Fish locators choices.?

Looking for some ideas what is getting used.
100 feet water max.
1000$ quota price ( unless I win the 6/49 tonight, then all contribotors get one)
I do go ice fishing as well.
What say ya....

Humminbird Helix 7 with Mega SI, GPS. Set you back about $700 US.

I use lowrance fish finders. Many to choose from and they sell ice fishing transducers so you can take it from your boat to ice fishing. Even a ice fishing set up to put it in. Model and size you'll have to figure out yourself depending on boat size etc..

Garmin is the best thing going right now.

I got a Garmin 93 with side imaging in March. Haven't really played with the side imaging, I've only used it snagging this spring. The down imaging is amazing. I like seeing what kind of fish is under the boat. Got mine at Bass Pro on sale for $599. If I win the lottery I'll get the live scope transducer lol

Helix 7 for me too.

Back in the day we used amex to find fish.
Hard to get nowadays.

I just got a Garmin echomap 95sv. Side scan is awesome. Should be withing your budget.

So far I love it

Northof50 asking a question on Tman??? That’s a first lol.

I just bought this one today. Can also use it for ice fishing, but gotta buy the transducer separate first.

I don't require the use of bloop bleep bloop to catch fish. I am from the when real men were men era. Cool to see what you gals use today though. Do you pay someone to bait your hook and take the fish off too?

Catch, you literally do nothing manly. You even pee sitting down.

Helix 7 g3 with side imaging

Awe, I have upset our little Lady of the North and she is projecting her feelings. Listen, even though you need help finding fish and that technically makes you a girl, well dang, I thought I could spin it so you weren't lame but I can't. I tried.....

Loser. Says the same thing over and over.

Good one, not lol. You go girl!

Drove by Cabelas today but the parking lot looked full.
Did you get your's there Jurassic or @ Pro Am

Don't worry it's not my first posting Grasshopper.
Catch22 we just wait for a south wind and wave our hooks in the air and catch a Minnesota mosquito and use it for bait.

Catch is upset cause he can’t afford a fish finder lol.

North, I'm sure JP got hers from a link to a cooking show or her husband gave it as a gift. And you devil, stay with the manly Minnesota skeeter for bait and catch fish with grit and without bloop bleep bloop lol. My best to ya!

Shoulda made better choices in life catch. At your age you should be able to afford to do more than polish rust.

Your choice I guess.

I bought it from Holiday RV in Steinbach. Seemed like they had the best prices.

You must understand. Catch lives in the same are of OH that DuPont contaminated years ago. He's been drinking bad water for years.

Polishing rusty old lanterns and bringing them back to function again and catching fish without a modern sissy crutch, I know this is all hard for a gal like you to understand. I am wrong for expecting you to. Bless your heart!

In the same are, bless another one. Your doing great today buddy.

Yeah, dang auto correct got me again catch. What the humidity like in your mom's basement? You should stop trolling and get out some.

People use bait still?

Used some frozen squid when I was in the keys, but haven't used minnows, worms, crayfish, etc in well...pretty much ever.

I can catch fifty bass in a day and change tube jigs three times maybe. And only when it is so beat to crap it doesn't resemble a tube any more. And that's if they are slow. Most days just throw the same spinnerbait I have on most of the summer.

Might trap some minnows this winter, but probably use the same strips of walleye belly skin that has generally always outfished minnows.


JP, you mentioned using yours for ice. Does it have Bluetooth? My buddies hummingbird goes to his phone so he can watch me teasing Lakers from 40 feet away in the shack. He'll see me get a hit and get all excited. Lol

Yeah, auto correct left off the A lol, ya knothead. My Mama died 2 years ago and I don't troll. Idiots like you accuse people of trolling because you have no other argument, lack of intelligence. Honestly, if it weren't raining and my fingers and wrist weren't so screwed up, I'd be fishing. So now, well you guessed it lol.

The frozen Cosco squid secret is out now Hutchy.
Don't forget to pack some 3 ounce triangular weights and the Wallyworld surf caster for49$
Get the resorts surf side lawn chairs with 2 drink holders, one for the drink and the other for the rod

Brought my pack rod to Cuba this past winter. Apparently fishing from the resort is seen as strange for some reason. Went with some Cuban locals later on though. They knew the spots. Some un cooked shrimp "borrowed" from the kitchen and we were off.

All inclusive means bait too, right?

Ended up at one of the Cubans cousins restaurant after a few miles through the bush. They fried up what we caught. Was a good time. No tourists at the little restaurant either.

$1000 Canadian and want to use it for winter?

Forget about it, your budget isn't high enough. If you want to use a summer/winter unit, you'll want a live scope. That will run you 2500 US or abouts.

