Garmin or Humminbird Fishfinders and Trolling motors

[KurtR]

I stand corrected. I never thought of watching the baits while running bouncers or down riggers. I was thinking more on the line of pulling cranks while scanning in front of the boat.

It pretty cool watching and seeing how many come up and look and gives a really good idea on how they react to different presentations

 

[Svivian]

It pretty cool watching and seeing how many come up and look and gives a really good idea on how they react to different presentations

Yep it’s especially important with fish like Kokanee where they could be biting a color one minute then another color an hour later.

 

[wapitibob]

Guides up here are using live for Kokanee, it's pretty awesome to see the schools. Youtube has a bunch of vids. I can't afford that stuff, my electronics already cost more than the whole boat.

 

[fulldraw1972]

It pretty cool watching and seeing how many come up and look and gives a really good idea on how they react to different presentations

I run a 360 and love it. Most the water I fish is either sand, scattered rock or weeds.
The fish show up in the sand very good on 360.
I bought a mega live transducer last fall only because I got it dirt cheap and run helix units on my boat. But I haven’t put it on my boat yet. I know it’s not even close to being as good as LVS 34 or mega live 2.
Don’t even know if I will put it on the boat or just use it this winter ice fishing on a shuttle.

 

[BrentH]

I use livescope here in Washington for trolling for salmon on the Columbia. It absolutely helps see what depth the fish are, and you can actually see how deep your gear is. I run my LVS34 on a pole mount on the transom, forward facing mode, but pointed out the back of the boat. I’ve also used it trolling in the ocean with good results.

 

[Hill Difficulty]

OP

Pls let me know if interested in a deal on a HBird Explore 9 BNIB.

 

[N.ID7803]

I’ve been on guide boats before and they all had Garmin. Last year the guide actually referred to Humminbird as “Humminturd” when I asked what he preferred. Said they use to run them and now everything is Garmin, but I don’t see them paying much attention to the fishfinder either. Probably after fishing areas so long you don’t really need to rely on electronics?