Thread: Which one would you buy? 597 combo / 788 combo / Elite 5 HDI

Originally Posted by montagc

Si is not in my budget, at least not one with a screen big enough for me to interpret.

montagc - you would be surprised at the ability to read to SI from Humminbird on the 700 series. Also - a word on screen shots versus "real-time live-sonar" Any company can make a screen shot look good - day in and day out - HB's SI units will stand up to the competition!

The one thing I had to learn on my unit was to be able to look at a mark (just in color sonar) and distinguish what a crappie looked like - I am pretty good at Walleye, Pike, Perch, etc - and now after a few days of looking at nothing but crappies - I can look at a mark and say: "That's a crappie!"

My vote would be for the bigger 700 series screen - and if you can figure out a way to swing it - I would highly suggest getting it with Side Imaging! But if not - you'll be happy with the color sonar!

Originally Posted by Tommy Skarlis

montagc - you would be surprised at the ability to read to SI from Humminbird on the 700 series. Also - a word on screen shots versus "real-time live-sonar" Any company can make a screen shot look good - day in and day out - HB's SI units will stand up to the competition!

The one thing I had to learn on my unit was to be able to look at a mark (just in color sonar) and distinguish what a crappie looked like - I am pretty good at Walleye, Pike, Perch, etc - and now after a few days of looking at nothing but crappies - I can look at a mark and say: "That's a crappie!"

My vote would be for the bigger 700 series screen - and if you can figure out a way to swing it - I would highly suggest getting it with Side Imaging! But if not - you'll be happy with the color sonar!

Tommy, do you have an on line study course for this? I really need some training on identifying crappie using HB and Lowrance.

Originally Posted by Don G

Tommy, do you have an on line study course for this? I really need some training on identifying crappie using HB and Lowrance.

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Originally Posted by Don G

Tommy, do you have an on line study course for this? I really need some training on identifying crappie using HB and Lowrance.

I do not - currently have a few videos planned - but nothing on tape as of yet. Best way to learn is to mark fish and then catch them to verify, that's what we did in Grenada. After a couple of days of trolling through "marks" and then catching them, it got fairly easy to distinguish what was shad and what was crappie.