sounder advice for a dinghy

I would love some advice on sounder for a 3.8m ali dinghy. I fish around the three mile around Hillarys to Ocean Reef (not very successfully)

 

I have a pirhana max hummingbird (entry level b and w sounder) but have had trouble with the transducer.

 

Should I go for a colour sounder or a high detail black and white? budget prefer $300 maybe up to $400. Saw a good deals on garmins, $220 for the 160C which i think is really just a coloured basic sounder, but the 400C for $350 ish looks a good buy?

 

any tips on what to look for and what to not waste money. eg dual beam etc . I would not be much deeper than 40 meters I would think ever, usually closer to 20m.

 

thanks!

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sounder

Sat, 2010-10-09 23:41

I recently picked up a navman fish 4500 of a fellow fish wrecked member for 300$ its a few years old now but retailed for over 1000$ new. Having priblems myself with interferance while moving maybe the transducer isnt positioned properly on the 3.8 stessco? But its a nice unit i could recomend. Also i launch from mindarie or hillaries so if your ever keen to team up im always keen to head out with another boat to cover more ground
Cheers matt

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love to head out some time

Sun, 2010-10-10 20:54

thanks for the offer. I will try and get a sounder first!

 

If you are looking for a good wrasse spot i know a few ....

 

 

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Wise man says - first take the plank out of your own eye before trying to take the speck out of somebody else's.

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ive got some awesome wrasse spots too..

Thu, 2010-10-14 01:44

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