who needs CHIRP?

[B-Faithful]

I find that my furuno digital does pretty good with target separation.... Marking some stripers coming in the bay!

 

[DaleH]

Agreed ... if you have a Furuno that is . Other brands might need the advancements of chirp.

 

[B-Faithful]

Striped bass under schools of menhaden yesterday :wink: (note that the gain is even on +2 on the high frequency to pick up the thermocline more clearly in the bay - fills in the bait some more)

 

[Marty D]

That furuno is one greet fish finder. I have thst model and picked up two marking yesterday I caught two bass. One of furuno best fish finders. Better then5200 garman.

 

[Megabyte]

Greg, What model and what transducer?

 

[B-Faithful]

My unit is the GP1870F. It isn't their high end unit but a great buy with same technology as the FCV587. Though it is a 1kw capable unit, I only use a p66 600w transducer because I fish in depths less than 120' and the cone is perfect for that. The GP unit is a great buy as it has a GPS in it too. It acts as my back up gps to my Furuno TZT system. I like to have a back up GPS and like to have a separate fish finder screen. Only downside to this unit as a fish finder is that it is a widescreen format. This means that the height isn't as high as the standard screen orientation. However I fish in less than 120' so I don't need a tall fish finder and I find that the widescreen format is great for splitting screens. It does offer the ability to zoom and bottom lock (with a great white line). For about a grand, I think the unit is tough to beat, even by the new CHIRP units.

Here are a couple of shots from last Friday where we caught around 50+ striped bass.