Kastin Kresten

You guys are amazing!!! Thank u so much. And I like the idea of waiting until I know for sure. I have a really crappy down imaging fish finder and I’ve used it long enough to know it’s not right. I’ll start fishing this spring with this in mind and make a decision then! I love the idea of side imaging but it may cost the same as my tiny boat so logic not quite there.

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Hello Everyone, I am trying to determine the best fish finder sonar/chrip etc. to use on my tiny boat (Solocraft with a 30lb thrust Minn Kota). Case use: live in MN, fish for Largemouth and Pike near shores/cover, can get very close to cover like a kayak can, so not sure how useful fish finders will be for that scenario. I am willing to fish deeper if it will help put more fish in the boat. All in all I want to catch more fish and it seems locating them first (maybe by trolling past my spots) is best and then do sight fishing afterward. I am typically in 3ft - 20ft of water since the lake is shallow (Deepest part 50ft.) average probably 15-18ft deep., I really don't care what form factor the fish finder is but I suppose smaller is better. Would I want side imaging at most? Are there fish finders that work well when I am just sitting still? obviously not doing any forward facing sonar hehe. Thanks and I appreciate all of the help! (I basically want to know how to attack the lake each morning to catch more fish and I want to leverage technology).