Thread: Fish/Depth Finder

Originally Posted by JigMan2

For what it's worth... I've used eagles, hummingbirds, lowrance and marine tech. Then I used a garmin 240. Don't believe I'll ever go back. Dollar for dollar, pixel for pixel I think they are the best unit on the market.

Hi JigMan,
How's it goin? Haven't seen you here for a while. How's the fishin been on Brookville? I see on the lake reports that it is at winter pool now. Do you have much luck on it at this level?...........treepotato

Is it true that some fish finders can track your jig or minnow under the boat?

Hummingbird says they have:
Accelerated Real Time Sonar operates at up to 40 times per second to instantly capture the action under the boat.

I haven't checked to see if it will track a jig, but RTS is great for marking brushpiles.

RTS is on the right side of screen and marks there before going to the graph screen. Only thing about RTS is you have to be watching the screen, it works like the old flashers, it marks and then is gone forever, no memory.

Originally Posted by IBNFSHN

I like my Garmin 240 too. But BPS has a sale this weekend and the FishMark is marked down to $149. For those interested, they also have a 5 hour sale this Fri morning and have the Aqua-Vu for $199.88 ($200.00 off)

Which Aqua-Vu? Any particular BPS?

Thanks,
Paul

Originally Posted by duane

Is it true that some fish finders can track your jig or minnow under the boat?

Duane,

Yes it is true. This is similar to how I ice-fish - turn the gain up on my Vexilar flasher until the jig is visible, then lower it slowly to right above the Crappies. The trick in a boat is getting your transducer pointing straight down, & holding your boat still enough that the jig will stay in the transducer's view. The transducer on my ice-fishing setup floats in the water, so is always vertical.

Paul

Originally Posted by PGottshall

Duane,

Yes it is true. This is similar to how I ice-fish - turn the gain up on my Vexilar flasher until the jig is visible, then lower it slowly to right above the Crappies. The trick in a boat is getting your transducer pointing straight down, & holding your boat still enough that the jig will stay in the transducer's view. The transducer on my ice-fishing setup floats in the water, so is always vertical.

Paul

Does the Garmin 240 do this also?

Originally Posted by PGottshall

Which Aqua-Vu? Any particular BPS?

Thanks,
Paul

It is the MC2X-60. Its advertised in a flyer I got in the mail. It looks like the flyer came from the BPS in Hampton, Va.

Originally Posted by IBNFSHN

It is the MC2X-60. Its advertised in a flyer I got in the mail. It looks like the flyer came from the BPS in Hampton, Va.

We've got the same sale @ BPS here in Bossier, LA. The MC2X-60 is a good unit, it has the newer camera with infra-red AND green lights on it. (helps to see a little further in stained or muddy water.) The only drawback is it doesn't have the "direct-tech" function, which tells you which way the camera is pointed. The next model up is the XPS-60 which has both the direct-tech and temp-tech, but the camera doesn't have the green lights, only infra-red. It has been on sale here for $349, and in my opinion is the better buy. Regular price is $450. A little advice......whichever one you choose, have them test it before you leave the store. My first one had a bad connection and would not turn on, but they got another to me in a couple days.