So I walked in to West Marine....

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by dorado50

The bigger the unit the harder the pounding.....a $900.00 sonar for a kayak is so much overkill. I don't get it?

Times change.

I remember the first time I posted about using a color GPS/sounder, a Garmin 398 I got off ebay for a few hundred, on my kayak. You'd of thought it was the end of the world. One of the guys said something like: "All you need to fish a Kayak is a rope, a gaff, and a paddle, and a PFD anything else is ridiculous overkill!!!"

I still hoop with my original Garmin 120 finder, and an old Garmin 45 GPS, and still fish with my 398, but then again if someone gave me a HDS 5 I'd certainly use it.....

....... though probably on my skiff