----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:01
PM
Subject: RE: Fishin buddy depth
finders
The Bottomline
4300 is considered a midrange fishfinder but my point is that resolution =
detail is important to me. My old Eagle would show the thermocline, in
fact I've yet to use a fishfinder that wouldn't. The way I really
developed confidence in my old unit was ice fishing. I could see my hook
+ corn easily. I could not, however, distinguish many of the things that
the greater detail provides. This is definitely a different strokes
issue so to each his own - I've seen a lot of the Fishin' Buddies used by fly
fishers and they look good to me. I use my Bottomline with a 12'
Harbercraft cartopper and I need the fishfinder separate from the
transducer. By the way, the 4300 has very little in the way of range
adjustment and I thought I would miss that feature. I was wrong; the
4300 does a much better job at adjusting range than my old
Eagle.
Regards,
Keith
By features I meant sidefinder, adjustable
gain, range adjustment, etc. These features, at least on "fishinbuddy"
type machines carry with them a decent amount of resolution.
You can pay more for a crisper picture but my unit, with the gain cranked up
will show me different bottom compositions. Heck, it's picked up the
thermocline before! Comparing a fishinbuddy to a top end hard mount,
which is designed to function at 97% percent accuracy going 50 mph in a
glitter boat isn't fair, regardless of what the companies or salesmen say,
it ain't the same
critter...
