Lowrance Elite5 vs Elite5DSI

[SoCalCJ]

I've been running the Elite-5 for a year on my PA. It's a really good unit but I'm already looking to upgrade to the HDS-5. My advise is to spend the extra $$$ now on the HDS if you can. For socal fishing I don't ever go deeper than 300 ft in the settings. The only other advise I would give is to make sure you get the 50/200 kHz transducer so you can run a true high/low.

[salty pirate]

Originally Posted by RJClark

Good afternoon everyone. Newbie to kayak fishing, I am trying to outfit my Hobie Adventure yak for some so cal costal action. I'm looking for some advice about ff/GPS. I am leaning towards the Lowrance Elite5 because of its 1000 foot depth capacity, however I also like the DSI for hoop netting but it's capacity of only 250 feet seems shallow. So do I need a ff that can go deeper than 250 feet for fishing off so cal? Thanks everyone.

you don't need a ff to go deeper than 250ft, unless you plan to fish deeper. I have a ff with both color 83/200khz and dsi 455/800khz transducer.

dsi 455/800khz works good in saltwater depths less than 90ft, I know is says 250 but thats freshwater.

My pick goes to the elite-5.

[JarrodMc]

West Marine has the Elite5 DSI Gold on sale for 400 this week. I just installed one on my Cuda 14 with a RAM mount and RAM ducer mount for a truer reading with the DSI. I works great and runs all day on my 12v 10.5AH battery.

[spottie slayer]

Originally Posted by JarrodMc

West Marine has the Elite5 DSI Gold on sale for 400 this week. I just installed one on my Cuda 14 with a RAM mount and RAM ducer mount for a truer reading with the DSI. I works great and runs all day on my 12v 10.5AH battery.

what color is ur cuda?

[JarrodMc]

Originally Posted by spottie slayer

what color is ur cuda?

I got the red and black- Black widow