Christmas is coming and I need help shopping!
For me personally, I have come to the conclusion that I will never master SI. For starters, my 798 screen size is too small. Second, my brain just can't interpret the image. Third, ALL my fishing is done from bow with a Terrova so SI DI transducers don't work up there really without a bunch of DIY mods. Lastly, even if it did as a spider rigger what difference does it make if my baits are already 36 feet past the image as I push forward. Knowing what you already passed is ok I guess but knowing what is coming is the ultimate goal. I use this "historical" info , along with depth and speed and waypoints to make smarter choices but forward scanning/360 has got to be the answer for me moving forward. So someone tell why I should purchase anything other than a 360 and the cheapest big screen with sonar and GPS only. Or another way to ask=Why upgrade to a SI/DI with Mega Technology if forward scan is all you plan to use? And if you do upgrade where should the ducers be mounted.
Now I do crank out the back as well as drift for cats in reverse so I do some benefit there but it is minor compared to my spider rigging time.