I am in the market for a new fishfinder i want to spend less than $200 dollars I need just the basics, mostly crab pot depth, also some depth readings for new salmon areas, etc. If anybody has ideas it would be a help

I bought a hummingbird 200x last year at walmart for 150 or less if I remember right. but its a killer depth sounder. distiushes stuff pretty good

I have the basic Hummingbird 100 on my sled and it works awesome, in the sun or overcast. Cost about $119.00. I can see fish going under my boat! I use my sled for both river and lakes so I didn't need a fish finder that went down to 600 feet. Range is 120 feet. It also has a duel beam transducer so you want to change the width of the area you want to see.

Good choice Aunty M, I sold a number of fishfinders as Christmas presents over the past 6-8 weeks, mostly Garmin and HB, not suprisingly (to me anyways) I have had quite a few people return their HB's and exchange for the Garmin (mainly the 160 Blue)I have yet to see a Garmin be exchanged for an HB.

AKKings if you sell garmins you must work around here if you tell me what store I'll come down and take a look you sound like you know what your talking about I'll drive 20 miles just to talk to somebody who knows whay the HEL* there talking about half the stores out there 18yr old kids are selling fishfinders 1 day and shoes the next

I have a hummingbird 100 that you can have if you want it. I just replaced it with a Lowrance x15. Drop me a email if intrested.

FISH ON thanks for the offer on the humminbird 100 but thats the same piece of crap I'm replacing

My LowranceX-70(3000 watt) and Eagle Ultra (600 watt)finders have always served me well. The more power the better.

HBP, Boaterworld in Everett, and yes, we also have a couple kids working there.
ROEBOAT, when it comes to power ratings on electronics, peak to peak wattage which you mention doesn't mean much, its the RMS wattage that you go by when comparing. Your X-70 is 350 RMS which is decent, your Ultra is 75 RMS, thats as low as they come.