I have never felt hamstrung using my summer sounder in winter, and I think one advantage is you are running one machine and you can tweak it to cover the situation. I would not get an ice specific unit as a first sonar unless you don’t actually need one in summer ( river fisherman, family boat has one etc). For myself my sounder goes from Kayak mode to ice mode in minute .
That said I would say a mid range sounder and a camera would be more fun / useful than a high end sounder
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