what fishfinder to buy? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

FISH11 · 02-13-2015, 04:49 PM

Buy yourself an elite 4, learn how to use the thing and spend your extra money on titties and beer. Or whatever else.....[/QUOTE]

Here Here. I have a couple of Lowrance Elite 4's and thought there was something better. I have now used at the same time a Dragonfly 4.7 that my grandson won with the HOW Cuda 14 last year. I have it as a selfcontained unit that attaches to a rail and has the transducer direct in the water with and attached ram mount. I have used it twice in mission bay, once in san diego bay and once out in LJ out to 250 feet depft. Being able to compare my Elite 4 and the Dragonfly at the same time made me appreciate the Elite 4. Way less cost and much more adjustments to sensitivity and any typre of noise filters. I was able to learn more about the ajustments on the Elite and was able to verify all the different types of signals. If I was looking for a new FF I would actually buy the Lowrance Elite 5 HDS. Very easy to use and read the screen. Someone said that West Marine is going to have a one day sale on Feb. 20th for like $350. I would jump on it.

02-13-2015, 04:49 PM	#18
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,643	Buy yourself an elite 4, learn how to use the thing and spend your extra money on titties and beer. Or whatever else.....[/QUOTE] Here Here. I have a couple of Lowrance Elite 4's and thought there was something better. I have now used at the same time a Dragonfly 4.7 that my grandson won with the HOW Cuda 14 last year. I have it as a selfcontained unit that attaches to a rail and has the transducer direct in the water with and attached ram mount. I have used it twice in mission bay, once in san diego bay and once out in LJ out to 250 feet depft. Being able to compare my Elite 4 and the Dragonfly at the same time made me appreciate the Elite 4. Way less cost and much more adjustments to sensitivity and any typre of noise filters. I was able to learn more about the ajustments on the Elite and was able to verify all the different types of signals. If I was looking for a new FF I would actually buy the Lowrance Elite 5 HDS. Very easy to use and read the screen. Someone said that West Marine is going to have a one day sale on Feb. 20th for like $350. I would jump on it. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )