Hello all! I have just bought my first quality fishing boat (Xpress H17/Yamaha FL70) and I am kinda overwhelmed with changes electronics the last 15 years.

I am retired military so the budget is approx. $500 for a fish finder and GPS combo. Too many choices between sonar types, lake cards and companies. I am leaning towards a Hummingbird Helix 5h CHIRP DI GPS G2. I will be fishing smaller lakes for the most part in the NC area.

I would imagine these are relatively good units but is the HUmmingbird Card worthwhile!
I am sure this is like a Ford vs chevy topic huh?

I drive a 2500 Diesel Ram personally!

Would appreciate the opinions.