If you have ever spent a whole morning casting into water you could not see into, you already know why a fish finder matters. A sonar unit turns guesswork into a decision: it shows you the ledge, the brush pile, the drop-off and the temperature line before you commit a lure. The problem for most … Read more
Will a castable fish finder actually put more fish in the boat? Bounded answer: yes, in the sense that it turns a blind guess at structure into a measured one — it shows you the depth, the bottom type, and where cover starts before you commit a cast. It will not find fish that are … Read more
The best side imaging fish finder you can buy in the sub-1,000 class is the Garmin STRIKER 7SV, because it puts genuine SideVü scanning, a sunlight-readable 7-inch screen and a bundled CV52HW-TM transducer in one package that installs in an afternoon. Side imaging fires beams out to port and starboard instead of only straight down, … Read more
Standing on a muddy bank at 6am with a rod in one hand and no idea what is happening 20 feet below the waterline, a portable fish finder changes the whole session. I have spent the last two seasons casting from shore with these units, comparing the same drop-offs, weed edges and rock bars with … Read more
Choosing the best fish finders with GPS is harder than it looks, because the same unit can be a bargain for a jon boat angler and a frustrating compromise on a 20-foot bass boat. The screen size that works for one person forces squinting for another, and the chart detail that satisfies a lake regular … Read more
A kayak puts you closer to the water than almost any other boat, and that is exactly the problem. From a seated position you cannot see the pale belly rolling a few feet off the drop-off, and you cover water so slowly that finding a productive spot is mostly luck. A fish finder replaces the … Read more
