New Lowrance Elite 4 series FF/GPS - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

-scallywag- · 01-02-2012, 09:45 AM

I dont have a DSI unitl but fish with a couple guys that do have them, and have played with the settings multiple times while fishing LJ.
As far as I can tell they are made for fishing in fresh water where there is not much swell and the water is much shallower....it doesn't work well in water deeper than 90-100' with all the thermo-cline and bait fish interference. Even in the shallower water the picture is nothing like the web/demos show, although the guys that have them say they work great at the lakes without all the chop.swell.

The lowrance site says the DSI's are only good up to 200' max so unless you do mostly lake stuff I would stay away from DSI.

Iceman · 01-02-2012, 11:38 AM

Mounts are $59.95, they do stick out further than I would like, but a cool option vs over the side or thru hull

01-02-2012, 11:38 AM	#2
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01-02-2012, 09:45 AM	#1
-scallywag- Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: on the road... Posts: 598	I dont have a DSI unitl but fish with a couple guys that do have them, and have played with the settings multiple times while fishing LJ. As far as I can tell they are made for fishing in fresh water where there is not much swell and the water is much shallower....it doesn't work well in water deeper than 90-100' with all the thermo-cline and bait fish interference. Even in the shallower water the picture is nothing like the web/demos show, although the guys that have them say they work great at the lakes without all the chop.swell. The lowrance site says the DSI's are only good up to 200' max so unless you do mostly lake stuff I would stay away from DSI.