12-19-2014, 07:04 PM | #1 |
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Fishfinder help
Lowrance HDS 5 or 7 and raymarine dragonfly 5.6 or 7 I have a PA12 and will be fishing La jolla and the Bays Tell me which one gets your vote and if there is anything I should take into consideration . Also if you have the dragonfly how do you like it? thanks Oscar |
12-19-2014, 07:06 PM | #2 |
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12-19-2014, 07:16 PM | #3 |
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I personally have a HDS 7 and it is great. But personlly I'd like to switch to a dragonfly 7 due to the structure scan which cost too much to add to lowrance...
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12-19-2014, 07:24 PM | #4 |
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Dragonfly. It's like watching the fish bite your lure!!!
My lowrance freaks out in 4' of bay water covered with grass. Dragonfly shows the fish in the grass! |
12-19-2014, 08:47 PM | #5 |
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Check out the new
Hds gen 3 . They are just releasing info at manufacturers website . Not available in stores yet . Lowrance products work well with the new hobies .
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12-20-2014, 06:52 AM | #6 |
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I got a elite hdi4 in hull mount on non Lawrence ready outback.... Would it make a big difference if the ducer was In the water as far as picture clarity? I always have a hard time reading it in 150+ ft depth....anyone else experience this or should I tinker with the settings. What's a good setup for u if u have this unit?
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12-20-2014, 07:21 AM | #7 |
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I love my hds 7. Went thru this same thing just a little while ago. The only flaw I see with the dragon fly. Is it has no adjustability turn on and go.
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12-20-2014, 07:24 AM | #8 | |
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12-20-2014, 07:29 AM | #9 |
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Damn...I thought I was crazy.....I might try a over the side pvc setup or through scupper hole....unless I sell the outback and upgrade to one with duxer ready mount...thanks for the tip
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12-20-2014, 07:46 AM | #10 |
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I have the DragonFly 5.6 ... what a difference from my old Elite-4. I would be sitting next to folks and they would be telling the was structure underneath, I saw nothing. The DragonFly is amazing no configuration, just plug it in and go. I can see structure in 200 ft of water where before I was not able to.
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12-20-2014, 07:57 AM | #11 |
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Oooo I just looked up the gen 3. I think I might sell my gen 2 and grab a gen 3 when they come out. Just where to put all 3 transducers on a pro angler 14. Guess you could do the thru hull chirp and broadband and put the big structure scan just on the bottom where the cart won't hit it. Anyone want to buy a HDS7 gen 2
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12-20-2014, 08:46 AM | #12 |
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12-20-2014, 08:54 AM | #13 | |
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That new gen 3 looks sweet but over 1k? That's some serious coin. |
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12-20-2014, 08:58 AM | #14 |
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Thanks guys. Gonna rig something up
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12-20-2014, 09:11 AM | #15 |
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The GEn 3 does look sweet but out of my budget for now.
thanks for the input everyone i'm leaning towards the dragonfly 7 |
12-20-2014, 09:54 AM | #16 | |
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12-20-2014, 10:13 AM | #17 |
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I haven't seen the lss2 in person but knowing the size if you were to use 2 thru hull one for chirp and one for broadband on the two flat sides adjacent to the lowrance ready area on the pro angler and put the lss2 in the middle and route the cable up thru the lowrance ready area that would work, just would have be careful with the big transducer there. And to the people thinking were crazy trying to put all these expensive electronics on our yaks, its still cheaper to have a yak than a boat
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12-20-2014, 10:59 AM | #18 | |
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12-20-2014, 11:02 AM | #19 |
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I know I said put it on the bottom of the boat, aka goop it to the bottom hull the side that is i t the water not inside the yak and put the wire up threw the scupper of the lowrance ready area.
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12-20-2014, 12:23 PM | #20 |
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Well my wife caught me researching the two fish finders and said to stop looking because she already got me one of them. she wont tell me which brand but said its a 7 inch screen.
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