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[QUOTE]muskysarge - 4/25/2006  10:13 PM

I have the garmin 168 sounder. It's a pain in the butt to down load each area. You are way better off with the lowrance. My new boat has a x-15. I would rather have the cartridge instead of having to download each area at 99.00 a pop. With lowrance you can use the lakemaster series and not worry about which area you can  down load. Plus the garmin has to many buttons on the finder. And with any unit, you have to shut off the fish id and switch it to sonar. What it  does is take away the fish symbol that you have with the fish id and replace it with actual sonar readings. This will allow you to get an acurate reading of what's below you. When you see baitfish on your sonar, mark it and drop a fuzzy duz-it towards the bottom of the baitfish ball. The bigger baitfish will be on the bottom of the pile. When you have the fish symbol on it will read weed's and floating timber and maybe a fish once in a while. To many guys rely on the fish alarm . They think once it beeps, you are on fish. Once you learn how to use your sonar you will be way more confident on the water you are on.   Musky Sarge
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Posted 4/25/2006 10:13 PM (#188927 - in reply to #188670)
Subject: RE: Networking Garmin products

I have the garmin 168 sounder. It's a pain in the butt to down load each area. You are way better off with the lowrance. My new boat has a x-15. I would rather have the cartridge instead of having to download each area at 99.00 a pop. With lowrance you can use the lakemaster series and not worry about which area you can down load. Plus the garmin has to many buttons on the finder. And with any unit, you have to shut off the fish id and switch it to sonar. What it does is take away the fish symbol that you have with the fish id and replace it with actual sonar readings. This will allow you to get an acurate reading of what's below you. When you see baitfish on your sonar, mark it and drop a fuzzy duz-it towards the bottom of the baitfish ball. The bigger baitfish will be on the bottom of the pile. When you have the fish symbol on it will read weed's and floating timber and maybe a fish once in a while. To many guys rely on the fish alarm . They think once it beeps, you are on fish. Once you learn how to use your sonar you will be way more confident on the water you are on. Musky Sarge