Best bet for $300ish

[TreednNC]

Kind of on a budget and looking for my best bang for my buck for around $300....may $50 either way.....oh yeah....for a fish/depth finder lol....bout forgot to mention that. Thanks

[bentpole]

RogerA down in the swap section has a Hummingbird 717, For sale. they are good units. Check it out.

[TreednNC]

Thanks Bentpole...I really don't know a whole lot about them, coming from a circa 1993ish Eagle Supra Pro ID lol any pros and cons? I have a handheld GPS, no not looking for something GPS compadable....well not yet anyway, and just trying to hold out for few years for a whole new boat and everything, just looking for sumthing to get me by until then, yet somewhat decent....if thats possible for that price range,

[TreednNC]

I think I found my answer after a little search and research......HB 565??

[caveman]

I just bought the humminbird 580 with gps. $325.00

[Ranger690]

HB 575 with the Quad beam. Helps when looking for brush piles. More bottom coverage and split beams that show which side of the boat it is on.

Dayton

[TreednNC]

Thanks guys. That is/was my only concern with the double or quad beam, just knowing which side of the boat whatever I am looking at is on. It would be great to have that coverage, but wouldnt do me much good if I didnt know what side I missed it on lol

[Ranger690]

The screen DOES show which side it is on.

[john h]

i just ordered a humingbird matrix 47 3d... wont be mailed out till april 10th cause there not even on market yet .... the pics of the thing look super sweet. little higher then 300 but think its a good price at 500 and in between the high end and lower price units

thing i like bout it it actually shows your cone and where the fish are in your cone. plus 3d contours of the bottom...msrp is 729 but seen them online everwhere for 500

if anyone knows how a regular fishfinder works they will see advantages of this.. it gives a true reading of where fish are at...here iso ne pic i found of the graph and you can see the cone

[pstone]

That is sweet John!