in the market for a new fishfinder
 

Ok Boaters I'm looking to upgrade my old FF and am looking to spend around $200 what do you all think?

stay away from the low end humingbirds..

my top picks in no order are

Eagle FishMark 480
Garmin 160C
Humminbird 565
Lowrance X96

all are about $200

$200 isn't going to buy you much sounder, let alone a decent transducer
For that budget, look used

I would go with the Lowrance, or the Eagle (which I believe is made by Lowrance). But like Ronnie said see if you could find a better used unit on Ebay, Craigslist, or another message board for boaters

like stated above save up for something worth while . Worth the wait IMO.

If you can stretch the budget a bit - a new DS500X for $260 - currently the best value out there for <$300. :btu:

http://www.bethel-marine.com/html/specials.html

fish finder and loran C for sale
 

have a Raymarine DS500X FF used 4 weeks $300.00

Pick up on cape cod

also have a Northstar loran -C $200.00

Multiply your budget by at least 3 or start looking for a used machine.

Under 200 bucks ???
I spent that on a transducer.

Maybe one of these....

Same here, I think it was more then $200 for the transducer!

Check out Ebay for a Garmin 250C. Make sure you buy one with the dual frequency ducer.

It's a 500Watt color unit with a 50/200 ducer. There are a few places that sell this unit for $200 brand new in box.

http://cgi.ebay.com/GARMIN-FISHFINDE...3%3A1|294%3A50

Not to steal your post but I fished on a members boat yesterday that had this one.:drool: All I can say is wow. Would take up my whole dash area in my boat. Had about a 10" screen. Very cool unit. Don't even want to look at mine now.
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=58386

That being said I have been very happy with my Raymarine DS500X, until I saw that one, but still above your target price. IMO save up for a better one as I started out with a budget one and was not satisfied and bought the one I have now.

recently
 

i got the garmin 140 on sale $119
that'll have to do....... on the lil Boat
instinct will have to do the rest. :grins:

go to seatronics in glostah they got used stuff