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I am going to have to purchase a new depthfinder pretty quick so I was going to get yall's advise first. I don't need any si or anything like although I wouldn't mind di. The lakes I fish I am usually pretty familiar with so really all I need is depth and water temp. I had a cheap eagle on my boat now but the transducer has broke off the bottom of trooling motor. I have been jb welding it back on but it keeps breaking.
Thanks
I'd go ahead and get a unit with map and GPS. Tuesday when Steve and I fished Okatibbee, it was still so foggy at 1:00 PM I had to use my map and follow my trail out of Collinsville Landing to make it back. Being able to mark way points is very important also.
Yep, don't want to be without GPS myself. Got a used one in great shape if you are interested.
Brian, I bought the HB 859ci HD DI. I love it! Can't wait to hook my new Terrova up to it next. This thing for the price is top if the line for this not so tech savy person.
You can easilly get into more electronics than you need with some of these guys. If you like technology, by all means, enjoy the high end units with all the bells and whistles, but if you are looking for depth and water temperature, and maybe DI, and you are on a budget like me, I really like my Lowrance Elite units. I have an Elite 5 DSI and an Elite 7 HDI, and for the money, they are spot on.....
Any yes, I know that there are a lot of "better, more expensive" units out there......
How much rees?
PM for price
What kind?
Call me 662-458-8925
It will be after work b4 i can. You can pm me if you want to
Basspro is having a really good sale on the hummingbird 598di in a couple of weeks.
Brian find what you might like and give Brian at BBG Marine on here a message. He had by far the best price around. He has some dang good deals. Plus I got my df in the mail the next day.
I am totally lost and outdated when it comes to fishing electronics, so i have a lot of questions. Will i have to buy sd cards for ross barnett and okatibee so i can mark gps coordinates in it?
No, it will mark them to your internal memory. The cards are for maps of the lakes, some are good some arent. Best to ask before you start buying them. think the Navionics south has both those lakes on it.
I have learned just lately looking , that the lakemaster cards do not . At they don't have barnett . I was told the navionics platnuim south had them on it . I use a sd card to take snap shots with mine . And up dates from the computer and way points can be put on the computer and then the card and then the way points on your finder . I have a hb 597 di and one a little bigger with si . They are fun to play with .
Supposedly Lakemaster is supposed to be coming out with a card that will have more lakes on it in mississippi
you should think long and hard before you buy a hummingbird. Not very dependable at times.
The sales guys at Bass pro don't know a lot about them either.
I agree the sales guys at bp don't know a lot . But the guys on here can get you on it . They know . Oh and i am not one of them .
Had both in past and can't tell much difference. both work fine for me.