Inexpensive Fishfinders

[Fishin' Magician]

I have an old Eagle Cuda 350 - black and white unit that worked great for the years that I've had it, (though I changed it out earlier this year for a color Elite 4 HDI). I did have a problem with the connector to the transducer though and needed to get a replacement. I called Eagle's customer service number and got connected to...., Lowrance! I guess Lowrance bought out Eagle (or Eagle was a division within Lowrance). The rep told me what transducer to buy.

I ended up having a buddy who had a brand new Lowrance X-4 that he wasn't using and it had the exact same transducer with connector as the one on the Cuda 350. So I just swapped them out, and the ff worked just fine.

To be honest, some of the older fishfinders seemed to work better than the newer color ones do. Less stuff to go wrong with them....