Best Fish Finder - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

DDS · 04-16-2018, 01:44 PM

I spent about 20 hours researching this over that past couple of months, but I don't know if we are shopping for the same stuff....
I was coming from a RayMarine WiFish - so even further down the ladder than the dragonfly as I had to use an iPad in a waterproof case as a screen...

I ended up with a RayMarine Axiom and a Airmar Chirp M285HW transducer...probably overkill but I like to shop once and keep it for a long time.

Happy to help with any other questions if I can, I am far from an expert. I used the new rig at the Heroes on the Water event this weekend and while I caught no halibut I felt like I could SEE way better under the water - found bait easily, saw structure, now I just need to learn how to fish better...

BerleyPro is a great resource for fitting various transducers in the hobie mount on the bottom of your yak if you have a hobie
https://www.berleypro.com/product-category/hobie/

Some great background information on fish finders and sounder info in general
http://www.furuno.com/special/en/fishfinder/topic8.html

Some Great discussion of the current crop of finders and all their positives and negatives
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sho...ghlight=simrad

Another long article by same Aussie (about 4 posts down) that discusses various sounders and MFDs
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sho...owrance+garmin

Some fairly detailed info on the technology - bit long - but good late night reading....
https://www.thehulltruth.com/marine-...explained.html

04-16-2018, 01:44 PM	#2
DDS Finally landed one Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 35	I spent about 20 hours researching this over that past couple of months, but I don't know if we are shopping for the same stuff.... I was coming from a RayMarine WiFish - so even further down the ladder than the dragonfly as I had to use an iPad in a waterproof case as a screen... I ended up with a RayMarine Axiom and a Airmar Chirp M285HW transducer...probably overkill but I like to shop once and keep it for a long time. Happy to help with any other questions if I can, I am far from an expert. I used the new rig at the Heroes on the Water event this weekend and while I caught no halibut I felt like I could SEE way better under the water - found bait easily, saw structure, now I just need to learn how to fish better... BerleyPro is a great resource for fitting various transducers in the hobie mount on the bottom of your yak if you have a hobie https://www.berleypro.com/product-category/hobie/ Some great background information on fish finders and sounder info in general http://www.furuno.com/special/en/fishfinder/topic8.html Some Great discussion of the current crop of finders and all their positives and negatives http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sho...ghlight=simrad Another long article by same Aussie (about 4 posts down) that discusses various sounders and MFDs http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sho...owrance+garmin Some fairly detailed info on the technology - bit long - but good late night reading.... https://www.thehulltruth.com/marine-...explained.html __________________ 2014 Hobie Tandem Island (to fish with the kids) 2017 Hobie Pro Angler 14 (for solo missions)