Best route to go for helping a buddy get FFS on his boat?

[AlabamaSpothunter]

So a friend on the lake I mainly fish is wanting to get FFS, and I'm trying to help answer some questions but as a non FFS owner, I thought better to come here first and get expert opinions on it. 

 

Is it as simple as buying Garmin's Livescope Plus transducer and blackbox, and then hooking it up with a compatible chartplotter?

 

He's looking at the Echomap Ultra 126 that's on sale right now at BPS.....so if he bought this, would he just need the Livescope Plus + blackbox and then it would be plug and play?

 

Thanks a bunch in advance!

 

 

[Woody B]

It's basically plug and play.  I'm not up on the Garmin stuff.  Make sure the Ultra 126 is compatible with lifescope.   He'll need something to mount the transducer on.  Lowrance active target comes with a mount for the trolling motor, or trolling motor shaft.  I suspect Garmin does too.  I don't usually promote a business but Russell Marine Products helped me a BUNCH.  They sell Garmin too.  Sometimes they have used stuff.  One of my HDS Lives from them was used.  

[AlabamaSpothunter]

7 minutes ago, Woody B said:

It's basically plug and play.  I'm not up on the Garmin stuff.  Make sure the Ultra 126 is compatible with lifescope.   He'll need something to mount the transducer on.  Lowrance active target comes with a mount for the trolling motor, or trolling motor shaft.  I suspect Garmin does too.  I don't usually promote a business but Russell Marine Products helped me a BUNCH.  They sell Garmin too.  Sometimes they have used stuff.  One of my HDS Lives from them was used.  

Thanks for the help!

 

With that 12" graph and the updated LVS34, it would be about $2700.   Or he could go with the LVS32 on sale at bps for $999, and then grab a cheaper 9" chartplotter from Garmin, and maybe be into it for as cheap as 1500-1600.    That's the route I'm hoping to take.   

 

Been reading over on Garmin Livescope FB group and it seems the LVS34 is a little clearer and has little further range than the LVS32

 

[FishOn!GetTheNet]

Can’t say about the 42 but my 32 on a 9” is Crystal clear but then I’m also used to seeing the original panoptix but from all the research I did the 42 is better but when you already have the 32 it’s not that much better to justify the cost of buying another one plus when I ice fish I use a 6 inch hole in a 42 won’t fit either way, since you don’t have one to begin with which ever one you choose you will love it 

[casts_by_fly]

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Thanks for the help!

 

With that 12" graph and the updated LVS34, it would be about $2700.   Or he could go with the LVS32 on sale at bps for $999, and then grab a cheaper 9" chartplotter from Garmin, and maybe be into it for as cheap as 1500-1600.    That's the route I'm hoping to take.   

 

Been reading over on Garmin Livescope FB group and it seems the LVS34 is a little clearer and has little further range than the LVS32

 

where are you seeing the lvs34 plus a 12” screen for $2700?  I’m seeing $1600 for the ultra plus $1700 for the black box/transducer. 
 

im planning to buy a helix 9 and mega live in the next week and considered the garmins. 12” plus touch screen plus probably the best live imaging is tempting. The helix will be $2700 with the live transducer. If the garmin setup were the same price I’d probably get it instead, but the best I can see is the 10” at that price. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 minute ago, casts_by_fly said:

where are you seeing the lvs34 plus a 12” screen for $2700?  I’m seeing $1600 for the ultra plus $1700 for the black box/transducer. 
 

im planning to buy a helix 9 and mega live in the next week and considered the garmins. 12” plus touch screen plus probably the best live imaging is tempting. The helix will be $2700 with the live transducer. If the garmin setup were the same price I’d probably get it instead, but the best I can see is the 10” at that price. 

You are right, my bad.   I was just sent a pic of the ad in the text from my buddy, and looked at the bottom price.

[Cbump]

I got a 106sv, LS 34 with black box, amped 30ah lithium battery all in for $2818. 
 

Tell him to contact kandkkustomz.com