
Good afternoon everyone. Newbie to kayak fishing, I am trying to outfit my Hobie Adventure yak for some so cal costal action. I'm looking for some advice about ff/GPS. I am leaning towards the Lowrance Elite5 because of its 1000 foot depth capacity, however I also like the DSI for hoop netting but it's capacity of only 250 feet seems shallow. So do I need a ff that can go deeper than 250 feet for fishing off so cal? Thanks everyone.
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05-22-2013, 08:22 PM | #2 |
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I've been running the Elite-5 for a year on my PA. It's a really good unit but I'm already looking to upgrade to the HDS-5. My advise is to spend the extra $$$ now on the HDS if you can. For socal fishing I don't ever go deeper than 300 ft in the settings. The only other advise I would give is to make sure you get the 50/200 kHz transducer so you can run a true high/low.
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05-22-2013, 09:07 PM | #3 | |
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you don't need a ff to go deeper than 250ft, unless you plan to fish deeper. I have a ff with both color 83/200khz and dsi 455/800khz transducer. dsi 455/800khz works good in saltwater depths less than 90ft, I know is says 250 but thats freshwater. My pick goes to the elite-5. |
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05-22-2013, 09:13 PM | #4 |
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West Marine has the Elite5 DSI Gold on sale for 400 this week. I just installed one on my Cuda 14 with a RAM mount and RAM ducer mount for a truer reading with the DSI. I works great and runs all day on my 12v 10.5AH battery.
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05-23-2013, 04:07 PM | #5 |
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what color is ur cuda?
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cuda 14 ftw |
05-27-2013, 12:30 PM | #6 |
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I got the red and black- Black widow
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05-22-2013, 09:05 PM | #7 |
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Idk how much money you are looking to spend but I have a Humminbird 581i HD DI Combo and absolutely love it, very good clarity and strong reads. I should also mention that I dont hoop met or anything like that so im not sure what things you need for that but im very happy with it. You should give it a look.
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05-22-2013, 09:35 PM | #8 |
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I picked up the lowrance elite 7 hdi which is a broadband plus a dsi unit that you can split screen or have a chart the broad band image and the dsi image all up at once. It also has a feature that overlays the broadband and dsi to create one image. I will be installing it on my new yak that should be here any day now and will let you all know what I think.
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05-23-2013, 10:06 AM | #9 | |
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05-23-2013, 07:49 PM | #10 | |
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dam, if you don't find or catch fish with that high tech ff, I don't know what else you can do
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05-24-2013, 08:28 AM | #11 |
Junior
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So it sounds like the DSI with the 250 feet capacity should be good? Thanks everyone.
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05-24-2013, 09:17 AM | #12 |
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I agonized over teh decision and went with the DSI. I am more interested in finding structure that could be holding fish that I can't see than seeing potential fish that may or may not respond.
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05-24-2013, 02:40 PM | #13 |
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05-24-2013, 07:51 PM | #14 |
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I can see the need for DSI.. Im looking into getting the elite 4 DSI as that would meet my needs for color FF plus be able to get better images for structure..
Will hope the elite 7 in the future.. but overkill.. |
06-03-2013, 09:48 PM | #15 | |
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Missing my old Humminbird 535 lol! |
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05-23-2013, 12:30 PM | #16 |
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I'm starting with the 83/200. The 50/200 doesn't fit in the pro angler under mount. I understand that lowrance is engineering a solution. I may change after that is done if I am not happy with the results.
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05-23-2013, 03:08 PM | #17 |
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Yah gonna have oex install my hds 5 tomorow and was wondering cause I have the 50/200. I'm hoping they can modify it to make it fit.
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05-23-2013, 03:54 PM | #18 |
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05-23-2013, 03:52 PM | #19 |
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05-27-2013, 02:01 PM | #20 |
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