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    3k to spend what would you recommend???

    I am ready to spend 2500 to 3k on new electronics for my console and bow.. I was just about to order the Lowrance HDS Gen 3 boat in The box with the two 9s, but I am a very indecisive person. 98% of time I am fishing shallow water, I’m talking 4 foot and less. Everything I read was humminbird was the best for shallow water.. everyone I know runs lowrance and I have gen 1 HDS.. I will probably end up going with the HDS 9s boat in the box for $2500 but I would like to here everyones thoughts.

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    If you have an Ultrex and or new Talons, I would recommend Humminbird, especially if the Ultrex is a link model. On top of the incredible Mega SI/DI and mapping etc, the options provided by linking your Ultrex and Helix (Solix) are so worth the change.

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    Bass Pro 12" Lowrance elite TI for $1499. Check sales flyer
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    You can't see any more on a big screen than you can on a 7b or 8 inch screen. Spend $1k on an 8" and either save the rest or get some other tackle.
    Might be time for some lithium trolling batteries.

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    ​Yep, what John said.

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    The TI's look nice for the money. You might also look on the for sale boards and find some barley used stuff at a great price.


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    Elite ti is a great unit i have a 12ti and a 9ti with structure scan and they read great if not better than my gen 2 hds 9

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    Get you a couple of gen 1 helix units and put the other 1500 bucks in savings. You're welcome.

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    the biggest screen you can afford. Ive never has a customer come back and say 'i wish i would have gotten the smaller screen'

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    maps are the more deciding factor for me. Make sure you look at your location on mapping. South louisiana a lot of us like the satellite overlay for the marsh areas. I went with lowrance for the better map options for our area. I did find that humminbird does have better shallow water side scan images. And make sure you think out everything you want the units to do. Do you want to display your engine data? do you want to share waypoints? Connect to ultrex or connect to power poles, etc.

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    If you actually want to use side scan in shallow water you'll want birds. Supposedly the 3d setup for lowrance helps the shallow water range but that's $$$

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    What ever you do do not get a Garmin with the forward looking Panoptics...
    i dont need anymore competition :-) :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by sclark View Post
    What ever you do do not get a Garmin with the forward looking Panoptics...
    i dont need anymore competition :-) :-)
    I'm thinking very hard about the Garmin and Panoptics. Looks SWEET!! Larry
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    If you spend 98% of the time fishing in 4ft of water or less, are electronics that important? i could see power poles or the Ultrex, but don't understand the importance of electronics in that water depth. I'm not meaning to sound like a jackass, just trying to understand if electronics are important in that depth of water.

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    If your fishing in 4 ft of water around the shore, I would put my money in a mutual fund!!

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    you may be fishing 4 ft or less now but with good electronics you may not be anymore. brush piles and underwater stumps aren't visible without it.

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    Humminbird 360 and 12” Helix at the bow a whatever is left spend on the console unit.
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    I would put it in savings...SB...
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    John Cox has done pretty well with no sonar at those depths.
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