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Zfish03 · 07-30-2013, 08:45 AM

Had the Elite 4 DSI but it caught on fire. Had it for 6 months, there was a small amount of corrosion on the connection port, I connected the batter cable before a launch and next thing a know it melted and started billowing out smoke...
Got it exchanged at Sports Chalet so no biggie. Upgraded to a humminbird 597ci hd di.

As far as a FF goes... It gave some awesome structure readings, especially in the bay.

BUT I found it very difficult to distinguish large fish from small fish. It doesn't give you big boomerang or worm marks. Instead its little dot, and then slightly bigger dot OR is that slightly bigger dot two little dots together?!! No clue WTF I was looking at. Great for finding bait and structure though!

07-30-2013, 08:45 AM	#6
Zfish03 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Oceanside Posts: 197	Had the Elite 4 DSI but it caught on fire. Had it for 6 months, there was a small amount of corrosion on the connection port, I connected the batter cable before a launch and next thing a know it melted and started billowing out smoke... Got it exchanged at Sports Chalet so no biggie. Upgraded to a humminbird 597ci hd di. As far as a FF goes... It gave some awesome structure readings, especially in the bay. BUT I found it very difficult to distinguish large fish from small fish. It doesn't give you big boomerang or worm marks. Instead its little dot, and then slightly bigger dot OR is that slightly bigger dot two little dots together?!! No clue WTF I was looking at. Great for finding bait and structure though!