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Best small fish finder/DI for small boat #11281667 12/14/15 06:25 PM
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Tell me which one you would recommend to work best for my small boat. private lake

Re: Best small fish finder/DI for small boat [Re: Spring Lizard Waterdog] #11282803 12/15/15 03:00 AM
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by small what do you mean? 4"?5"?7"? the smaller ones are super cheap now.cant go wrong with lowrance elite series.


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Re: Best small fish finder/DI for small boat [Re: Spring Lizard Waterdog] #11282837 12/15/15 03:16 AM
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I just bought my father in law a helix 5 DI. $234 on walmart.com. can't wait to install it on his boat and get it dialed in. Sweet little unit with downscan.

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Don't know if it's a good price but bass pro in garland had the elite 7x chirp for $499. 200 off original sales price. This was this past friday.

Re: Best small fish finder/DI for small boat [Re: Spring Lizard Waterdog] #11283817 12/15/15 05:55 PM
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Is the Helix 5 DI a GPS unit as well as sonar?

Re: Best small fish finder/DI for small boat [Re: Spring Lizard Waterdog] #11284155 12/15/15 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted By: Spring Lizard Waterdog
Is the Helix 5 DI a GPS unit as well as sonar?

I don't think the Helix 5 DI has a GPS.

The Helix 5 DI GPS Sonar is $349.99 at Cabelas.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/humminbird-reg-helix-5-di-sonar-gps-combo/1925185.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dhelix%252B5%252Bdi%26x%3D10%26y%3D6%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%252BProducts&Ntt=helix+5+di

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Re: Best small fish finder/DI for small boat [Re: Spring Lizard Waterdog] #11284167 12/15/15 08:36 PM
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Refurbished Lowrance Elite 7 HDI has GPS is $349.99 at Cabelas.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/lowrance-reg-elite-7-hdi-base-combo-refurbished/2039489.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Delite%252B7%26x%3D10%26y%3D6%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%252BProducts&Ntt=elite+7

Re: Best small fish finder/DI for small boat [Re: Spring Lizard Waterdog] #11284208 12/15/15 08:47 PM
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dont know if theyre still available but I have a HB 788 combo that really nice...GPS/sonar/DI

Re: Best small fish finder/DI for small boat [Re: Spring Lizard Waterdog] #11284241 12/15/15 09:00 PM
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Cabelas has a Garmin 73SV for $549 right now. I bought one to compare to my 998 since I've heard Garmin is doing great things. I think their 2D sonar and Down Imaging is better than my HB, but the SI is not quite as good at marking fish. Structure pops very well on SI, but the fish marks are harder for me to pick out unless they are right under me.

But for regular sonar, down imaging, and mapping, it's pretty great! They have new models coming out with chirp, and also lost a legal battle with Humminbird recently.


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