If
you are looking to purchase a fish finder then your choice is going to
be heavily dictated by one thing, and that is price. Once you establish
what you are willing to spend on a fish finder, you can start looking at
which types of models are within that price range, and what types of
features you will be benefitting from. Something that you need to
establish from the outset is that out of the various features that you
find on fish finders, some will actually assist you in catching more
fish, whilst others are sheer gimmick.
If you are a beginner then the advice here would definitely be to
opt for one of the more simple fish finder units that are on the market –
you can move onto something more advanced when you become a bit more
seasoned and a bit more aware of what you are doing. Besides, certain
features on a more advanced fish finder unit will only make sense to you
when you have the sound aggregate knowledge that only experience
affords you. It makes no sense to pay for an expensive fish finder unit
outright, when you are not going to benefit from any of its more
advanced features.
A feature that dictates the price of a fish finder is the screen.
Whilst a more economical unit will have an LCD (liquid crystal display)
screen, more costly finders have CRT (cathode ray tube) screens. Whilst
CRT screens are the better of the two, they require far more power and
add nothing to a fish finder’s ability to locate fish. Therefore, if you
can afford the outlay and the cost of running it, then by all means get
a fish finder with a CHT screen, but as a beginner or an average
weekend fisher an LCD unit will more than suffice.
Also important, in terms of the screen, is finding a unit whose
screen is visible in direct sunlight. Believe it or not, there are units
out there that are extremely tricky to see in direct sunlight, which is
surprising, given the fact that a fish finder is a device that is
specifically for outdoor use. One tip, though, should you opt for an
economy finder with a screen that is affected by sunlight, is to
purchase light-reflecting film. This is available online and in
specialist technology/electrical appliance stores, and is made
specifically for digital screens. It will stop sunlight from impeding
your view of the device’s screen to such an extent.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you must know what type of
fishing you are going to do, because this will dictate the frequency of
the fish finder that you choose. Frequency is measured in kHz, and
whilst high frequency finders tend to work better for smaller bodies of
water, lower frequency finders tend to work better in larger bodies of
water. So before you buy a unit, make sure you know where it is that you
are going to be doing the majority of your fishing. Most people tend to
start with a medium-frequency fish finder, so that they get good
all-round usage. When you have been fishing for a while, and you have
settled into a certain type of fishing, such as river fishing, for
instance, or sea fishing, then you can upgrade to a unit with a
frequency that is set specifically for the size of bodies of water that
you fish.
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