Raymarine Dragonfly

[OpiemusRex]

A while back I was commenting on how well my Dragonfly was working out for me. Every other depth finder/fishfinder I've had was a compulsive liar and I only trusted them for depth. This dragonfly is the exception, I can mark them with the color sonar and confirm what I am looking at with the down imaging. I have the navionics updates card which allows me to get the updates almost everyday and has very detailed maps of the lakes that I frequent. Combine all of the above with the chart plotter and I cannot see what there is not to like about this unit except for the huge transducer. So far It has been phenomenal and I give it a big thumbs up. Last time I was telling you how well it does in the river and you can adjust it to eliminate all of the false signals and clutter. My wife and I went to the Congaree river which was heavily stained and had a lot of trash floating. Striper fishing was OK and we caught several fish and one keeper over 26". I cant' wait to show you how it shines on the lake over a school of fish. Someone mentioned that I should be able to take a screen shot without having to remove the chart card. I checked with Raymarine again and they state that you must remove the Chart card and replace it with a blank micro SD card to take a screen shot, the unit has only one SD card slot, this is kind of a bummer as well so I just took some pictures with my phone. First if a brush pile and second is my better half with her keeper fish the third is another brush pile. I bought the unit when they were having a promotional sale and paid $499.00, it is not a $2500.00 unit but I think I got the biggest bang for my buck.

[brettw]

Post more pics if you get a chance, nice image

[OpiemusRex]

Post more pics if you get a chance, nice image

The next images I post will be from the lake so that I can show the chart as well as what a school of fish looks like on the graph. I was killin' the white perch after finding them with this unit in December and January on Lake Murray.

[impaler]

Dear OpiemusRex,

I am a Raymarine representative and just wanted to clarify the recording of screen shots on a chart mSD card. You in fact can do this; the message we try to put forth is that you must feel very comfortable with transferring the image files off of the card. Removing the wrong files that pertain to the cartographic content will render the chart useless, and Navionics will not replace the card unless you give them your (credit) card. So if you are computer savvy, you should have no problem, and this will allow you to keep the chart running.

[impaler]

Thank you for the great review, I'm pleased that you are enjoying your Raymarine product.

[gotta_fish]

How big a screen does that dragon fly come in , I like it is there a bigger screen available

[rnvinc]

That Dragonfly has some impressive DI shots for sure...

Rickie

[impaler]

There is a 7" version, called the Dragonfly 7.