Side imaging

[TAE73]

The 797 is only 890 to 999 depending on where you find it at. I bought the 797 thinking I would not like the smaller screen, I have learned to deal with it. It does pretty much all the same things as the 997 and is half the price.

[1weezer]

I would mount it at the back. That way you can idle around the bays or where ever you want and look at the BIG BIG screen.

[Darryl Morris]

O.K., Lets say I decide to buy one of these for my Nitro. Would you recommend mouniting on the front of the boat at the trolling motor or back near the driver's seat? I know this has been a topic of discussion before, but just wondering who has them where?

Buzz


P.S. Can I come stay with one of you when my wife kicks me out for buying a $2000 depth finder?

The cabling is networkable so I've purchased extra cable runs for power, etc. and going to use it in both places - on the bow when hovering over crappie condos and at the stern when trolling my crankbaits.

[skiptomylu]

The 797 is only 890 to 999 depending on where you find it at. I bought the 797 thinking I would not like the smaller screen, I have learned to deal with it. It does pretty much all the same things as the 997 and is half the price.

Not according to Hummingbird. The bigger and most expensive unit is much more detailed because it has better imaging. The small one is OK, but it's not as good as the $2k one. I called them to talk about this before My Lowrance came in. I thought about canceling it to get the Hummingbird, but after talking to them I decided not to get the $1k one since it's only a 5" screen and it does not have them same detail or technology at the $2k one.

I don't remember the words they used, but the point of it not being the same came through loud and clear. It may have had something to do with the 3D stuff, but I really don't remember. After I decided to not get the small one, I just put that out of my mind.

[1weezer]

The smaller one has all the features that the big one has. However, it does not have as much power as the big one has and the screen is much smaller. Plus there is only one slot for a SD card. But other than that, it does every thing that the big one does.

[randybenham]

I was at crappie camp w/ darryl & Mike simpson with his, and if you are a guide, I think it would be a "must" have tool for your clients. Marking brushpiles on a GPS would be the single biggest reason to have the higher end unit. As you go by, you can mark an area 100 ft wide looking for brushpiles, and as the other guy said, freeze the picture, move the cursor over, & mark a waypoint. you can troll 100 feet off of the bank & mark brushpiles in 5 feet of water 10 feet off the bank. It's almost like cheating to me. I was interested if Darryl would go through with it. He was drooling at the mouth at crappie camp in greeson. it is a way cool tool. I just don't think it would be appropriate to have a 2k depthfinder/gps on a 1k boat... Ha!

[ShilohRed]

Richard.
See if you would have bought the thing. When I was telling you about it. You might have been able to catch fish then. LOL
Yes these unit are great.

[dogboy]

've been lloking at some side imaging sonars. does this one allow you to see forward at all? That would be a huge plus when spider rigging. Pretty awsome being able to see that much bottom. With a regular angle sonar transducer you only get to look at a few feet of bottm in 6-8ft of water. I have certainly never seen that good an image of beds, thats just cool.
KW

[titleman]

I bought the big screen earlier this year (and yes, I mounted it on a flatbottom boat!).

I will not tell you I can cook a pot roast with it (yet), but Slipcork and I ran it straight out of the box on a maiden voyage and loved it! Since then, I've figured out many other cool features. I haven't had the time to fish much this Spring, but I'm gonna take a full day (soon) just to play with my new toy.

It is WAY too cool. And the picture taking is REAL easy!

Titleman

[bobberwatcher]

I believe I can speak for everyone at crappie camp in saying "The unit Mike Simpson has is A_W_S_O_M_E". I started looking around for the satellite dish in his boat cuz I KNOW that thing must be able to pick up ESPN! Not for sure of the model of it, but I believe it was a 997. Sure wish I could find one on the side of the road :D