Bass Car Willie

Hey Bass Resource Nation, I appreciate your advice from all you took the time. I am not one who can just get the best of the best in all the hobbies I enjoy every year so this will be an exception than the rule. ha Maybe I do take a step back and get a starter unit like PapaJoe advised. That video was a good video for a breakdown of what I need to consider based on which transducer does what function. Thanks!

I know all my friends think I am nuts but I fell in love with a basic hummingbird finder my cousin was using while creating a bread crumb trail. He was patient but we scouted the lake for several hours and by his experience he got us on the fish and taught me how to see how they were holding based on a thunderstorm where they were blowing up bait fish and then they were right inside the weedlines a couple hours later. My point is I would have spent that entire day using a senko where I later changed to a heavy brush hog that really got in the vegetation. Yeah PapaJoe...I see your point. Maybe I should scale it back a notch as I have no experience with any type of technology. To each there own but I would not get the same adrenaline rush watching a video screen in realtime vs studying structure and relating a pattern vs the structure and where the fish are staging.

Thanks for sharing and the source DogBone. Thanks for sharing Brian. I have a cheap Kayak from Dicks vs these high end rigs I see on the net. Biggest reason is like going in the type of water that is tough to get into. This thing is about 40 lbs and I know I will have to consider the transducer and the screen and the battery...probably put some of this in a back pack.

Great stuff man! I wish I can describe the type of vegetation but in theory I was thinking of using it for flipping and under a high gain or sharper threshold setting (not sure what the proper terminology is) I would see a darker solid object (bass) in the heavy vegetation. Then after hours utilizing the the sonar I would hope to think that I would be trained enough in sight seeing to see good looking vegetation if you will and may not need the fish finder training wheels if you will all the time. I need to digest what you explained to me but I will definitely share what I spec out for a system for feedback. I will checkout that video too Thanks!

I appreciate for everyone taking the time to help. This will be a major investment for me and I dont always know what questions to think about. I will not be peddling in the kayak. So MEGA Live 2 ...if I get the right model and transducer would have all these different point of view modules in one unit?

Hey all, I'm a recreational fisherman but I do want to optimize my time on the water as its not always easy to get the time. Been researching youtube, reddit and all sorts of articles which only made me more confused and overwhelmed. I know technology changes and Im getting analysis paralysis waiting for the next evolution every year. This would go on a kayak without a motor. My first question is do I need two different finders like I see everyone using or is there a universal one with all the features....side scan, live scan...etc My budget is around $5K for the finder, transducer and as whacked as this may look...I am hoping to get the larger type screens with the highest frequency resolution for a kayak. Are they accurate enough to decipher & see bass in vegetation? It also appears that Garmin, Lowrance, and Hummingbird are the biggest players but its like Ford vs Chevy vs Dodge Im also an old school purist in that I was hoping to use livescope to locate the fish but not use it as a video game type thing if that makes sense. Thoughts? Thanks for reading