new Fish Finder help?

[Baithoven]

just looking for some advice. I have a Humminbird Matrix 65 (yeah a toy I know!) but it has served me well for 4yrs. Do I buy a new fish finder as a separate unit, and leave the Matrix 65 installed as my GPS which works fine, or do I buy a new combo altogether? If I keep the Matrix65 as my GPS, will it interfere with the new fish finder? Finally, is the Garmin 300C or 400C a good choice for offshore 'not as often as we'd like' fishos?

[Mindi]

well its a matter of taste...I reckon I would keep it as a GPS and get a better fishfinder.....like anything with Furuno or Raymarine written on it...but thats just my bias I admit. It wont interfere with a new Finder.... and just its basic GPS function will cost $500 to replace so why do that..?...but its a mater of personal choice isnt it this whole combo/2 units thing..?

[dreemon]

for the garmins , If going outside the 400c seems to be the better choice, it has a bigger screen than the 300, dual freq, and a good amount of watts being 500.

I want to get one too, saw them at whittworths for $400 awhile back but now most I've seen are $450 to 500, even though the it has a bigger screen than the 300 , it still seems small, my b/w 120 garmin looks like it's bigger?

I'll be waiting for it to be back on sale Cheers

[Mrs Ronnie H]

Hi
I would personally not have a combo. If something goes wrong with the gps or finder then its both you don't have.
I agree to keep your GPS unit and update to a Furuno.

LOL
Ronnie

[Baithoven]

thanks to those who commented. I finished up buying the Lowrance HDS5 GPS/Plotter combo. Barry at BCF Virginia matched the price I got at the boatshow, $1000 neat; I thought that was a good price, particularly with Barry's advice.

[sagair]

That sounds pretty good, what transducer did you select 50/200 or 83/200? Can you tell us what depth of waters you mostly fish, thanks.

[Baithoven]

sagair - selected 83/200 in the setup - not sure how things will go yet - too blowy over the w/e to give it a whirl Depths usually max out for us around the 80m mark just outside the banks or wide cal. Finally got all my old marks in electronically via the MMC card slot thank god! User guide on that subject is bloody sparse at best!