eagle depthfinders

[crappie52]

need a cheap finder for my pontoon i bought, i use lorwrance finders and gps on my fishing boat and i like them alot, i have found a eagle fishmark 480 for 199.99 also found a eagle 480df is the duel frequency worth 40.00 dollars? are these good units for a pontoon that will mostly be a utility boat for structure and night fishing?

[crip47]

Eagle is made by lowrance. I don't think you want a duel frequency transducer. it will only give you a 12 degree angle instead of 20

[ricky]

A 480 or even a 320 will work for you. Don't know about the df but I don't think you need it.

[crappie52]

that 320 is only 159.00 dollars, you think that will work for what i need?

[stinkies daddy]

I have a 320 and i love the crap out of it

[crappiechappy]

The dual frequency is for deeper water like in most salt water fishing. It can be helpful in certain fresh water situations, but the 200 transducer is the better all-around transducer in most crappie fishing applications. Just my $.02.

[crappielimits]

A dual frequency trans. is much better! It gives you a 20 degree cone and a 60 degree cone. The single (20degree) only shows a 2 foot radius in 10 fooot of water. The 60 degre will cover more area when seachin for fish. In this price range I would reccomend a 565 from humminbird. It has a 640x320 pixel display and a dual beam trans.. Though if using the rig for putting out structure I might consider a unit with a gps also.

[Drawout]

I know you are gonna get lots of opinions but i had the hummingbird 565 and the eagle 480 for a while and i ended up sticking with the 480 and getting rid of the hb.Much clearer picture on the eagle.

[crappie52]

alright now im confused, hb 565 or eagle 320, i am going to bass pro wed night to get one or the other, i already have a gps so which one should i get?

[FalconSmitty]

i love my 565.