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Equipment & Gear => Power Equipment & RV => Topic started by: KFhunter on March 09, 2021, 10:11:48 AM

Title: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: KFhunter on March 09, 2021, 10:11:48 AM: It's going on a small 14' boat with 20hp tiller. I bought an $89 dollar Lowrance hook from walmart, but thinking about it I want GPS as I fish lake Roosevelt and want to mark my walleye spots.

Going to return the Lowrance, I didn't even open the box.
Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: fishngamereaper on March 09, 2021, 10:23:12 AM: Pretty tough to do. The hook reveal has gps and should be sub 300.

Or buy something used. The older HDS models can be found for 200-300.
Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: Stein on March 09, 2021, 10:26:28 AM: Mark your spots with OnX or some other phone GPS program. I have all kinds of random stuff saved on OnX, I pop it open whenever I need it.
Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 09, 2021, 10:33:27 AM: Quote from: Stein on March 09, 2021, 10:26:28 AM
Mark your spots with OnX or some other phone GPS program. I have all kinds of random stuff saved on OnX, I pop it open whenever I need it.
:yeah: I've been using Navionics and I'd recommend it to anyone who fishes.
Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: KP-Skagit on March 09, 2021, 11:16:08 AM: I have a Garmin Striker 4 which I like. Has sonar, GPS (waypoints and tracks), temp, speed, etc. It does not have charts.

I also have navionics on my cell phone which basically gives you everything but the sonar. It also gives you nautical charts. Navionics is pretty cheap.
Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: KFhunter on March 09, 2021, 12:32:38 PM: Quote from: Karl Blanchard on March 09, 2021, 10:33:27 AM
Quote from: Stein on March 09, 2021, 10:26:28 AM
Mark your spots with OnX or some other phone GPS program. I have all kinds of random stuff saved on OnX, I pop it open whenever I need it.
:yeah: I've been using Navionics and I'd recommend it to anyone who fishes.
I'm downloading navonics

In app purchases, this for maps?

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Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: KFhunter on March 09, 2021, 01:16:15 PM: Wow, navonics is like onx on crack!

Thanks!

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Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: Angry Perch on March 09, 2021, 01:21:39 PM: Close to your price point.

https://lr.factoryoutletstore.com/details/683923/lowrance-hook2-5-combo.html?category_id=83409&catalogitemid=614267
Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: KFhunter on March 09, 2021, 02:27:06 PM: I decided to keep my non-GPS hook and use my phone, so I can use it in Dads boat too.

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Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: Stein on March 09, 2021, 02:30:55 PM: Another benefit is when your fishfinder abruptly dies you don't lose all your spots. With some apps, it's stored up in the cloud so you can always get them back. I lost a bunch of magic sockeye spots on Lake WA....ok, probably not the best example of a big loss.
Title: Re: Best GPS enabled fish finder under $200?
Post by: KFhunter on March 09, 2021, 02:33:35 PM: I bought the upgraded navonics, sync in the cloud.

Wifi to Dads much nicer fish finder too.

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