Extreme Jigging: Dogtooth Tuna, Yellowtail Kingfish (Hiramasa), Amberjack, Samson Fish > Tackle & Techniques
Sounder Recommendations please
Jamie Moir:
Can't really fault Raymarine, my A65 was a good combo, I just think lowrance really stretch how far you can get with only 600W pretty well!
Ben Earl:
yeah its a bit of a conundrum. The 620 i can get with a 600w Trans for about $820 or so delivered. The lower level JRC is about 1200 on sale but I havent really read too many good reports about them.
I am open to any brand really so long as it is good value and durable - you can forget about repairs out here. I was looking at the Lowrances that Peter recommended Hds 5 and from memory they were around $720, the benefit of course is the gps is included but then i would need anoth $150 for the maps card. The reviews are mixed too.
They are all over my budget but like i said if the value is there, I can go the extra. Will check the Raymarines and keep at it.... (brainslowlyfrying)
Sam Owen:
Furuno. I had a lowrance then a friend was upgrading from the FCV-585 with 1kw. So i bought that (gettin installed cant wait to get back on the water) from him and he's gone to the 1120 with seperate 1 and 2kw transducers :o
I think in terms of sounders in my experience is that you get wat u you pay for ie my $1500 lowrance that worked perfectly for snapper fishing and gave reasonable picture while jiggin to about 120m. Was virtually useless at picking up bait balls and sounding fish at trolling spd out wide.
AustralianAngling:
Check out this site in US have purchased several units from them.
http://www.boatersland.com/lowfishfinders.html
Ben Earl:
thanks for the link Steve, there are some good prices there.
Do you guys think there is value in getting a GPS/fishfinder combo (at a higher budget)? OR is it better to keep them separate? It seem like a good idea to me to have both in the one unit but from a practical standpoint Im not sure how user friendly it would be.
Based on the recommendations that I got here, I am looking at the Furuno 620, Raymarine A50D or lowrance HDS 5, all come in the $750 - 850 mark which is acceptable. I have heard nothing but good things about the Furuno (other than it is getting old) which leads me to favor it (other than no GPS), the Raymarine has some good commercial reviews (but I take them with a grain of salt) and the Lowrance gets mixed ratings but technically looks good.
I feel like I am over analyzing things a bit here but when you cant see one in action a certain leap of faith is required :-\
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