[jeffff]

I'm thinking of buying an inexpensive sonar/GPS combo. Right now I'm looking at the Lowrance LMS 330c. Does anyone have any experience with this model, or have any suggestions on sonar/GPS? Is it better to have two dedicated units, one sonar, one GPS?

Also, is the color screen worth the price? I'm open to all opinions.

 

[The Perfect Fit]

I just have a cheaper Piranha fish finder that the wife bought me so I had to install it. I think that it cost about $100. It works okay but at high speeds it gets all messed up and takes awhile to settle back down and give me a reading. It does show the fish when they come into view. There are 3 settings for fish size. But, even when it shows that the fish are there they don't bite. haha

 

[gofish]

One of my buddies has the 330c unit in his boat, it works great. I think the color is worth the price. I have the 15MT in my boat and there is a world of difference. Would you rather have a black and white TV or a colored one? This is how much difference there is.

 

[breakaway]

Color is definately the way to go. I have a Garmin 172c chartplotter and a Sci-tek color fishfinder. Haveing two things to put in each time is a bit of a challange but well worth it. My fish finder also goes alein on me at high speeds and goes into a search mode. I think that maybe I have the transducer mounted just a bit too high and am getting alot of turbulence because of it so maybe i will use the slight sdjustment the mount gives you to lower the centerline a bit and see if that works. As for the color GPS, if you are looking at a chartplotter the color gives much better representation of the contours, bouys, land, marshed etc. The only wat to go......