Recommended depth/fish finder with gps

jogator1 · 06-14-2007, 07:57 AM

Hello everyone. I'm headed up to the lake in 3 weeks for the month of July with a new pontoon boat. I live in South Florida and fish in the ocean. I am familiar with electronics that are best suited for my needs down here but need advice for the lake.

Can you recommend a quality depth/fish finder with gps for the lake? I want one with a good display and capable of accepting a c-map. I know some of the newer models have tremendous displays marking fish at considerable depths. I am interested in doing some deep trolling so I want to be able to mark fish between 60 and 150ft. Thank you once again for your time.

Dave R · 06-14-2007, 08:34 AM

Far as I know, you are limited to either Standard Horizon or Navman, unless you don't mind spending some big Furuno money.

I would tend to think that the transducer selection is far more critical than the display selection with regards to resolution.

Knot Droolin' · 06-14-2007, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave R

Far as I know, you are limited to either Standard Horizon or Navman, unless you don't mind spending some big Furuno money.

I would tend to think that the transducer selection is far more critical than the display selection with regards to resolution.

I researched many and settled on the Northstar (Navman) 657. It has everything you are looking for and a 5" high resolution screen. Price was $650 with shipping and includes a transom mount transducer (dual freq, 50 & 200). Boatersland.com shipped quickly and had the best price. I was so happy with the unit that I also upgraded my VHF to a Northstar VHF. Now my VHF can talk to my GPS

AC2717 · 06-14-2007, 09:14 AM

I like the standard Horizon CP180i (i means internal antenna) Great color screen, accepts C-map chips which I woudl recommend the Bizier C-Map chip for the Lake and then you can buy the "black box" it is called fish finder that attaches to the model. They make a all in one unit but I would it was cheaper to buy them separately especially since i was not sure if I wanted the fish finder unit, still have not purchased that part yet but the GPS system is great

06-14-2007, 07:57 AM	#1
jogator1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 73 Thanks: 62 Thanked 16 Times in 9 Posts	Recommended depth/fish finder with gps Hello everyone. I'm headed up to the lake in 3 weeks for the month of July with a new pontoon boat. I live in South Florida and fish in the ocean. I am familiar with electronics that are best suited for my needs down here but need advice for the lake. Can you recommend a quality depth/fish finder with gps for the lake? I want one with a good display and capable of accepting a c-map. I know some of the newer models have tremendous displays marking fish at considerable depths. I am interested in doing some deep trolling so I want to be able to mark fish between 60 and 150ft. Thank you once again for your time.

06-14-2007, 09:14 AM	#4
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,521 Thanks: 747 Thanked 344 Times in 257 Posts	Gps I like the standard Horizon CP180i (i means internal antenna) Great color screen, accepts C-map chips which I woudl recommend the Bizier C-Map chip for the Lake and then you can buy the "black box" it is called fish finder that attaches to the model. They make a all in one unit but I would it was cheaper to buy them separately especially since i was not sure if I wanted the fish finder unit, still have not purchased that part yet but the GPS system is great

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06-14-2007, 08:34 AM	#2
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,974 Thanks: 246 Thanked 736 Times in 438 Posts	Far as I know, you are limited to either Standard Horizon or Navman, unless you don't mind spending some big Furuno money. I would tend to think that the transducer selection is far more critical than the display selection with regards to resolution.