I am looking at the Garmin 150 portable or a Humminbird. Any experience with these?
Thanks
http://store.humminbird.com/products/604317/571_HD_DI_Portable
Click the link above, I own one of these my unit is the 570 without the Down Scan Imaging, I used it my first season and a half on the MAFF trail worked extremely well especially in deep water , the display is decent, I always used the FISH ID with the alarm on especially when dropshotting deeper water the unit was very accurate, to be honest I have a Lowrance LCX27c ( about $1000 brand new when it came out) and in deep water I believe this 300$ hummimgbird portable out performs it. It's battery powered and lasts 24 hrs on a full charge the transducer has a 15 foot cord and a suction cup transducer , you can purchase plenty of accessories like shoot thru hull transducers for kayaks and so on...I still have the unit and it works great.
I did have a transducer issue but replaced the original and it works fine. I believe Bass Pro in foxboro has the unit in stock go check it out
Thanks for your reply. I will check this out. I just bought a 9ft. Sea Eagle 285 Frameless Pontoon boat and will primarily fish shallow lakes, ponds and salt water harbors.
Do you think this might be overkill for me? I looked at a few Humminbird models on Amazon and quite a few reviews had quality complaints. There were none for the Garmin so that is why I am looking at their portables.
Your thoughts?
Do you think this might be overkill for me? I looked at a few Humminbird models on Amazon and quite a few reviews had quality complaints. There were none for the Garmin so that is why I am looking at their portables.
Your thoughts?
Thanks for your reply. I will check this out. I just bought a 9ft. Sea Eagle 285 Frameless Pontoon boat and will primarily fish shallow lakes, ponds and salt water harbors.
Do you think this might be overkill for me? I looked at a few Humminbird models on Amazon and quite a few reviews had quality complaints. There were none for the Garmin so that is why I am looking at their portables.
Your thoughts?
I DON'T think it is overkill, I think it is a very universal unit that is a good fit for many applications including yours. You can use the suction cup transducer or mount it permanently
i want one of the little hummingbird castable sonars to use at the chu! its like a buck fifty they make one with a watch screen or one that mopunts to your rod and spare transducer bobber thingys are only 25 bucks so if you get snagged or break off on something its a relatively cheap replacement. i would love to throw a couple split shots on with it and wing out there a far as i can and start mapping out the rezzy. s*** would be sick!