Portable fish finder

[Doc Holiday]

Anyone use a portable fishfinder... say like a hummingbird or eagle? Do they have a dc plug fer a ciggy lighter, or just batteries. pros or cons compared to a fix mounted one?? Sorry fer all the ???, but Santa ... just might be buildin such a thing fer old Doc.

[TundraBuck]

If you want one for ice fishing, go with a flasher. Marcum or Vexilar. Will never fish without one ever again!

[muzzy]

I have an eagle portable had it for years Its not a flasher it draw's bottom contours and shows fish with pixels flashing and a sound warning Its been trouble free and great Uses 2 6 volt batteries that last awhole season of heavy usage It has a rubber suction cup on transducer and i take it on my 14 ft aluminum car top boat all the time I like it way better than flasher as way more detail of bottom and fish

Gord

[Doc Holiday]

Thx guys, somr research is in order.

[Salvelinus]

I have an eagle fisheasy 245. Good in open water, but the 8 AA batteries last about 2 hours in the deep cold (much longer in the shack). She works pretty well, especially on a place like spray lakes at over 100' depth. Otherwise, really only very useful for checking depth before drilling. A camera is a much better toy for hardwater season.

[Doc Holiday]

Thx Sal, can a fella run one on.. say a 19' inboard ski/fish boat? Would like some feedback if any one does..., be handy fer summer or winter no?? Like on the boat in summer, then, hit the ice. Just curios. Thx.

[Salvelinus]

It can be used anywhere you want on whatever craft you want. I've used mine thru the ice, on a friend's 14' fishing rig, a friend's 20' ski boat, in a kayak and on my little pontoon boat... But for ice season just isn't near as practical as a flasher (vexilar) or camera

[Outt and Aboutt]

I use my old Eagle fisheasy that I take off my boat. I just bolt the mounting bracket down to a small plank so it will stand up (I rest it on my sled), then carry a small 12V gel-cel battery with me and hook the power cable up to that (the battery is about 1X2X3" and is very light). It will run for days in the coldest weather.
I used to attach the transducer to a stick to hold it in the hole, but now I just dangle it down the hole by the cable. Works great.
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