Best low end Fish Finder

[gmanoffshore]

I am looking for a decent shallow water depth finder for a Jon boat I just bought, I do not really need color, but temp would be nice. I notice some have better resolution than others. So any ideas?

[sickcat]

Furuno 4100 or the 6100 has a larger screen with the same specs.

[dowop]

Second the 4100 and it's big brother the 6100.

[sanchoco]

I have a 18 year old Hummingbird on my flats boat and works great. never needed a repair to it. The modle # has rubbed off so I cant give that to you. I think I paid $100 for it back then.

[mhg]

if you don't mind used there is a garmin unit listed in the savannah craigslist
FF160 for 100.00

[jan]

cuda 240 eagle, has temp and depth. made by lowrance. $70 in oct. works fine on mine. now i just use it for depth in the marshes.

jan

[Monterey10]

A recent magazine test reported that the Furuno 4100 and 6100s had the best screen resolution for their price range.

[abbor]

The test you are referring to must be several years old, Lowrance and Eagle have had 480x480 resolution for their 5" monochrome fishfinders for years.

My recomendation for a good low cost fishfinder for shallow awters would be Eagle Fishmark 480 or the Lowrance counterpart X-125. These Eagle and Lowrance units are sold complete with a 200kHz transom mount transducer very well suited for shallow water.

For deeper waters (>100-150') the dual frequency models Seafinder 480DF and X-126DF would be better.