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

flytuber4 · 04-29-2014, 08:34 PM

Hi guys! Right now on my kayak I have a Lowrance Elite 4x fish finder. I now own a decent size boat and wanted to know your opinion on a fish finder for it? Im pretty sure I want to stick with lowrance and not sure if I want the GPS mapping or not. But any suggestions will help. I saw a Elite 7 (not sure which elite 7 model) in a boat today and the thing is huge! But seems like a really nice unit but might be overkill for kelp beds.lol

Thanks!

alanw · 04-29-2014, 11:01 PM

The bigger the better. That's what she said

flytuber4 · 04-30-2014, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by alanw

The bigger the better. That's what she said

LOL that's the way I tend to lean :P Thinking about a new VHF as well. My boat has a big shakespear antenna.

live2fishy · 04-30-2014, 12:37 AM

I personally have a hds 5 on my boat and got the wifi hot spot from lowrance and use my ipad as the head unit so I paid $500 for what other people spend 2k for. Plus I can take it where I need it on the boat haha. The life proof waterproof case gives me the peace of mind...

momo fish · 04-30-2014, 08:28 AM

Can you expand how this works and benefits ?

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Originally Posted by live2fishy

I personally have a hds 5 on my boat and got the wifi hot spot from lowrance and use my ipad as the head unit so I paid $500 for what other people spend 2k for. Plus I can take it where I need it on the boat haha. The life proof waterproof case gives me the peace of mind...

live2fishy · 04-30-2014, 08:39 AM

I purchased the nema kit and the wifi kit from lowrance with that I can tether any app supported device within 100 ft to the network and remotely control my hds. Now that lets me have a iPad sized unit which is about the same as the hds12 that's $2-3000 and I only paid a fraction of that.

04-29-2014, 08:34 PM	#1
flytuber4 Bay Destroyer Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 86	Fish Finder Hi guys! Right now on my kayak I have a Lowrance Elite 4x fish finder. I now own a decent size boat and wanted to know your opinion on a fish finder for it? Im pretty sure I want to stick with lowrance and not sure if I want the GPS mapping or not. But any suggestions will help. I saw a Elite 7 (not sure which elite 7 model) in a boat today and the thing is huge! But seems like a really nice unit but might be overkill for kelp beds.lol Thanks!

04-29-2014, 11:01 PM	#2
alanw Made in U.S.A. Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Dana Point Posts: 1,625	The bigger the better. That's what she said __________________ Hobie PA 14 ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Jackson Kraken ¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Malibu X-Factor ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Malibu Stealth-12 ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Its not a spelling B its a fishing B ~yakjoe

04-30-2014, 12:37 AM	#4
live2fishy Fish killer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Surfside Posts: 105	I personally have a hds 5 on my boat and got the wifi hot spot from lowrance and use my ipad as the head unit so I paid $500 for what other people spend 2k for. Plus I can take it where I need it on the boat haha. The life proof waterproof case gives me the peace of mind...

04-30-2014, 08:39 AM	#6
live2fishy Fish killer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Surfside Posts: 105	I purchased the nema kit and the wifi kit from lowrance with that I can tether any app supported device within 100 ft to the network and remotely control my hds. Now that lets me have a iPad sized unit which is about the same as the hds12 that's $2-3000 and I only paid a fraction of that.