[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

Jim. I am running GPSMAP® 943xsv
SideVü, ClearVü and Traditional CHIRP Sonar with Mapping
they run 1,499.99but you can add radar later Something to check before buying a unit .. dont like clearvu prefer Chirip image

Out of my 3 additions last year i listed them in order of Value and usage 1st Radar with heading sensor gives me better chart & radar overlays really gave a me sense me safety (still wont run at speed in fog like
some )

2nd the trolling motor with spot lock used it more to slow a drift or create one or slow trolling pogies . and tog of course ...

3rd Side scan mostly for tog a finding bottom features and finding pogies who are not showing ... but dont use it as much as i expected I would also say the motor leg tends to interfere with one side of the image

And if you can go 23 ft do it .. i went 23 then wish i went 26 once i fished i few different areas .. the 23 gets it done. the 26 would have saved my knees and back!

good luck with whatever you decide to get

Thanks! I've heard motors can interfere with side scan image.

I know what you mean about 2 foot-itis. But I want something that for now at least, I can trailer, launch, and retrieve easily by myself. Heck I loved my 19 footer but I was in my 20s then, just a young pup. No more. I do look at the 24 Privateer and 25 C-Hawk often and wonder if I should just bite the bullet. Part of me says take the $$ I'd spend today on a 21 footer, put it into an aggressive mutual fund while the stock market is down, then when the market is back up in a few years, I'll have enough to get a 25-footer. I'm doing 10-ish charter trips a year with my kids and I feel like that's a decent amount of fishing...but the kids and even the wife are saying now is the time...