Yankee Troller

So these people saw these 700? Or were they told while walking by that an Atlantic was landed and put back? I could care less if it stayed or went bye bye. It's cool catching one, and no one will argue that. I'm not trying to get into this pissing match over "if they are worth the investment?" I just find it hard to believe 700 were taken in that river system during the time frame I specified.

Run your Lowrance on 50, and your Eagle on 200, and there shouldn't be any issues. However, to alleviate dash clutter get rid of the Eagle and run your Lowrance in dual mode. No need for two units on the dash doing the same thing unless one doubles as a GPS.

Only if they are on the same frequency.

With all due respect Dave, and I know you've spent countless hours on that river, but have you seen the goons that fish it during Salmon season? Do you really think they can identify an Atlantic from a Brown Trout or King Salmon? I fish that river a lot with buddies in their boats, and a few of my really good friends guide daily on that river from September through April. No way 700 were caught in that system unless it was outside of the month range I mentioned. The numbers the DEC is getting is from angler surveys. Not checking a cooler full of dead fish on a charter boat where an Atlantic can be identified. Just my $.02

Airmar transducers are top notch! If you can buy the unit without a ducer then do it and buy an Airmar. However, I'm sure the 'Bird ducers will work just fine.

I was a HUGE Lowrance fan back in my Bass days. At the end I had numerous units fail on me within a year of my purchase. Customer service, when you got a hold of them, was the worst I've ever experienced. I vowed to never buy a Lowrance product ever again because of this. I hear they have improved, and they have a lot of new products out there. However, as long as our 'Birds keep functioning as they have for the past four seasons, and their customer service remains top notch we most likely wont be switching to anything else.

Check out the Humminbird 858 or 958. You wont be disappointed. The only difference between the two is the screen size. Neither of them come with down imaging or side imaging, which you probably wont use anyway. We had a 958 with an Airmar SS60 transducer, and it was was a great unit. If you shop around the Internet you can probably find the 958 around $1,000. Otherwise, the 858 is under your price point, and would work just fine.

Amen to this!

Come on baller!

It was actually sad that only two charter captains from the Olcott/Wilson/Niagara area showed up to this meeting. I betcha I only knew about 4-5 people there, which was surprising to me. Not a good showing from the West.

Same Interstates. Just want new ones every year.