I was wondering in your opinion what is the best fish finder under $1000 and why?  

I'm looking to up grade my fish finder.  I have a Humming bird 400T.  I was looking at some Lorances and Humming birds with the GPS feature.  What do you think.  I'm open for sugestions.  

Thanks

I have both the Lowrance X-125 and the Lms-480. Both of these unit together are around $1000.00. If I were to only by one unit, I would go for the LCX-17 with Gps. It is around $900.00  The color Model is about $250 more. (LCX-25 if I remember correctly) The screen size and pixel count on these two units makes them easy to read. The peak to peak and RMS power make target identifcation a snap.

Reading the GPS maps are easier in color for me. ( I only know this because my t/x partner has color.) The depth finder portion is the same for me as the LCD models.

I would check out Lowrance X126. It has everything you might want except color display and GPS for around $324,-

Check around on the web and for a few dollars more you could move up to Lowrance LCX-26 or 26C HD. They both have WASS GPS and the HD (hard drive) model can even digitally record your finders readings for latter study.