Fish finder??

[thebige22]

Wakina
I've been very happy with my Raymarine Dragonfly 7" screen. It has CHIRP hybrid technology on the sonar and the GPS works as it should. Not network compatible. I bought the unit this past spring with Navionics gold chip for around $700.
TheBigE22

[wakina]

Wakina
I've been very happy with my Raymarine Dragonfly 7" screen. It has CHIRP hybrid technology on the sonar and the GPS works as it should. Not network compatible. I bought the unit this past spring with Navionics gold chip for around $700.
TheBigE22

Thank you for the first hand information on the Dragonfly 7 it is much appreciated.

My current chip will not work in the Dragonfly 7, the Navonics Platinum Plus chip is to large for the memory. To many MB's, the Hot Spots Premium chip will work and so will the Gold and Silver chips. I have a new Hot Maps Premium East so I will probably just get the bare unit with transducer and use the chip that I have. I am keeping both HDS units, I have no complaints with the HDS 5M GPS it is an excellent unit but am tired of replacing transducers on the HDS 5X Sonar. The sonar has never performed as well as I had originally hoped it would, most likely due to the transducer issues.

So, I am going back to something that to me is more enjoyable and easier to operate. Something that doesn't have several different electronic pages and enough settings to confuse a fighter pilot all while you are trying to figure out the fish. When I started fishing the big lake we only had a compass and no sonars or GPS units. My first unit was a Ray Jefferson flasher I bought at Sears. Then I had a LORAN C unit made by Sitex and a Sitex video sonar as well. Also used various models of those paper graphs with the replaceable stylus and rolls of paper.

For me, to be constantly fooling with electronic gadgets takes the fun and relaxation out of the fishing, I go fishing to rest my mind and have fun. So I am going back to the K.I.S.S. system. Kind of like those set them and forget them ovens you used see on TV.

[eriepro]

Look for the NEW HDS-GEN 3s due out after the holiday season.....