Looking at getting one of these Fish Finders on Black Friday

[Smalls]

5 hours ago, kayaking_kev said:

I've been away for a few weeks but thanks for all the info so far. 

My only concern would be whether or not the transducer would fit through my Old Town Topwater 106 transducer hole.

 

My choices with Side Imaging would be out of these.

 

Humminbird Helix G2 SI GPS

 

Lowrance Hook Reveal 7 X TripleShot

 

Garmin Striker Vivid Series 7SV

You might need a Navarre adapter plate for certain transducers, but they definitely all fit.

 

In my opinion, I'd skip the Hook. The tripleshot transducer is supremely disappointing, and the Ti2 7" only $100 more, and twice the quality.

[MN Fisher]

1 hour ago, Koz said:

I just saw an article that stated that Academy Sports will have the 12 inch, Lowrance Hook2 on sale on Black Friday for only $700.

Just got my BPS Black Friday circular

Garmin Echomap 93SV - $700 - that's $350 off the regular price

 

[kayaking_kev]

2 hours ago, Koz said:

I just saw an article that stated that Academy Sports will have the 12 inch, Lowrance Hook2 on sale on Black Friday for only $700.

Wow, imagine me sporting a 12" fish finder on a kayak. Maybe, if I didn't fish shallow rivers half the time.

1 hour ago, Smalls said:

You might need a Navarre adapter plate for certain transducers, but they definitely all fit.

 

In my opinion, I'd skip the Hook. The tripleshot transducer is supremely disappointing, and the Ti2 7" only $100 more, and twice the quality.

 

Thanks, I'll check it out.

52 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Just got my BPS Black Friday circular

Garmin Echomap 93SV - $700 - that's $350 off the regular price

 

You got a canoe if I'm not mistaken, how big would be too big for a kayak of my size? I don't want it so big it interferes with paddling, casting and netting.

[MN Fisher]

9 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

You got a canoe if I'm not mistaken, how big would be too big for a kayak of my size? I don't want it so big it interferes with paddling, casting and netting.

Had a canoe - sold it to finance the boat rebuild.

 

The 9" isn't much bigger than the 7" - 11.4"x6.5" vs 9.8"x5.5" - so unless you're really cramped, the 9" should fit without issue.

 

If I'd had the money, I'd have gotten the 9" myself - the 7" is hard to see sometimes because of the distance between it and my eye.

[Koz]

3 hours ago, kayaking_kev said:

Wow, imagine me sporting a 12" fish finder on a kayak. Maybe, if I didn't fish shallow rivers half the time.

 

It might make you tip over!

 

But seriously, space on a kayak is at a premium. Unless you had a dashboard type setup it would probably get in the way.

 

The one drawback of my pedal kayak is that you can't mount anything right in front of you. Everything needs to be on the rails.

[kayaking_kev]

On 11/20/2021 at 5:41 PM, MN Fisher said:

Just got my BPS Black Friday circular

Garmin Echomap 93SV - $700 - that's $350 off the regular price

 

I think I'm going to pull the trigger on this one, it seems to be the best deal by far.

Is there a difference between this 93sv for $1050 and the other 93sv listed for $1099? Both say they have LakeVu maps preloaded.

[Smalls]

9 hours ago, kayaking_kev said:

I think I'm going to pull the trigger on this one, it seems to be the best deal by far.

Is there a difference between this 93sv for $1050 and the other 93sv listed for $1099? Both say they have LakeVu maps preloaded.

The more expensive one comes with the newer GT56 transducer, as opposed to the GT54 that comes with the one on sale

[kayaking_kev]

10 minutes ago, Smalls said:

The more expensive one comes with the newer GT56 transducer, as opposed to the GT54 that comes with the one on sale

 

Thanks, I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference as this is my 1st fish finder. It's over twice as much as I originally wanted to spend, but I got 8% cash back which came to $56. 

 

I think a Echomap 93sv for under $700 is a great deal, though I'm sure it's going to be a long season of learning how to use it and getting it dialed in.

 

The first thing I need to figure out is how to attach it to my rail system on my Old Town 106.

[MN Fisher]

4 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

The first thing I need to figure out is how to attach it to my rail system on my Old Town 106.

First thing I though of was Ram - but the largest track-mount they have only supports up to a 73xV...93xV and up use bolt-on mounts.

 

Scotty might have a solution - but I'd probably check with them to be sure.

438 Gear-Head Track Adaptor

367 Universal Fish Finder Mount

[Smalls]

12 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

First thing I though of was Ram - but the largest track-mount they have only supports up to a 73xV...93xV and up use bolt-on mounts.

I see no reason this won't work

 

 

https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/1024013495?pid=833747&utm_medium=shopping&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Fishing+-+Marine+Electronics&utm_content=833747&gclid=CjwKCAiA4veMBhAMEiwAU4XRr49XAd0KYgfBJqS0OwfL9vvLkbTjgFTDTFw01Q2jKOmREph3DjPBLhoC1FQQAvD_BwE

27 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

Thanks, I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference as this is my 1st fish finder

It's almost a $400 transducer. A lot of guys have upgraded the transducer after already owning the unit, and have said that it is better, but not $400 better.

[kayaking_kev]

On 11/25/2021 at 12:44 AM, Smalls said:

I see no reason this won't work

 

Thanks, I picked one of those up. I got a 10 ah battery and box for it, so I think I'm good to go.

[Smalls]

10 hours ago, kayaking_kev said:

 

Thanks, I picked one of those up. I got a 10 ah battery and box for it, so I think I'm good to go.

The 93sv pulls 1.25a. 10 might not be enough, depending on how long you need it to run, and definitely won't be enough if you got lead acid

[MN Fisher]

24 minutes ago, Smalls said:

The 93sv pulls 1.25a. 10 might not be enough, depending on how long you need it to run, and definitely won't be enough if you got lead acid

If it's a Lithium battery - 7-7.5 hours...don't want to go to 0amps

If it's a Lead-Acid - 4 hours max.

[Smalls]

1 minute ago, MN Fisher said:

If it's a Lithium battery - 7-7.5 hours...don't want to go to 0amps

If it's a Lead-Acid - 4 hours max.

Lithium will have a BMS shutoff around 15-20%. So you're really only getting 6.5 hours max

[kayaking_kev]

On 11/26/2021 at 12:45 PM, Smalls said:

The 93sv pulls 1.25a. 10 might not be enough, depending on how long you need it to run, and definitely won't be enough if you got lead acid

Would this one get the job done?

 

https://www.amazon.com/Dakota-Lithium-LiFePO4-Battery-Charger/dp/B08PG2J43N

[MN Fisher]

9 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

Would this one get the job done?

 

https://www.amazon.com/Dakota-Lithium-LiFePO4-Battery-Charger/dp/B08PG2J43N

That one would do the job - and Dakota is a top-rated brand too.