$30 battery op depth sounder / fish finder

[s/v Faith]

HAd read a post on this somewhere, been thinking of picking one up.

  Harbor freight brings you the best the Chineese can  produce, (sometimes their quality is not the greatest).

  THis seems handy for surveying channels in the dink, or as a back up to a primary depth sounder (yes, I know I have a lead line too, but they don't work too well at speed).

 

PORTABLE FISH FINDER

  What ya think?

[Cmdr Pete]

I was just shopping for a portable depth sounder. I like to use my Melonseed Skiff as a research and exploration vessel for my Pearson Commander.

I decided not to get a depthsounder with a floating transducer. I didn't think it would work well if its bobbing along behind the boat as you tow it behind.

Instead, I bought one of those flashlight style depthsounders. You lean over the side and dunk it in the water. I picked up a used one on ebay for $35.

http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/View_Catalog_Page.asp?mi=3394

Problem is, I don't use it very often.

I might just get the Harbor Freight one. Even an intermittent signal would be O.K. If it doesn't work, I'll try to mount the transducer to the bottom of the hull as a shoot-thru.

Heck, its only $30



 

[Cmdr Pete]

In case somebody is thinking about buying one of these,  I still haven't received mine after 7 weeks.

They did send me a gift certificate for my troubles. $1 off my next purchase.

A whole dollar.

[AdriftAtSea]

Sometimes going with the lowest price makes it the most expensive... My dad always told me to buy good, decent quality tools, or I'd pay for them twice...once when I bought them, and once when I replaced them with what I should have bought in the first place.