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[billspipes]

Last year i bought the lowrance X-96 its a colour screen with 2800 wats peak to peak i thought since i mostly fish lake i know why get the gps model right? wrong! The more i fish the more i realize how handy that gps would be for marking spots like trees shoals good spots or when i do go to a new lake.

Anyways does anyone have a gps fish finder or use a handheld in the boat and how does it work? Do you use it often? Are good maps available for canada ie navionics?

[ght]

my buddy baught a garmin i believe last year for like 120 and it works very well.

[billspipes]

Is it a handheld gps or a fishfinder/gps combo

[Spinninreel]

I bought a Hummingbird 787 which has the fish finder and the GPS. It works great, way better than my other fish finder that was about ten years old. The gps makes the fish finder way better because it gives you; water temperature, trolling speed, you can mark a position in the middle of the lake and find it exactly, you can set up a grid, so you can effectively cover an area and know that you haven't missed a spot or gone over it twice. When you go to a new lake, before you actually start fishing, you scout out a number of locations, mark the spots so that you increase your odds.
The navionics map guide is good for the lakes that they have, but is limited to only the major sized lakes in the province. The detail is good and usually have other useful things on it like where the marinas are.
I find the gps makes the fish finder a much mre effective tool for fishing.

[billspipes]

Great thats the kind of response i was looking for!

[idesign]

I bought a Hummingbird 787 which has the fish finder and the GPS. It works great, way better than my other fish finder that was about ten years old. The gps makes the fish finder way better because it gives you; water temperature, trolling speed, you can mark a position in the middle of the lake and find it exactly, you can set up a grid, so you can effectively cover an area and know that you haven't missed a spot or gone over it twice. When you go to a new lake, before you actually start fishing, you scout out a number of locations, mark the spots so that you increase your odds.
The navionics map guide is good for the lakes that they have, but is limited to only the major sized lakes in the province. The detail is good and usually have other useful things on it like where the marinas are.
I find the gps makes the fish finder a much mre effective tool for fishing.

thx.i must get 1

[Bigfisherman]

Last year i bought the lowrance X-96 its a colour screen with 2800 wats peak to peak i thought since i mostly fish lake i know why get the gps model right? wrong! The more i fish the more i realize how handy that gps would be for marking spots like trees shoals good spots or when i do go to a new lake.

Anyways does anyone have a gps fish finder or use a handheld in the boat and how does it work? Do you use it often? Are good maps available for canada ie navionics?

I picked up a portable fish finder, and a handheld gps, I've used the gps which is cool as you can mark spots and on some lakes it even tells you where the navagation hazards are. I'll be using the fish finder for the first time this weekend(hopefully). Fish finder was $129, gps $124 + $49 for ontario map + $18 for 2gig sd card. two pros of having both seperate is that you can use it for driving as well, I can use the portable finder for ice fishing and it can be used on any boat.

[kennyhman]

Last year i bought the lowrance X-96 its a colour screen with 2800 wats peak to peak i thought since i mostly fish lake i know why get the gps model right? wrong! The more i fish the more i realize how handy that gps would be for marking spots like trees shoals good spots or when i do go to a new lake.

Anyways does anyone have a gps fish finder or use a handheld in the boat and how does it work? Do you use it often? Are good maps available for canada ie navionics?

I picked up a portable fish finder, and a handheld gps, I've used the gps which is cool as you can mark spots and on some lakes it even tells you where the navagation hazards are. I'll be using the fish finder for the first time this weekend(hopefully). Fish finder was $129, gps $124 + $49 for ontario map + $18 for 2gig sd card. two pros of having both seperate is that you can use it for driving as well and I can use the portable finder for ice fishing.

definitely an advantage for having both. my fish finder died on me last summer.. must get a new one

[YAWN]

I NEED ADVICE PLEASE: Thinking of picking one up this weekend,

http://www.anchorexp... ... 5-prod.jpg

Cheep but worth it? Anyone have one used one? Opinions?
TX

[MikeyMikey]

I could never understood what is being shown on those fish finder screen. Yet people go... oh theres a fish!

[Spinninreel]

I NEED ADVICE PLEASE: Thinking of picking one up this weekend,

http://www.anchorexp... ... 5-prod.jpg

Cheep but worth it? Anyone have one used one? Opinions?
TX

This is a wireless sensor that you cast out and it gives a reading while reeling it in. My preference would be to buy a protable fish finder first before buying this device. I have not used one of these before but I think it would be limited in it's capabilties.

[Bigfisherman]

I NEED ADVICE PLEASE: Thinking of picking one up this weekend,

http://www.anchorexp... ... 5-prod.jpg

Cheep but worth it? Anyone have one used one? Opinions?
TX

This is a wireless sensor that you cast out and it gives a reading while reeling it in. My preference would be to buy a protable fish finder first before buying this device. I have not used one of these before but I think it would be limited in it's capabilties.

Do you have to cast it out can't it just hang off the side or the transom? keeping your hands free?

[Spinninreel]

I NEED ADVICE PLEASE: Thinking of picking one up this weekend,

http://www.anchorexp... ... 5-prod.jpg

Cheep but worth it? Anyone have one used one? Opinions?
TX

This is a wireless sensor that you cast out and it gives a reading while reeling it in. My preference would be to buy a protable fish finder first before buying this device. I have not used one of these before but I think it would be limited in it's capabilties.

Do you have to cast it out can't it just hang off the side or the transom? keeping your hands free?

You could hang this off of the side, but the wake might affect the results. Also the resolution of the screen is low and the screen being so small, it would be hard to read.