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5 Best Fish Finders Under $1,000

Sonar Wars — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:23:01 +0000

What can you get for a grand these days, especially in marine electronics? Your fish finder options have never been better for $1,000 or less. You can pick from several different 7 and 9-inch models that are just as feature packed as units costing twice as much. The rest of this article will discuss the […]

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5 Best Fish Finders Under $500-600

Sonar Wars — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:21:09 +0000

If your budget for a new fish finder is 500 bucks, then you are in the sweet spot for buying a small-screened, but full-featured fishfinder GPS combo. Full featured means it has combinations of GPS, memory card slots for mapping and saving screenshots, dual beam sonar, and at least one type of imaging sonar. This […]

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Lowrance HOOK2 TripleShot & SplitShot Review

Sonar Wars — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:05:46 +0000

The HOOK2 is the much needed reboot of the older Elite and Hook series of fish finders. The units have been completely redesigned with ease of use and competitive prices being the main selling points. The sizes range from 4 and 5 inch all the way up to the big and bold HOOK2 12 inch. […]

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Side Imaging Tutorial (Plus Tips, & Tricks)

Sonar Wars — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 01:00:37 +0000

In 2005, Humminbird created a revolution in the fishing world by introducing the first consumer grade Side Imaging fish finders. The advantages of the technology caught on quickly with anglers, and now over ten years later, side viewing sonar is found in nearly every brand and size of fish finders on the market. Now they […]

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Garmin STRIKER Review: 7sv, 7cv, 5cv, 4cv

Sonar Wars — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 08:23:10 +0000

Garmin has made waves with their new budget priced, down and side viewing STRIKER series fish finders. The units are priced aggressively to compete with Humminbird’s Helix and Lowrance’s Hook, but lack some of the nice features of their higher end echoMAP finders, which we’ll cover later in the review. While the STRIKER units look […]

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Lowrance Elite Ti Review

Sonar Wars — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:23:39 +0000

The new Lowrance Elite Ti fish finders are an exciting and affordable offering for several reasons. First, they have the easy to use touch screen operation that you normally would only find on the high end HDS units. Second, they come in either a DownScan or TotalScan bundle so you don’t have to add on […]

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Humminbird HELIX 5 CHIRP G2 Review

Sonar Wars — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 20:05:48 +0000

When Humminbird first released the HELIX 5, anglers were shocked to see Side and Down Imaging fish finders for under $500. These types of things were previously only had in fish finders costing well over $1,000. The HELIX 5 proved to be very popular among kayak anglers, and small boat fishermen. Some things are unchanged, like […]

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Humminbird HELIX 7 CHIRP G2/G2N Review

Sonar Wars — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:17:09 +0000

The original HELIX 7 was a very popular fish finder series from Humminbird. They were some of the first affordable 7 inch fish finders with side imaging, and had a bright, high end glass bonded display. It’s typical for most companies to refresh a series every 2-3 years, and the G2/G2N versions are now here. […]

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Humminbird Helix 10 SI GPS Review

Sonar Wars — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:40:27 +0000

The Humminbird Helix 9 & 10 is the new generation of the “Core Series”, replacing the 800 and 900 series units. If you are looking for a big screen, feature packed fish finder, the Helix 10 and Helix 9 are a great place to start. I upgraded my bass boat from an 1199 and 1159 […]

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Garmin EchoMAP CHIRP Review

Sonar Wars — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 08:31:54 +0000

The echoMAP CHIRP series of fish finders from Garmin offers DownVü and SideVü imaging and GPS mapping combos that fit any boat, as well as budget. The 43cv, 53cv, 73cv and 73sv, 93sv models all share the same sonar and mapping technology, with increasingly larger screens, respectively. The other good news is the echoMAP CHIRP […]

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