05-25-2016, 02:18 PM
Need to pick your brain for a moment... Been dreaming about my back country trip this summer and thinking about taking the pontoon or float tube to fish some lakes that are deep in the back country... So due to the nature of back packing where weight and size are critical.. And knowing the lake is known to have mackinaw... I've been wondering if it is possible to have a light weight sonar that would actually work... My thoughts are, if you can graph a mac on the bottom and get over top, I'm thinking you can probably jig them into a strike... So my question for you is, I have seen the sonar's that work on your iphones, and I wonder if any of those units are real sonars that would work, or are they just gimmicks? If they are legit units, which ones are best and which are the most affordable? From my perspective, it's not going to be used outside of back pack trips because I use my Hummin Bird for my regular toon, boat, ice fishing trips, but it's too heavy and eats too much juice to take back country. So I think it would be great if those phone units really work, to have one of them.... But I don't want to pay as much as I would for a boat mounted unit since I already own the phone and all you need is a transducer, it seems like it shouldn't be too expensive.... What have you seen and how do they work??? Any actual hands on experience with these units??? Thanks J
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