Comments on: Great Outdoors: Fishing Gear

By: Brian Moran

Brian Moran — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:56:17 +0000

Nice roundup. While I have a Garmin 178c, Lowrance is looking pretty good nowadays with incorporating all sorts of data into the main display.

Not sure if any of units on the market can store the gathered ‘fish information’ and automatically overlay it on the map, and the removable storage card (for later retrieval/review). That’d be a nice way to remember where you marked fish, and gather fin-telligence for the next trip.

By: bpm2000

bpm2000 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:31:46 +0000

I’ve read that the smartcasts dont work so well in deeper water/choppy water – any thoughts on that Ezekiel?

I’m a fan of Lowrance when it comes to sonar units vs Hummingbird.

And for PFDs, vests are a thing of the past – I’d go with a suspender type with a hydrostatic release like a mustang. Much more low-prof.

By: Ezekiel

Ezekiel — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:28:12 +0000

Blake, very nice stuff. I’ve got one of the Smartcasts and it works fairly well. Good for Crappie and bluegill. I used to think it was cheating but I know better now. Good to see some breadth up in this biatch. Keep up the good work.