I read this forum about three times a day. I have learned a lot. I love to fish, if I catch fish that is icing on the cake Love to go out with my boat and electronics and try new methods. I give any fish to those who don't catch any or are unable to go. I enjoy being in God's world and thank him for all the opportunitys to go.( never know when its your last trip) I just sold a HDS 7 Gen 2 to Navyangler on this board and bought a Elite 7 HDI. Nothing wrong with the HDS 7. (I didn't have or want to go the structure scan route but wanted DI) Mounted on the trolling motor and it is great. "Rickie" likes to say "cartoon pictures" and he is correct, DI gives a better picture of what you are seeing. I don't spider rig or long line, nothing wrong with it, but just not my preference. Having said this I use a foot control motor and have been for 30 years, I feel it works better for me and better suits my style of fishing.I feel everyone has to look at his style of fishing and select his boat , electronics, rods, reels, line etc. that best suits his likes. I have only used Lowrance electronics, however I feel Humminbird,Garmin, Raymarine and others make good products. Take your time , pick what works for you or whatever YOU like, do your own research and use and like what works for you. I know this is long ,but some of our threads are read about 3 hundred times and only have 5 or 6 comments. Good luck and God bless everyone who has taken their time to read this......crappie1133