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Location: Ohio | Hey everybody.
I'm going to get started musky fishing next year (long story). I'll be fishing mostly in stocked lakes in Ohio.
I'm pretty new to electronics and reading lakes but looking to get geared up. If you could help me with a couple questions that would be great.
1. Any resources you recommend where I can learn more (websites, books, videos, etc).
2. What fishfinder/chip do you recommend? I'm on a budget so I was looking at the Helix 5 DI/GPS with a Lakemaster chip. I can only afford to get one finder right now. I do have some cheap ($99) finders but I want to be able to mark where I catch fish.
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| The newer combos have pretty good maps built in and lots of them. I just bought an Hbird that had 3,000 maps already there. Any waypoints you put down do not go on the map card(chip) you buy in addition to the locator/GPS compo. If you can wait till sports shows visit the manufacturers booth and chat them up or go onto their website The Hbird site has a place you can chat with them between 8 & 4 Good luck |
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Posts: 79
| A wise man once told me to buy the boat you can afford and the electronics that you cant. Winter is coming, save for a bigger unit and get it in the spring. Bigger is always better when it comes to sonars. That said I have the HDS 9 touch and love it to death. Don't know much about the humminbirds. I prefer to make my own maps, havnt found a chip I trust 100%. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | I'm running a Helix 5 with a Lakemaster chip. It works just fine for me but I agree with ffib about bigger screens. Although it wasn't available when I got my unit, I definitely would have gotten the Helix 7 if I had the choice. |
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Location: Minnesota | Watching you tube
You can learn a lot |
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