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Sorry if this question has been asked many times before, which i'm sure it has.
I am looking for the best fishfinder in the $100 to $150 range for use in a plastic 2 man boat in very shallow waters. 80% of our fishing will be done in 6 to 4 foot of water. An occational lake will be fished in the 25 to 30 foot max depth. Crappie fishing most of the time.
Are there certain types that are better suited for shallow water? What if i bumped it up to the $200 range?
You're gonna get a lot of different responses, but here's my input. Eagle Cuda 168 around 80 to 100 bucks, Lowrance mark 5 about 159.00 bucks,in the 200.00 range I would choose the Mark 5 pro. I don't know of any types that are better suited for shallow water,but I'm sure someone who does know will reply.Hope this helps,and good luck.
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Hummingbirds fishin buddy, decent graph and a kind of sidefinder. If you fish docks or standing timber there really pretty good units. Or a new HB550, 5" screen, good picture, easy operation, transducer x-change program. Good, viewable unit for the money. More money check the bigboys for close-outs.
For what you are doing and want to spend, Garmin, HB, Lowrance all offer units under 100 bucks. Fishing mostly less than 10ft your not going to get much better detail with a 150.00 than one for 79.95. It will give you depth and enough detail to find stumps and brush. My 2cts