whats the best budget fish finder for a 14 foot jon boat to bass boat conversion??? something thats under $300   -thanks

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The Hummingbird 386ci DI Combo | 300 Series | 409050-1 is on closeout at $299 - right here . . .   http://www.humminbird.com/Products/386ci-DI-Combo/

 

The 386ci DI Combo is a sweet unit that features a brilliant color 240H x 320V 3.5" display with LED backlight, Down Imaging Enhance and advanced DualBeam sonar with 4000 Watts PTP power output, and GPS Chartplotting with built-in UniMap. OPTIONAL: Navionics® Gold/HotMaps© | LakeMaster®.

 

A-Jay

Got any pics of that boat conversion?

Garmin echoMAP CHIRP 43dv $299.99.  Great maps, CHIRP, DownVu, and QuickDraw self mapping.  Or Garmin STRIKER 5dv.  CHIRP, GPS, and DownVu.  299.99.  If GPS is not an issue, then the 553DV for $329.99,

 

Tons of choices for your confusion!

 

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Lowrance, Garmin, and Humminbird are discontinuing units now and will be replacing them for the 2016 model year.

 

Lots of choices to get more features at a lower cost than MSRP.

I purchased a Lowrance Elite 4 HDI last year and was happy with it until I realized that the shallow water images I was looking at very distorted and full of clutter. Yes, I had the unit set to shallow water mode. My son had bought the same unit and he had the same problem. After hours of research, I decided to go with a Raymarine Dragonfly unit. At only $169, I've learned to temper my expectations but it's only a downscan unit and have seen it perform it shallow water before. Will let you know when I conclude the "lake trials" which are imminent.