Best model lowrance ff to buy 2015 pa

[farreola]

Does anyone know what are the major differences between the Elite Chirp and the new Hook FF?

[Murray]

possibly touch screen only

[farreola]

Hook is touch screen?

[Darrell]

The Elite has a slightly enhanced display and low, medium and high frequencys. The hook has medium and high. Unless you have a habit of fishing up to 3000 feet the low frequency is not needed. Even medium is not necessary most of time since most of our coastal fishing is done in less than 200 feet of water. Go to products on the lowrance site and it lets you compare units side by side, specs, etc

[ful-rac]

Originally Posted by Darrell

The Elite has a slightly enhanced display and low, medium and high frequencys. The hook has medium and high. Unless you have a habit of fishing up to 3000 feet the low frequency is not needed. Even medium is not necessary most of time since most of our coastal fishing is done in less than 200 feet of water. Go to products on the lowrance site and it lets you compare units side by side, specs, etc

Why is the low frequency not needed...? I use it all the time...It works great.

[Darrell]

It will work and you will work fine in low and youll get a great pitchure but but you may be sacrificing detail, target seperation and coverage area. High is designed for shallow, less than 50', medium up to 1000' and low up to 3000'. by using it. Medium frequency is stated to have a wider coverage area. Technology is so advanced you really cant go wrong with even the most basic units for locating bait, fish, etc. i remember using the lowarnce x-15 that burned on paper with the stylus and those cost 500$ in the eighties. Now we have 100$ color units that blow it away.

[farreola]

Thanks Darrell

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by Darrell

It will work and you will work fine in low and youll get a great pitchure but but you may be sacrificing detail, target seperation and coverage area. High is designed for shallow, less than 50', medium up to 1000' and low up to 3000'. by using it. Medium frequency is stated to have a wider coverage area. Technology is so advanced you really cant go wrong with even the most basic units for locating bait, fish, etc. i remember using the lowarnce x-15 that burned on paper with the stylus and those cost 500$ in the eighties. Now we have 100$ color units that blow it away.

Yep, I use low frequency often also. But usually have the higher frequency on the other side of the screen.


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[ful-rac]

Originally Posted by Darrell

It will work and you will work fine in low and youll get a great pitchure but but you may be sacrificing detail, target seperation and coverage area. High is designed for shallow, less than 50', medium up to 1000' and low up to 3000'. by using it. Medium frequency is stated to have a wider coverage area. Technology is so advanced you really cant go wrong with even the most basic units for locating bait, fish, etc. i remember using the lowarnce x-15 that burned on paper with the stylus and those cost 500$ in the eighties. Now we have 100$ color units that blow it away.

You might get a good picture with more detail on 200...but like you just said a lower frequencey like 50 will have a wider coverage area. So why is a wider coverage area not needed or necessary when you are searching for fish?