Need to buy a new fish finder

[rick50]

Any suggestions on a fish finder for under 150.00?

I m a little partial to humming bird.....never used any other ones. So I guess I could try them.

 

[russ010]

If you're going for a humminbird, I would get the most expensive one they have that fits your budget. What you are really looking for in that price range is the pixels - and the higher the number the better. Vertical is really what you should be looking at. If you can't get it at 480, then I would hold off and keep saving the money. I've got an OLD piranha20 that I bought 5 years ago and it works great... but next to my new unit that has pixelation at 640, it's amazing the clarity of what you can see

 

[rick50]

Thanks russ010..Do you know if there is a finder that shoots to the side?

 

[russ010]

any of them will shoot to the side (and I'm not referring to side imaging units)

all you need to do is tilt your transducer a little off center - it takes some time to understand what you are reading, but I have made it work in the past. I use a trolling motor transducer for that because I didn't want to mount a transom mount tranducer crooked on my boat.

 

[CarlF]

I have an Eagle Cuda I got from Walmart for ~$89. Has temp.
It is fine for depth & locating structure, which is all I need it for anyway. If you are not looking for something fancy, check it out.

 

[dneaster3]

I've window shopped a lot at Academy for that price range, as well as Sportsman's Guide.