Portable Fishfinder

[swanseabass]

I like a fish finder that would be good for bank fishing??

[Wayne P.]

That would limit you to the SmartCast series by Humminbird.

[swanseabass]

Is it battery powered and how hard is it to read?

[The Rooster]

I like a fish finder that would be good for bank fishing??

A Roostertail is my fish finder when fishing from the bank. Haha.

[swanseabass]

A Roostertail is my fish finder when fishing from the bank. Haha.

??????? What do u mean

[Wayne P.]

Is it battery powered and how hard is it to read?

 

Well it isn't solar or A/C powered.

 

As for it's use, you will have to find that out when/if you get it.

 

I don't have one, I just know they exist.

[The Rooster]

??????? What do u mean

I meant a Roostertail inline spinner lure. I use it to search for fish. People say they're a trout bait, but oh, I beg to differ.

[Fishes in trees]

Using the rooster tail brings back memories.  Back in the day, throw it out, count it down and if there were any "features" on the bottom, that rooster tail would find them.  Oh yeah, and every so often you'd catch a fish too.

 

Back to the original post.  The Smartcast was/is a remote depth finder.  I am uncertain if they are made anymore.  You had a floating transducer that you would cast out and it would remotely send a signal back to the unit.  You could get it as a wrist band or a little unit that clamped on to a rod.  I never owned one, but I knew a couple of guys who had one.  They worked ok, definitely told you depth underneath the transducer and gave you some idea of hard or soft bottom.  Ran on batteries.  As I recall, they ate batteries, but lots of toys eat batteries.  Spend money and get rechargeable if you're worried about that.  I thought it was a cool toy.   Have a dedicated rig to throw this with.  A snoopy rod & reel works great.   Change out the line to 20 lb test.

[Felix77]

They still sell the Smartcast. Saw them at BPS. The problem is that the batteries cannot be changed out by you. I researched this and found a lot of negative reviews because of that alone.

Do your homework there. Make sure you are willing to deal with that

[Felix77]

http://store.humminbird.com/category/296590/SmartCast_Series

[jhoffman]

I cant see the advantage here

[Felix77]

I agree there isn't much of an advantage IMO. Just trying to answer their question.

My fishfinder from the bank is a spinnerbait and finesse worm (shakey head). If they aren't biting that then I assume they aren't there and move on.

[carrollton-fisher]

i actually have the HB rf15, i used it to fish a neighborhood pond that didn't allow boats.  It works good for finding structure out in the middle of the lake.  Don't live there anymore, so i could sell it.  PM me if interested.

[BassinB]

Throw an egg sinker and count.

[swanseabass]

i actually have the HB rf15, i used it to fish a neighborhood pond that didn't allow boats. It works good for finding structure out in the middle of the lake. Don't live there anymore, so i could sell it. PM me if interested.

I pm you.