11-06-2019, 07:52 PM
[#0000FF]It's all I need for a float tube. And once I got used to the readout...and could tell what I was looking at...I really got to like it. No speed readout. Can't do mach 3 in a float tube. No GPS. I just put a mark on the water or the side of my tube if I want to remember a spot.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]That being said, if I was piloting a decent boat I would invest in a lot more of the niceties...like the GPS, side imaging, etc. I harken back to the days of the paper printout fish finders. Since then there has been an exponential growth and improvements in the technology. With a good high-end sonar system today it is like playing video games with the fish.
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[#0000FF]There are two big factors in using sonar. On the positive side, sonar helps you avoid fishing in fishless water...and you can't catch them where they ain't. On the negative side, if the fish won't bite, sonar won't make 'em bite...and all you get is a complex from watching fish that won't play the game.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Bottom line on the H-5? I like it better than anything else I have used for float tubing. But I have never really bought anything on the high end either. It's all pretty subjective...based on our own wants, needs, abilities and experience.
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[#0000FF]That being said, if I was piloting a decent boat I would invest in a lot more of the niceties...like the GPS, side imaging, etc. I harken back to the days of the paper printout fish finders. Since then there has been an exponential growth and improvements in the technology. With a good high-end sonar system today it is like playing video games with the fish.
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[#0000FF]There are two big factors in using sonar. On the positive side, sonar helps you avoid fishing in fishless water...and you can't catch them where they ain't. On the negative side, if the fish won't bite, sonar won't make 'em bite...and all you get is a complex from watching fish that won't play the game.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Bottom line on the H-5? I like it better than anything else I have used for float tubing. But I have never really bought anything on the high end either. It's all pretty subjective...based on our own wants, needs, abilities and experience.
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