----- 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...
