fish/depth finder

[straightaxle]

I am looking for a basic fish finder. I do not need or want anything fancy. The lakes I fish in are about 15' deep. I just want to be able to find shelves and such.

 

[marshman]

hard to beat the little basic 99 dollar humminbirds or eagles for just a depthfinder...thats usually all i put on my front..i put a better one at my helm so i can look around while on my big motor...

catch it at the right time, and you can get a coupon to save 20% and sometimes even rebates or at least a free tshirt or something... i got one a few years ago, it was on sale, i used my discount, and found a manufacturer rebate...in the end i think i paid like 40 bucks for it...

 

[straightaxle]

Thanks. That was kinda the route I was thinking.

 

[Ernest T. Bass]

I recently bought the Garmin 150, $99 on Amazon. I like it, but I'm still learning how to use it.

 

[jethro]

I love my Humminbird 160 Portable. Bought it as Bass Pro for like $140. Looked and it may be this is the current model: https://www.basspro.com/Humminbird-PiranhaMax-175-PT-Fishfinder/product/1211081052/

I have a canoe, a jon boat and my deep V and this goes from one to another very well. It has it's own battery, I'm sure if you wanted to rig it up to a battery of your own you could get cheaper. But this thing has it's own protective bag, a suction cup transducer with a very long cord- it's all nicely contained. The battery lasts for a very, very long time. I really only need to charge it a half dozen times a year and it gets used a lot. Simple but effective. Shows water temp which is nice if you fish coldwater species at all. One thing I like about Humminbird as opposed to other brands (which could very well have changed since I bought) is that you can zoom in on anywhere in the water column. Most entry level sonars will only zoom on the bottom but say you are chasing crappie, which tend to stay higher in the water column than other species. You find that you are in 25' of water but are marking most of the crappie at 10 feet. You can zoom in on the 6-12' portion of water. One last thing I can say about Humminbird is that their customer service is exceptional. I use a high end flasher of thiers when I ice fish and had troubles with it well after the warranty period. They still had me send it in and I waited for a phone call asking for payment to fix the unit, but within 4 days I had my ice sonar back, fixed, good as new. Great company to deal with.

 

[straightaxle]

Sounds exactly like what I am after. Thanks.