Who said anything about what you "need"?lol. Go for the biggest one you can afford. I'm gonna buy the 798 next month because I can't slip another $1000 past the wife. Believe me, if I could, I'd get the bigger screen.
Hey guys, since I haven't fished enough this fall to actually count as fishing, I have saved almost all of my "blow money" (Dave Ramsey tactic) and hoarded enough to get a Sidescan and replace my $50 walmart special (that now has a broken transducer mount)
797, 798, or .......
997
Keep in mind that I mostly fish Reelfoot, at least until I decide to quit my paying job and go into full time guiding/tournaments/commercial fishing, etc.
What do I need (maybe need is too strong of a word)?
Pros and cons,
let it fly
rco
Who said anything about what you "need"?lol. Go for the biggest one you can afford. I'm gonna buy the 798 next month because I can't slip another $1000 past the wife. Believe me, if I could, I'd get the bigger screen.
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To me sidescan isn't that important at reelfoot.
FISH-ON!!!!!
To me sidescan ain't that important. Period.
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I you can swing it, go for the 997. The large screen is great.
I don't have one, but, still can't figure out how to read one of them split screens !
Is it distance away from the boat, or, depth ????
"Teach a man to fish = he can feed himself "
"Teach the world to fish = you won't have any fish left to eat "
Here is a snapshot from my 997. The large jellyfish looking blob is a school of fish under a school of minnows.
Notice the bow icon in the middle at the top. This represents the bow of my boat. The dark area down the middle is what's directly under your boat. With side scan on by itself you don't really see clearly what's under the boat although you do see some things. Now, imagine yourself floating above the boat looking down on the water. Now, imagine that the water is not there, this is what you are seeing. I have my side scan set to 125' to either side of the boat. So from the center of the snapshot to the far right or left edge is 125'. I can estimate that the school of fish and baitfish are around 20'-30' to the right of my boat as I passed by them. I hope this helps.
2010 NWR Bash Crappie Division Champion
Best use I have for it is to find places to put stuff out so I want "enhance" somebody elses piles.
Want to use troll grid, but it just want update fast enough to get an accurate plot that has meaning so I can plot a map. Oh well. It a fun toy. I like the big screen too.
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