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Which Fish Finder/Chartplotter
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:04 pm
Going to be fishing inshore want to mount this on the console and essentially mostly use it for navigation. The budget is ~$500, the cheaper the better, and it doesn't have to be the newest unit. Most importantly I want to be able to use Navionics, or similar (what else is good out there?), with decent marsh maps. Equally important, I want to be able to create routes on Google Earth and import them to the unit for use in the marsh. Somewhat important, being able to mark spots from the unit, not glitchy in shallow water, have a 7" screen, and be relatively "snappy" when switching between things/zooming/etc. The least important thing would be the sonar resolution. I think I would prefer side scan to down scan but would be interested in opinion on that for inshore fishing.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:25 pm to Fat Batman
I use an iPad on a Ram Mount running Navionics.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 5:56 pm to Fat Batman
Humminbird Helix 7 checks all those boxes. You can find it on sale usually under $500.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 8:57 pm to armsdealer
Hummingbird you can really chart plot from Google Earth?
Posted on 10/1/20 at 9:34 pm to Fat Batman
Lowrance Hook 2 7 or 9 inch if you can find one
Posted on 10/1/20 at 9:50 pm to armsdealer
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Humminbird Helix 7
Been looking hard at this unit
Posted on 10/1/20 at 9:55 pm to dandyjohn
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Hummingbird you can really chart plot from Google Earth?
Yeah you can set waypoints and create paths in Google Earth export it and convert it if needed then upload to the chartplotter. With Humminbird I think you can do it within their software Humminbird Pc. Just have to convert what Google Earth spits out to the format Humminbird uses.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 10:27 pm to dandyjohn
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Hummingbird you can really chart plot from Google Earth?
Yes. You just have to download the waypoint file from google earth and then convert it to something Humminbird can read in HumminbirdPC.
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