What are the overall advantages of having a color fish finder compared to the traditional black/white?

I'm planning on getting a unit, but can't decide if I should invest the extra $ into a color unit.

Target separation is better with color for example, you can easily tell a rock from a stump. I don't ever plan to go back to black and white. It would be like buying a b/w television.

I've read somewhere that you could even distinguish between different species of fish as wellthe length and colors the fish arches display.  Any truth to that?

A whole lot less glare and easier to see even in direct sunlight.  No need to shade it to read it.  For sure, no more black/white.

I love my Lowrance unit.

Shortbasser

imho, you will love the color units. sometimes at night i have to turn the unit of because of the bright light but it is great

those that say " you don't need color" haven't really used one . If you had to pick get the color and once you go color you will not want to use a BW unit again

Another vote for color. Amazing difference.

Plus what the guys said...it is fun to watch the screen in color.

I am waiting for the high definition units to be released.

I jsut went to a fish finder seminar where a rep from hummingbird spoke about color finders  He said it just like computers, the quality is going up and the price is coming down.  The density of the graph was amazing. I love my Lowrance X96 that I just got, but If I ever get another FF, it will be color.

Color, Color, Color...It is like night and day.

I'll still old school. I have color units and monochrome units and prefer the color units for GPS mapping and the monochrome for sonar.

I started out with a Hummingbird Super 60 Flasher so I can tell a stump from a rock; all I want to know is the depth so color is a waste of money.