The Garmin Panoptix^™ all-seeing sonar is unlike anything you’ve ever seen on the water.

You have to see it to believe it.  Click to check it out.

 

That's pretty awesome.

would like to see it in action on the water.  Thanks for sharing.  Looks pretty cool.

You can either afford that or a boat! 

I just got good at reading my down scan. Good thing this is going to be way outside my price-point. 

If you use one of the mid line units it's not much more than my HDI-10 with the side scan unit. You don't have to buy the $6,000 sonar. You are just buying a $1,500 transducer and using it on one of their compatable units.

I'm not impressed with the Elite 5 HDI I bought. Should have bought the Dragonfly.

I'm not impressed with the Elite 5 HDI I bought. Should have bought the Dragonfly.

Absolutely love my dragonfly 4 pro on yak. Thing is down right dirty

I'm not impressed with the Elite 5 HDI I bought. Should have bought the Dragonfly.

But,,,that's a Garmin that Glenn's talking about? 

Opps

Oh wow! That Garnin is amazing.

Glenn, saw it a few months ago and thought how long will it be before FLW and BASS prohibit it in their tournaments.

Glenn, saw it a few months ago and thought how long will it be before FLW and BASS prohibit it in their tournaments.

 

Why would it be banned? Too effective?

So what are we seeing. Two bass under a school of shad? Is this Garmins version of SI? 

So what are we seeing. Two bass under a school of shad? Is this Garmins version of SI? 

No, it's seeing fish in real time. In the picture, the purple streaks are the disturbance left behind as the fish (the two marks), swim towards the bottom (at least that is my understanding of it). Garmin has side imaging as well, and this is what it looks like when you find the mother of all shad schools.

Here's a video that shows it in action.

 

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/panoptix.html

That's amazing. Really impressive. I have to agree on the price comments though. Probably 4-5 yrs before your average angler will own one. Technology is incredible though.

Amazing...  Pretty soon our boats will drive us to the fish and say fish here (with pics uploaded to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter in real time). 

How much for this? Is the transducer $1,500? What unit do you couple it to?