fish sounders (landbased)

[Krazi-kev]

Hi all,

I was told that sometimes one can get a fish sounder off e-bay that can be used landbased. Is this for real????

[Big_unit]

Yeah Humminbird have a sounder that has a transducer that you cast with your rod. I dont know if they are any good though, Ive never used one or even seen them used.

Cheers
James

[Craigus]

Kev,
here is the link to the thread started a while ago also on landbased sounders
http://www.ausfish.com.au/forum/YaBB...1147082805/6#6

Craig

[Krazi-kev]

Thanks guys,

I am interested in this if I do not have to get on a boat

[SunnyCoastMark]

Hmmmm....
Interesting - not sure how effective they would be.
Might be OK for Jetty/Peir fishing.

Mark

[Krazi-kev]

I fish off Jetties sometimes but mostly off rock walls. Wondering......HHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

How effective is it?

[snakecatcher]

They look OK on the Humminbird website but you wouldn't want to get snagged up when casting the sensor out - bet they aren't cheap to replace.

[Krazi-kev]

Thanks for the info guys.

There are also a few on E-bay....................seriously considereing this. If I do I will let you know about the effectiveness of this contraption.

[-Henno-]

I looked into this for a while and on some american sites I remember seeing a few guys saying that the wide mouthed bass (excuse me if this is not really what they are called) would sometimes take a liking to the chartreuse transducer that you cast out. A few guys had even watched in horror as a fish had gladly inhaled the important bit of their fishfinder and busted it off.

As a serious fishfinder I personally doubt there performance simply because of the lack of pixels on the display. They would probably do to tell you the depth though, its a lot of money for a depth finder though.

Mark

[Krazi-kev]

To purchase something around $300...............it seems like a hit or a miss situation

Thanks for feedback

[alimo88]

look up humminbird RF 15

Alimo88

[Krazi-kev]

Hi Alimo

Do you have any more info on the RF 15????

lOOKS oK..........WONDERING ABOUT PIXELS

[alimo88]

You can find all the information at

fishfinder store in the US or an any humminbird site

just web search it