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Thanks for the advice. :y: Can I ask, what is it about the Lowrances you don't like? Re: The GT52 and the GT51 yes, but as my Kayak is not really an offshore model, I'm not likely to need the extra grunt of the 51 as I'm unlikely to get to fish, in much more than 100~200 feet let alone 500 or 750, ...

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Nice research! My second Garmin on my jetski was an echomap 95sv and I put in the GT51M transducer. It's a FANTASTIC transducer, although expensive. So much so, that when I bought my boat, I got another one. I've also put in a low chirp 1kw transducer for the deep stuff. If you can upgrade the trans...

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Nice choice of FF. I've run 3 or 4 Lowrances, and since then 3 Garmins. I always found mapping to be quite good, although for some time I used my phone. Does the Striker Plus come with QuickDraw? If so, that, along with Navionics on the phone would be fine. Syncing with the phone is also very nice, ...

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Nice day out! well done

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Lowrance and Garmin are both good. Just make sure you know where you'll put your transducer and that it'll fit

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What's your budget?

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After more than a year, I finally purchased one

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someone got a steal!

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Good outcome!

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Tangent here, but speaking of buying offshore, I have 2 x Daiwa BG2500 reels arriving from SRMO in the states, got both of them for $232 landed in NZ. Best price I have seen here is $199 each. Makes it an easy decision! Will have to add GST too soon. Also, it's great UNTIL you need any support by D...

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dedant wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:16 am
Striker plus has quickdraw contour mapping. Makes your own chart . All too techo for my low brow knuckle dragging intellect.

Quickdraw is amazing! Onto my 3rd unit with it, and I wouldn't go back to a unit without it.

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Watching with interest. I was looking at one of these for a reasonably compact option https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/raymarine-dragonfly-4-pro-gps-fishfinder-package or one of these https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/marine-gps-chartplotter-fishfinder/lowrance-hook2-5x-gps-fishfinder-with-splitshot-tra...

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My only advice, is to go as big as you can afford AND can fit (both unit and transducer). I've had plenty of sounders over the years. 3" to 7" on the kayak, 5" to 9" on a jetski and now a 10" on the boat. In every case, bigger was better. That said, I found 7" a good size on the kayak, although I'm ...

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IMO, a live bait. Then you only need to go like 1-2 kt and that'd be perfect.

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Any update? While I don't paddle any more, and I'm completely useless at anything like it, I've enjoyed following this discussion.

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Thanks for the reminder!

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Now I don't paddle, I'll have to take my select out and give them a tow. Never found the energy levels high enough when I had the yak.

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Very nice fish! Well done

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I have an old set if you want. Shimano Catana 701 with Tica Pisces 200 baitcast set
Say $60?

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