Does anyone have an real world experience with Eagle Eye? I was thinking about a new unit for my TM to replace the 10yr old HOOK 7 that I'm just running through the Ultrex. I only wanted a good DS unit but this seems quite a value even if the FFS isn't extremely high quality. It hardly costs more than other DS-only models. Using the search feature on here I found a couple of mentions in the past but no actualy experience. Has anyone seen it in person or heard some owner testimony about it? Thanks in advance.

I'll give you my experience with the Eagle Eye 9. Keep in mind I'm not an electronics expert. I mounted it on my 8 ft pond prowler using the mount that is shown on the GG Fishing web site. Our lakes have been high and dirty most of the year so that may affect what the unit shows.

The beam is narrow so seeing fish or a school and staying locked on to them is not easy, especially with a small, bouncy boat. I have not played with the settings much. With the distance set to 70 ft for some reason it gets kinda fuzzy at 40. Out to 40 it is pretty good. Playing with the settings may help but I haven't done that yet. I have learned more about fish than I knew. Many times a fish (crappie or bass) will follow your lure to the boat and not bite it. If they do many times you can watch the whole school follow it to the boat.

My strategy is to use it to find cover before I get to it with the boat. I believe that passing over bass in 5-10 feet of water may inhibit them to bite. Seeing bass would be a bonus. Schools of crappie are easy to see and catch (as long as they don't follow one and end up under your boat)! Telling crappie and bluegills from bass is pretty easy.

I hope this helps somewhat. I will get more use from it but having high, dirty water kinda limits its use, I think.

I would buy it again.

4 minutes ago, Lottabass said:

I'll give you my experience with the Eagle Eye 9. Keep in mind I'm not an electronics expert. I mounted it on my 8 ft pond prowler using the mount that is shown on the GG Fishing web site. Our lakes have been high and dirty most of the year so that may affect what the unit shows.

The beam is narrow so seeing fish or a school and staying locked on to them is not easy, especially with a small, bouncy boat. I have not played with the settings much. With the distance set to 70 ft for some reason it gets kinda fuzzy at 40. Out to 40 it is pretty good. Playing with the settings may help but I haven't done that yet. I have learned more about fish than I knew. Many times a fish (crappie or bass) will follow your lure to the boat and not bite it. If they do many times you can watch the whole school follow it to the boat.

My strategy is to use it to find cover before I get to it with the boat. I believe that passing over bass in 5-10 feet of water may inhibit them to bite. Seeing bass would be a bonus. Schools of crappie are easy to see and catch (as long as they don't follow one and end up under your boat)! Telling crappie and bluegills from bass is pretty easy.

I hope this helps somewhat. I will get more use from it but having high, dirty water kinda limits its use, I think.

I would buy it again.

That's great info and parallels what *** had to say about it. Their recommendation was to frequently manually adjust it based on depth to get the best response. If the CHIRP, downscan, and chartplotter work well then the FFS is just a bonus for me to play with. I found a new/open box at the GPS store for $150 off and ordered it. With my expectations set at "maybe" I think it's a safe bet to try out. Thank you for responding.