Reply With QuoteI'll be going to get my Lowrance Elite-5X DSI/Chartplotter in the morning. This money has been burning a hole in my pocket for a couple of months now.
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I too have been researching fish finders and saving my $$$. at first I was dead set on a humminbird 597di with chartplotting. couldnt wait for em to come out this month! and I kept saving and now I have 800$$ saved, so I think I have changed my mind and I'm gonna keep saving a little more and get the 798 HD SI combo for a thousand bucks. I'm gonna put it on my console and get a ram mount so I can use it in the front too. I want to use it in conjunction with my traditional sonar to see what I've been missing and miss-interpreting. then maybe next year get a nice down scan model to replace the one up front.
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I'll be going to get my Lowrance Elite-5X DSI/Chartplotter in the morning. This money has been burning a hole in my pocket for a couple of months now.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty ia a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin.
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Up front. I have a Lowrance 522c on the console.Originally Posted by FAADAN
Picked up the DSI unit this morn. She shore is a purdy thang! Will mount her after the thaw......................that didn't sound rite...did it?
Anyways, ya'll know what I meant.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty ia a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin.
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went and got mine this morning also
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Bet She's nice....
You've got a lot more patience than me, Billy-Bob,,,,
With a Nice Unit like that.....I'd have to pull her in next to the fire, warm her up, and mount her today! Might still be awhile before you take her on a spin.:D
I just KNOW it was a big one!!!
Mike
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Anybody thought about buying one dsi and two transducers and moving it from the console to the front when you decide where to fish?
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I did this for about 6 months, and ended up saving the money during that time to buy a second unit. It gets to be a pain in the butt very quickly. The only way I'd only have one unit and not be on the console, is if I had a handheld GPS.
If I had to choose between a fishfinder, and GPS, and could only have one or the other, I'd go with GPS. I can always figure out how deep the water is, or what depth the fish are at without the unit, but having a safe route, and waypoints for the spots I find is the most important for me.
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some people do that, some have two depthfinder/fish id units up front, I tried the moving thing and it was a hassle, so saved up and sold a dog or two and now have two. or three, havent looked lately. I think after a while the fittings would get buggered up and loose, and that would not be a good thing.
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Well, I did it. I ordered the Lowrance Elite-5 DSI Fishfinder Chartplotter for $579.95. BPS wanted $649 and I would have to pay tax and drive there to pick it up or pay $20 shipping. Best price I could find on the web. Also ordered the trolling motor transducer mount. I'm putting this one up front and if I can save enough, will put a second on the console.
