deep sounder
Submitted by jay_bartell on Wed, 2010-10-13 17:40
were looking for a good sounder that we willl be able to use in deep water 100-500m any advice or suggestions would be appreciated
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marble
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furuno 295 2kw transducers
furuno 295 2kw transducers
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mightymouse
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well to go up to 500m as
well to go up to 500m as marble said would be perfect but you would be looking at $7k
I have a 112 lowrance with B/B and a 1kw works great in 300m
jay_bartell
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at the moment we are running
at the moment we are running a northstar 12inch with a one killawoth transducer it runs ok up to 300m after the settings are all changed but also have to travel very slow to get a reading.
mightymouse
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Well I would get the 295 and
Well I would get the 295 and 2 or 3kw transducer
Thats what I have been looking at for that depth
jay_bartell
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cheers buddy
cheers buddy
Paul G
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I have an old black and
I have an old black and white paper one out the shed might do.I don't think you can get paper anymore .I'll throw in a couple off toilet rolls for $5000
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jay_bartell
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hahaha yeah that might be
hahaha yeah that might be the go
Faulkner Family
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i think whatever unit you
i think whatever unit you get you will need a 2kw tranny. thats when the $ come in. there are some on here that fish those sort of depths so maybe one of them can give you the best advice. a furuno 585 might be able to do the job with a 2kw as a 6oo watt will pick up bottom in 200mtrs
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Mainey
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Raymarine fishfinder-GPS
I've recently bought one of these
http://www.raymarine.com/ProductDetail.aspx?SITE=1&SECTION=2&PAGE=1864&PRODUCT=4222
is this what you mean by "deep sounder" ?
I don't know a lot about the technology (yet)
but people who have seen it say the digital screen is very clear
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http://www.furunousa.com/Comp
http://www.furunousa.com/Company/NMEA_Awards.aspx
http://fishfinderreviews.org/furuno_fcv_295_104_fish_finder.php
says it all for you. ( and yes I do have one :-) ... )
FCV 295 voted best sounder by industry!
http://www.furunousa.com/Press%20Articles/FCV295-Article-TheFisherman.pdf
good write up on it,
nothing comes even close to it, unless you going to spend over $10k on a full blown commercial one.
BUT have a big pocket for the transducers, they get mighty expensive over 1kw! if you targeting 300~500m, then you going to need a 2kw or 3kw 28~50mhz tranny and that can set you back over $2k on it's own!
i'm running a 2kw 200mhz and a 1kw 50mhz, would have loved a 3kw 28mhz, but thats going to have to wait till the banks full again!
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Bodie
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has anyone tried the
has anyone tried the lowrance hds units out deep, do they work at all?
they were meant to read those depths
RobN
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Lowrance HDS 8
Brodie, I have the Lowrance HDS 8 with the standard transducer and have had no problem reading bottom up to 350m. Looking to try it over this but have not had the opportunity to do so.