Sounders

[TheRealAndy]

tell me bout it, PEOPLE STOP CRYING BOUT A STUPID SOUNDER I SAID THAT WAS MY OPION, EVERYONES IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. I SAID HUMMINBIRD IS THE BEST SOUNDER FOR THE TYPE OF FISHING I DO. YOU FISHING STYLE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT SO YOUR SOUNDER IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

THESE ARE THE SIX SOUNDERS MY FRIENDS USE SO THESE ARE THE SOUNDERS I POLLED

GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its got nothing to do with you excluding a sounder, is your arrogance and ignorance with facts. Before you go saying that you a right, considering you have no experience, perhaps you should listen to those who do know what they are talking about.

[MeePee_99]

Mate, i go fishing every weekend with all different fellas so i kno a little about sounders!!!!!!!!

[MeePee_99]

No need to raise your shift button Mr Mee Pee. That never solves anything.

May I please ask what you hope to derive from this unique poll?

I must say though whilst in the neighbourhood that at 16 yrs of age & to have used all the "above" & have the confidence you do, one would think you'll be driving oil tankers at 21 yrs of age fitted with Hummingbirds.

What is UNIQUE about this poll? it is just which out of the six sounders you use, and as i hav said i hav used all the above sounders but never heard or seen a raymarine sounder before this poll so starting this poll i thought that these were the six sounders people use!!!!!!!!!

As i said before SORRY

[MeePee_99]

I just like humminbird is there a problem with that!!!!!!!!!!

Thats the idea state what your fav sounder is and why!!!!!

[squizzytaylor]

one would think you'll be driving oil tankers at 21 yrs of age fitted with Hummingbirds.

[MeePee_99]

Im guessing that ship had a raymarine!!!!!!!!haha

[siegfried]

pisser True but you do know a' little' about sounders if you havnt heard of raymarine, they are one of the major players in marine electronics

[poundalead]

Kaj Busch would have to be one of the most innovative and experienced estuary fishermen in Australia, What does he use on his boat, Furuno! You would never see it advertised cos Furuno don't need to advertise.

Cheers Benny

[ozscott]

Garmin are the same - no need to get out there and trumpet to the stars about GPS and finders (mostly GPS) unlike H'Bird and Lowrance that are sponsoring just about anything with a pulse

[MeePee_99]

And furunos in the poll i very much like furunos. Thats what i hate bout humminbird the advertising, its every where!!!!!!!

[slyman]

Popcorn anyone...

[Shanoss]

Did i hear someone say they got their first boat at the ripe old age of 15?

[MeePee_99]

Yer kno it mad as thou!!!!!!

[squizzytaylor]

As much as I have been enjoying sitting this one out with a cold beer (I dont do the popcorn thing) I do think its fair to say that there are really 4 levels of sounder on the market
1) Entry level
2) Mid level
3) Top end
4) professional

The above companies all make sounders from level 1 and 2 however only Furuno have features that would put them into catergory 3 (imho) and the likes of Lowrance whilst very good units are retail friendly and have no where near the parameters required for serious (commercial work)
Raymarine have sounders from cat2-4 other proffesional manufacturers are Koden, JRC , kongsberg and simrad some of who are not known to many boaties as they are generally not 12 volt power and have enough power to blow a hole clean out of the shelf and can cost 100's of thousands of dollars.
Mee-pee99, the question you asked was a fair and good one however as stated was a very broad question that cant really be answered without a few more details regarding the purpose and working conditions/ depths etc that it would be ideal for.
For the reference the pasha bulker was using a wristwatch sounder put on ebay for 29.99 ex hong kong.

Cheers
Geoff

[Ally Jack]

Your first post was very general, what is your favourite sounder? You never said for what use until later. So at lot of guys said what they liked, asked why you hadn't added their brand, only to get a mouthfull from you back. Maybe next time add an other box.....
Why ask if you don't want to know?