jtfisherman

Hello all, I have been bass fishing almost my whole life. I own a 15 foot aluminum Fisher bass boat with old electronics. I mainly fish lakes that are 9.9 hp restricted or electric motors only. My bass club caters to small lakes. I have been waiting a long time to buy a bigger bass boat and at the end of last fall finally got the chance. I bought a 2006 Nitro 482 with a Humminbird 998 c hd grapher with gps. This unit is mounted on my console. I don't have any other unit on the boat as of now except the lowrance unit that is built into the dashboard. I am not familiar with any of the newer technology in the Humminbird unit. I have only had the boat on the water twice since owning it and am starting to get to learn how to use the grapher. The side imaging is excellent and the lake maps are great for navigating. I guess the chip that is installed in the unit has all the topo's for the local lakes I fish. I have fished buddy tournaments with guys that have similar units and they love them. I would like to purchase another unit for placement up by my trolling motor. The boat has a minn kota fortrex 80 lb thrust. I would like to buy a unit with a trolling motor transducer. My buddy said to buy a unit that is compatible with the Humminbird 998 this way I can connect the two so they can "trade" information through ethernet cables. He doesn't know which unit I should buy and neither do I. I'm hoping some of you have the 998 and know what I am talking about. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Mark