03-14-2003, 08:58 PM
I would never not fish, just because my fishfinder doesn't work, and I will have fun doing it, fish or no fish. I found out that an AquaVu and a downrigger combined can somewhat substitute for a fishfinder. One can help you see what is down there -- structure and even fish (and there are lots of fish near the rockpile, saw lots of white fish, and a huge sucker), and the other will give you exact depth readings. That said, it is still frustrating to spend $390 for a new fishfinder, only to have multiple problems with it, and then finally on only the third trip out, it won't even turn on! To the question on which fishfinder I got, I purchased a Raytheon L470.
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