12-03-2008, 05:12 PM
I am going to agree totally with mkalx. The sonar is telling you you are sitting on top of fish but you can't BUY a bite...frustrating for sure.
We had a RINKER with an inboard out board Merc. We chose to do the through hull, as it was more out of the way than on the motor. Didn't hurt anything, infact, helped with the sell of the boat. I am not a fan of putting anything on the motor it's self.
I have a very old HUMMINGBIRD. It is the 300TZ, and top of the line for it's time. No speed but I fish from a pontoon or a tube so that don't mean anything to me. I do wish it had a temp gauge but I have a hand held so no worries there either.
One thing I would think you would want to look for is CONE WIDTH. How much ground can the eye cover...narrow beam or a wide beam. Mine also has side and full, nice feature.
I find it very important as I deep nymph. It not only tells me how deep the water is and structure, but where the fish are holding. It is very accurate as to where fish are holding. I read one at 12', put the right sinking line and a few seconds later...FISH ON!
Sonar is a must for deep nymphing as it is all about suspending the fly/lure off the bottom.
In a boat, I also agree that a GPS would be very helpful...color would be cool. but, it isn't necessary. Just get one with the best eye and best pixel you can.
As also mentioned, buy an extra transducer....you can mount a boat fish finder to a tube/toon pretty easy.
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We had a RINKER with an inboard out board Merc. We chose to do the through hull, as it was more out of the way than on the motor. Didn't hurt anything, infact, helped with the sell of the boat. I am not a fan of putting anything on the motor it's self.
I have a very old HUMMINGBIRD. It is the 300TZ, and top of the line for it's time. No speed but I fish from a pontoon or a tube so that don't mean anything to me. I do wish it had a temp gauge but I have a hand held so no worries there either.
One thing I would think you would want to look for is CONE WIDTH. How much ground can the eye cover...narrow beam or a wide beam. Mine also has side and full, nice feature.
I find it very important as I deep nymph. It not only tells me how deep the water is and structure, but where the fish are holding. It is very accurate as to where fish are holding. I read one at 12', put the right sinking line and a few seconds later...FISH ON!
Sonar is a must for deep nymphing as it is all about suspending the fly/lure off the bottom.
In a boat, I also agree that a GPS would be very helpful...color would be cool. but, it isn't necessary. Just get one with the best eye and best pixel you can.
As also mentioned, buy an extra transducer....you can mount a boat fish finder to a tube/toon pretty easy.
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