a good sonar/fishfinder for locating bottom structure

For reading the bottom and locating structure (sunken trees) what is a decent sonar, without spending a fortune?

570 DI Humminbird

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Originally Posted by 1Caprandy

570 DI Humminbird

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do you have this model? I was looking at that one on the Cabelas website but it only has a rating of 1.9 out of 5. I notice a lot of the $300 and under units that I've looked at havent gotten very good customer ratings.

The boat I have a 14' Vhull starcraft with a 15 Mercury tiller. I only have about $2k tied up in the boat so I dont want to put an expensive sonar on it. I'll mount the responder on the transom and max speed of the boat 20mph.

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Originally Posted by VaGunTrader

do you have this model? I was looking at that one on the Cabelas website but it only has a rating of 1.9 out of 5. I notice a lot of the $300 and under units that I've looked at havent gotten very good customer ratings.

The boat I have a 14' Vhull starcraft with a 15 Mercury tiller. I only have about $2k tied up in the boat so I dont want to put an expensive sonar on it. I'll mount the responder on the transom and max speed of the boat 20mph.

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Why?

Di might give you a better picture but you can find brush faster with a regular sonar and at a faster speed.

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Originally Posted by genec

Di might give you a better picture but you can find brush faster with a regular sonar and at a faster speed.

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You'll know it's brush with DI, no false positive.

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Originally Posted by Cane Pole

Why?

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well, maybe I should reword it.
I don't have a lot of money to be putting into sonar. I didnt have a lot of money to put into a boat either.

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Originally Posted by VaGunTrader

well, maybe I should reword it.
I don't have a lot of money to be putting into sonar. I didnt have a lot of money to put into a boat either.

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Remember, most of the time you get what you pay for...

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Originally Posted by VaGunTrader

well, maybe I should reword it.
I don't have a lot of money to be putting into sonar. I didnt have a lot of money to put into a boat either.

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dont let thes guys fool you and talk you into spending more money than you need to.a cheap sonar is more than adequate for the average fisherman.that di is just a puff of smoke and a brag.

it's all in what you are looking for. Most of yesterdays best technologhy are the cheap units of today. I feel you should buy the level that fit's your needs or your wallet.

I agree with Cane Pole's"why?" I have a 19 year old tracker. I still like fishing from it. I added 2 hds units last year. Sure the electronics are worth more than the boat but I didn't want a new boat.