Portable Sonar

[Gavin]

Thanks for the suggestions...Think I've figured out what I want and narrowed it down to a couple units. Anyone have experience with these?

 

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/529893

https://www.humminbird.com/Products/HELIX-9-CHIRP-MEGA--SI-GPS-G2N/

 

[jpb2187]

On 9/22/2017 at 4:00 PM, Gavin said:

Thanks for the suggestions...Think I've figured out what I want and narrowed it down to a couple units. Anyone have experience with these?

 

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/529893

https://www.humminbird.com/Products/HELIX-9-CHIRP-MEGA--SI-GPS-G2N/

 

I have a Humminbird 698ci on my kayak. It is the previous model, with a smaller screen. Very happy with the performance of that unit, so it your getting the MEGA and a bigger screen I'd imagine you'd be just fine. The screens only have so much resolution, but if you save any of the images or record your path, the quality on a computer is pretty incredible. 

[wily]

I think you're going overboard...part of fun of going up there is minimalistic/getting away from it all.  

I remember 1st time I went...I bought map...and got lost bigger than Dallas.  Really just went in giant circle...everything kind of looks the same on lake of the woods...but that is story I always tell.  

When we were there...We mostly just fishing spawning bays for walleye...and the isolated rock reefs for smallmouth.

I would keep it simple

[wily]

I would spend money on viewfinder to upgrade the boat You are planning to use if going to lake of woods or similar...if going someplace remote that only boat available is the little tiller...you shouldn't need much for sophistication

[MoCarp]