Recommendations on a GPS/depth finder combo??

[bigshrimpin]

chesapeake . . . just get the transom mount ducer and glue it inside the hull with silicone. Shoots right though.

didn't mean to sound stupid, just wasn't sure that would work. Don't see why it wouldn't

[rhahn427]

Originally Posted by WiseGuy

Eagle fishelite 480. Eagle models are identical Lowrance, but cheaper.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...amp;hasJS=true

Hey Guy ......... sorry but they aren't the same. Simrad owns Lowrance and Lowrance owns Eagle. Simrad offers the top end DF/GPS/Radar that is used on the professional boats and ships, Lowrance is the next down in theri line and Eagle is the low end. Don't get me wrong, the Eagles are good units and I have had several of them but the Lowrance usually has double the power of the comparable Eagles and usually a higher pixel count and sometimes a larger screen. THe chart that you showed from Cabelas does not show the RMS or Peak to Peak power. THis is what gives you the accuracy and sensitivity. Eagles range from 1500 - 4000 Watts and pixel counts to 640x480, Lowrance is usually 2400-8000W and pixel count to 800x600 with a screen double the largest Eagle.

I've been out fishing before showing fish and my buddy wasn't showing anything. If I didn't have the Lowrance with more power, we wouldn't have been on fish ....... we would have passed right by.

With depthfinders everyone has their preference my only advice is to buy the best you can comfortably afford and learn how to use it because it will make the difference on those days where fish are hard to come by.

[rhahn427]

Originally Posted by bigshrimpin

chesapeake . . . just get the transom mount ducer and glue it inside the hull with silicone. *Shoots right though. *

I think I'd check with the manufacturer first to find out what if any are the differences ........ the thru hauls are made to shoot through the thick hull ....... I'm not so sure the transom mounts are made to do the same. Otherwise the manufacturer would make only one type ..... it would be more profitable for them.

my lowrance came with instructions for transom or thrue hull mounting the ducer.

[rhahn427]

I'm just saying that sometimes the pucks are different

....... http://www.lei-extras.com/store/sear...nsducers+20%B0

[WiseGuy]

rhahn427,

I'm assuming of course that we are looking at sister models and the 480 to 480 are the same pixels, same screen, same box, same buttons, same software and functions. The difference is the peak power and depth capacity as you said. I guess being a freshwater guy, anything over 800 feet sounds like ridiculous overkill and that power would not improve the findings I recieve in the 50 foot max depths I'm at. So no difference to me and my situation I guess. Only difference to me would be $200.

[rhahn427]

Originally Posted by WiseGuy

rhahn427,

I'm assuming of course that we are looking at sister models and the 480 to 480 are the same pixels, same screen, same box, same buttons, same software and functions. * The difference is the peak power and depth capacity as you said. *I guess being a freshwater guy, anything over 800 feet sounds like ridiculous overkill and that power would not improve the findings I recieve in the 50 foot max depths I'm at. *So no difference to me and my situation I guess. *Only difference to me would be $200. *

It's not just the maximum depth, it's the sensitivity and separation and a whole bunch of things ......... usually the higher the power the more sensivity ......... on my Lcx111c and my LCX25c I can watch a small jig/bucktail that I'm fishing with go all the way to the bottom and sometimes watch the fish as it moves up to bite ....... as I said ..... I've seen times when I can see fish and others can't because of the depth finder.

[WiseGuy]

OK - we're both happy 8)

love the sound of both the lowrances but, I ain't got a grand to spend on a fishfinder w/o ending up in divorce court.