Thread: Graph Suggestions

Not sure if I added this to the conversation yet or not but the GPS will also give the ability to show you speed when slow trollling or pushing cranks with the trolling motor. That is why I am wanting GPS at the front. More for speed than for anything else. But if you run over a group of fish and catch them while following a break line which is what I do in the spring a lot it can be marked and then at some point turn around and go through the area again.

I too have been researching fish finders and saving my $$$. at first I was dead set on a humminbird 597di with chartplotting. couldnt wait for em to come out this month! and I kept saving and now I have 800$$ saved, so I think I have changed my mind and I'm gonna keep saving a little more and get the 798 HD SI combo for a thousand bucks. I'm gonna put it on my console and get a ram mount so I can use it in the front too. I want to use it in conjunction with my traditional sonar to see what I've been missing and miss-interpreting. then maybe next year get a nice down scan model to replace the one up front.

I'll be going to get my Lowrance Elite-5X DSI/Chartplotter in the morning. This money has been burning a hole in my pocket for a couple of months now.

Originally Posted by bwillaub

I'll be going to get my Lowrance Elite-5X DSI/Chartplotter in the morning. This money has been burning a hole in my pocket for a couple of months now.

Will you mount it up front or on the console?

Originally Posted by FAADAN

Will you mount it up front or on the console?

Up front. I have a Lowrance 522c on the console.
Picked up the DSI unit this morn. She shore is a purdy thang! Will mount her after the thaw......................that didn't sound rite...did it?
Anyways, ya'll know what I meant.

went and got mine this morning also

Originally Posted by bwillaub

Up front. I have a Lowrance 522c on the console.
Picked up the DSI unit this morn. She shore is a purdy thang! Will mount her after the thaw......................that didn't sound rite...did it?
Anyways, ya'll know what I meant.

You've got a lot more patience than me, Billy-Bob,,,,
With a Nice Unit like that.....I'd have to pull her in next to the fire, warm her up, and mount her today! Might still be awhile before you take her on a spin.:D

Anybody thought about buying one dsi and two transducers and moving it from the console to the front when you decide where to fish?

Originally Posted by FAADAN

Anybody thought about buying one dsi and two transducers and moving it from the console to the front when you decide where to fish?

I did this for about 6 months, and ended up saving the money during that time to buy a second unit. It gets to be a pain in the butt very quickly. The only way I'd only have one unit and not be on the console, is if I had a handheld GPS.

If I had to choose between a fishfinder, and GPS, and could only have one or the other, I'd go with GPS. I can always figure out how deep the water is, or what depth the fish are at without the unit, but having a safe route, and waypoints for the spots I find is the most important for me.

some people do that, some have two depthfinder/fish id units up front, I tried the moving thing and it was a hassle, so saved up and sold a dog or two and now have two. or three, havent looked lately. I think after a while the fittings would get buggered up and loose, and that would not be a good thing.