TO DSI OR NOT TO DSI?

[jeffro99]

Hey guys wondering your thoughts on DSI units, is it worth the extra coin for this option? Most my fishing is manly trolling for salmon. bows. and eyes. Id love to hear from you DSI owners

 

 

[eric cooper]

I have the DSI on my Elite 7. I fish mostly salmon where its really not that much of a benefit but if you fish shallower structure for walleyes or bass its well worth the extra hundred bucks. The detail is pretty amazing when compared to the standard sonar.

[jeffro99]

come on somone else has to have some input on this

looking to get a new graph this week and still having a hard time deciding

looking to spend fomr 600-800 any suggestions?

Edited June 12, 2013 by jeffro99

[Guidewayneo]

I agree well worth the money if you fish shallow water structure at all. I had a dsi unit on my bass boat and it was amazing for locating sunken trees and deep weed beds. I will be putting an elite 7 on my new boat.

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[Adk1]

nah, not worth it. go with the base combo..GPS and finder. Unless you are bass fishing, not worth it in my opinion

[jeffro99]

lol you still havnt pulled the trigger yet ADK1?

[Adk1]

nope. not lookin good for this year either. just purchased airfare to Disney...Wife keeps hitting me up for things!

[Xxx]

lol you still havnt pulled the trigger yet ADK1?

I don't understand why one would say no to dsi if you never used it? I think it has it's places, for walleye, and bass I think it's nice to have. If you are mainly fishing salmon, then it won't serve it's purpose. We many times switched from salmon to walleyes and some times fished smallies where if you have the option to use dsi than by all means use it. For an extra $100.00 it seems foolish not to get that option, once you have it you will find your self using it more than you think. JMO. 

[rlconverse]

I bought an elite 5 dsi. The gps and chart plotter work great i have yet to figure out how to mark fish with it. I have downloaded the updates for the elite 5 dsi and printed the full operating manual for it. If i were to buy again i would but the elite 7 hdi. Not real happy with it