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Garagenc, you may want to consider that X70...a striper-fishin' buddy of mine swears by 'em...if Rick's got a good workin' unit w/ all cables, etc, you'd have a good fish-finder...

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Garagenc, you may want to consider that X70...a striper-fishin' buddy of mine swears by 'em...if Rick's got a good workin' unit w/ all cables, etc, you'd have a good fish-finder...

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It came with the boat ....... everything is there. I liked it so much I bought a second one because it was discontinued but it is still one of the best one that Lowrance ever produced. That's why it still brings a good price on EBAY. I was going to buy a seperate GPS but I got a great deal on a LCX25c which gave me a good combo unit so I took it off. Then I got even a better deal on a LCX111c so I use the 111c on the 18 Sport and the 25c on my bassboat. The transducer is still on the boat. When I get around to testing the other unit I plan to sell both of them if both work as well as the 332c I had on the bass boat.

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It came with the boat ....... everything is there. I liked it so much I bought a second one because it was discontinued but it is still one of the best one that Lowrance ever produced. That's why it still brings a good price on EBAY. I was going to buy a seperate GPS but I got a great deal on a LCX25c which gave me a good combo unit so I took it off. Then I got even a better deal on a LCX111c so I use the 111c on the 18 Sport and the 25c on my bassboat. The transducer is still on the boat. When I get around to testing the other unit I plan to sell both of them if both work as well as the 332c I had on the bass boat.

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Hey rhahn427 tell me about that x-70 I'm not familiar with it. I'm interested.

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Hey rhahn427 tell me about that x-70 I'm not familiar with it. I'm interested.

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It's a black & white unit w/ a sizeable screen...if you ever saw an LMS 350 (see dash in my Gallery), the sonar returns are much the same...the 350 was sonar/ gps combo, while the 70 is sonar only...that's my best memory of it...my buddy is one of the most productive striper-fishermen around, and he doesn't use anything else... :D ...he pulled out a new color unit to go back to one... :) ...

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It's a black & white unit w/ a sizeable screen...if you ever saw an LMS 350 (see dash in my Gallery), the sonar returns are much the same...the 350 was sonar/ gps combo, while the 70 is sonar only...that's my best memory of it...my buddy is one of the most productive striper-fishermen around, and he doesn't use anything else... :D ...he pulled out a new color unit to go back to one... :) ...

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Yeah it's black and white and uses alot of pixels to give you the fine definition ....... I think it also has a high output to show you everything .......... I'll try to find the specs for you in the next couple of days.

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Yeah it's black and white and uses alot of pixels to give you the fine definition ....... I think it also has a high output to show you everything .......... I'll try to find the specs for you in the next couple of days.

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IF....Iwas going to have a black & White machine it would be the X-70 or X-85. I've used both and they are great machines, no doubt. IMHO, they don't stack up against the Furuno color units such as the 600L, but they are also priced accordingly. If you don't demand color, you won't find a better sonar.

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IF....Iwas going to have a black & White machine it would be the X-70 or X-85. I've used both and they are great machines, no doubt. IMHO, they don't stack up against the Furuno color units such as the 600L, but they are also priced accordingly. If you don't demand color, you won't find a better sonar.

Airslot - Electronics junkie

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Heard alot of good things about those DF's too ...... but they are much more expensive I think .......

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Heard alot of good things about those DF's too ...... but they are much more expensive I think .......

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GUY, JUST A QUESTION: WHY DO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S AT THE BOTTOM IN 3,300 FT OF WATER?

LESTERUS

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GUY, JUST A QUESTION: WHY DO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S AT THE BOTTOM IN 3,300 FT OF WATER?

LESTERUS

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HUH ??? Who said anything about 3,300 ft ...... what am I missing?

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HUH ??? Who said anything about 3,300 ft ...... what am I missing?

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Fishfinders are like most all other things in this world you get what you pay for. Depending on your budget I would stay with furuno, lowrance or garmin in that order. I regularlly fish the washington canyon and my furuno unit reads the bottom quite well down to around 1300 foot and I can get a digital readout of bottom depth to below 3000 foot depending on the thermocline. The deepest readout was 3307 feet. The transducer is located on the transom and above 30 kts it can get erratic but at that speed I am just trying to get someplace . Its just common sense that if you shoot ultra sound thru a solid hull you are going to lose detail so mounting inside the hull is a tradeoff. The other disadvantage is that in a shoot thru
application you lose you temp and speed functions. For me temp is almost as important as contour and echos. My suggestion is buy a quality unit and try it on the outside if your not satisfied inside is always an option

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READ THIS POST FROM PAGE 1

Fishfinders are like most all other things in this world you get what you pay for. Depending on your budget I would stay with furuno, lowrance or garmin in that order. I regularlly fish the washington canyon and my furuno unit reads the bottom quite well down to around 1300 foot and I can get a digital readout of bottom depth to below 3000 foot depending on the thermocline. The deepest readout was 3307 feet. The transducer is located on the transom and above 30 kts it can get erratic but at that speed I am just trying to get someplace . Its just common sense that if you shoot ultra sound thru a solid hull you are going to lose detail so mounting inside the hull is a tradeoff. The other disadvantage is that in a shoot thru
application you lose you temp and speed functions. For me temp is almost as important as contour and echos. My suggestion is buy a quality unit and try it on the outside if your not satisfied inside is always an option

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I'll take a stab at it. While we can be quite proud of how well our equipment works, example, reading bottom at 3500', it's really more about the sounder verifying what the chartplotter tells you at those depths. I've done alot of fishing in the mid-atlantic canyons and to be honest, I'm not much intrested in what I mark deeper than 300 and certainly no more than 500'. It is nice to have the power to define bait and fish at those depths (500' or so) which is the same power that allows you to track bottom to even deeper depths.

For offshore trolling, my primary tool is the chartplotter. I'm much more intrested in structure and contours to find biat / fish. Now, when I mark a school of tuna or a big bait ball suspended down 200' or so I'll be hanging around that area for a while, makeing multiple passes trying to raise those fish.

just $.02 more ...

Airslot

Re: fish finder
 

I'll take a stab at it. While we can be quite proud of how well our equipment works, example, reading bottom at 3500', it's really more about the sounder verifying what the chartplotter tells you at those depths. I've done alot of fishing in the mid-atlantic canyons and to be honest, I'm not much intrested in what I mark deeper than 300 and certainly no more than 500'. It is nice to have the power to define bait and fish at those depths (500' or so) which is the same power that allows you to track bottom to even deeper depths.

For offshore trolling, my primary tool is the chartplotter. I'm much more intrested in structure and contours to find biat / fish. Now, when I mark a school of tuna or a big bait ball suspended down 200' or so I'll be hanging around that area for a while, makeing multiple passes trying to raise those fish.

just $.02 more ...

Airslot

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Has anyone used one of the Humminbird Matrix series and how do you like it.

Turbo

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Has anyone used one of the Humminbird Matrix series and how do you like it.

Turbo

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Well ...... I looked over the weekend and I have the manual but it doesn't give the specs ....... All I can tell you is that it has a large display with fine pixels and is very sensitive ....... these were made in the late 90's and they are still the favorites of many fishermen ......

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Well ...... I looked over the weekend and I have the manual but it doesn't give the specs ....... All I can tell you is that it has a large display with fine pixels and is very sensitive ....... these were made in the late 90's and they are still the favorites of many fishermen ......