Personally I think for a hard core run an gun type ice fishing, I'll take my vexilar over a Live Scope.

For a summer unit look for one that is compatible with lake chips for water bodies you intend to fish.

Than save another $1000 and guy a Vexilar/Hummingbird digital unit.

Thanks 49 er
my Lk Winnipeg is not run and gun
after all my research in fisheries I know they move when they want
looking at some of the individual pings off some of the tracked fish tells you this, catch one and they send all the data for that fish. Gota love freedom of information in Canada. or who you know =how you know
Buddy is setting one up now to have the trolling motor run the contours.

My limited experience on Lake Winnipeg is it's proved beneficial to move several times a day vs staying stationary all day.

Not a 40 50 holes a day type fishing but moving non the less.

Your mad at your dad, not me. I forgive you.

My Helix 7 I just bought will be used for ice fishing too. I paid $750CDN for it, then paid $50 for the battery which is dumb that I had to buy it separately.
The only thing I need to buy now is the transducer which is $133.

So about $1000 and should be good for ice fishing with it.

I will also buy a case for it, so that is extra, but not absolutely needed. Some guys make their own.

With all the location texting on the lake you could see the BANDS move through out the day.Camp Minn vs Camp Wisc and the lost Iowa tribe
Deep-shallow- in and -out
reminds me of some coaching in the old days and that was in the bedroom

Geeze, sprung, one would think you could come up with better, but, it's you so I guess not. Back to the lack of intelligence thing which does put you in company of JP. So, ya got that going for ya lol.

Quit trying to piggyback off me. Trapperman is the closest I’d allow myself to get to you. You’re a creep!

JP,I'd like to see pictures of some of these guys,lol.
One guy that posts his pics looks like the twin of the BTK killer,lol.

JP, the Helix will work in the winter. My opinion is the Vexilar or Hummingbird winter units are better.

Does your husband know your up this late?

Lol sweet!

No, I don’t think it has Bluetooth.

This is the options it has:

Oh yeah, they very well could be. I also have a humminbird ice35 flasher and think it’s great! Not as fancy as the higher models, but things sure get exciting when the light shows up lol.

I know!!!! I’m a firm believer some of these guys wouldn’t comment anymore if people knew what they looked like and what their house looked like.

Looks Matter!

To girls lol. Geeze, they make Canucks soft nowadays. Looks matter, hahahahahahahahaha!

I hope Paul made it so that you can’t access the kids forum.

Pretty lonely being you alone in your Mom’s house eh!

That old chestnut lol, oh, how original.

Hey Catch remember the rules; this is not JP thread
2 hours to go till the lotto draw;
JP you are in for 6 locators
Boco for one
and Hutchy for a couple
and 49 er knows where to pick up his selection

LOL!

Is that enough for each kid JP; and not goats !

Fair enough 50

I have more Vexilars than I can run.

I suppose if someone would be a benefactor I'd take a panoptix, I can't talk myself into buying one.

49er you cant forget that LOW lake shore guy in Williams for/as a benefactor

I picture you with a mullet.

Isn't it past your bedtime?

Sorry Sprung and rusty guess you are in the mix, if the boarders are open will bring it to Wisc convention for ya there is a Surveyor gota see there.
one hour to go
JP what's the phrase for Steinbach, thought it was for cars only.

I have plenty of pics of myself on here. No need to imagine lol.

Stalker Patty

My Garmin is panoptix capable. I'll take one too!

We got one as a demo unit and those suckers are pretty cool.

I switch my new Garmin between my welded aluminum, and my Grady white. Still need a transducer for the Grady...panoptix is awful tempting

Back to the original question I have used the Helix for the last few years and I love it. I just bought a Solix and moved the Helix to the back of the boat but haven't had a lot of time with it yet. If used on the boat and the right trolling motor everything can be set for the trolling motor to run itself. That alone will drive up the catch rate 15-20%. More time fishing equals more fish. Using the side scan to locate the fish is a game changer as well when you understand what you are looking at. Has also helped with musky fishing. Being I am normally in the back of the boat the side scan allows me to see follows that I might not have seen giving me a second crack at fish. Go with the biggest screen you can afford.

All the locators now are great and basically have all the same features. Fished with a buddy who uses the Garmin and I do like that one but more for an ice fishing application.

Need to find one that shows fish.

I just found an ad on facebook that had Hummingbird Helix 7 for $98 shipped. Thought maybe it was a scam, but payment was through paypal. So i risked it. Waiting to see what happens...

Anyone have any thoughts on the lowrance hook 7's? Would they be good enough to see an ice jig at 100'?