Fish finder help

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by Fishwhisperer619

Im lookong for a fish finder with a larger screen and gps and am biased to go with the humminbird 581i but I have heard good things about the lowrance elite-5 DSI and became curious. Anyone have any pros/ cons about these two? I dont really care if its color or not but it is a nice bonus if it ends up being a better FF/GPS. Also feel like color makes chart plotting easier but there is also no experience behind that statement. Any advice/opinions will be very helpful. Thanks!

What is your budget? Personally I like the Humminbird FF/GPS setups better because I'm more use to them and that's mostly all I've used. However, I have had a couple of the Lowrance units as well and they are very nice also. I prefer color systems now due to the differentiating of bait, bottom, and other items. If you can afford it this unit is a good choice.
http://www.basspro.com/Humminbird-58...ct/1210111648/

I recently picked up this system:
http://www.basspro.com/Humminbird-39...ct/1304181150/

I wanted the Down Imaging and the Side Imaging, it's not the size of screen I wanted, but the price is easier for me to work with. Also with Bass Pro Shops you can hook up the 6 month pay option and that takes the sting out of it.