Depth raider and Fish hawk

[BC FD]

Could someone please explain the difference between a DepthRaider and a Fish Hawk X-4 other than DR is half price.

 

 

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[guffins fisherman]

DR needs a coated cable to send the info up to the antenna mounted on the rigger boom. FishHawk sends the info wirelessly to a 'ducer on the transom. Both have pros and cons.

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[Iceman]

44 minutes ago, guffins fisherman said:

DR needs a coated cable to send the info up to the antenna mounted on the rigger boom. FishHawk sends the info wirelessly to a 'ducer on the transom. Both have pros and cons.

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Guff;

 

wondering what your con's for the fish hawk are?

tks

john

[Earl28]

A con are significant if you try to use a transducer with an overlapping frequency. A transducer frequency difference of +20 is required or in the case of multi frequency scanning system you will need to program the system to stop the usage of the common range. It is important to understand that a transducer with a published frequency of 50 may vary +/- the publicized frequency. The fishawk is 70+/-])


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[AnglingAddict]

FishHawk Pro's - wireless transmission, no coated cable needed

FishHawk Con's - Severe Blowback can have issues getting signal, Data not as stable as a coated cable probe ( sometimes can go a few seconds without any data on display - sometimes can have false readings)

 

Depth Raider Pro's - Data very stable with coated cable

Depth Raider Con's - Coated cable has more blowback usually, loss of signal at extreme depths

 

We run both on our boat at the same time.  I base my King program off the FishHawk and monitor the top of the break with the DR.  Our Brown trout program is based of the DR - stability and accuracy of the signal and data to me is of paramount importance when BT fishing so when fishing for BTs in the summer the DR get's the nod. 

 

[Tall Tails]

Angling Addict summed it up perfect.  We also have been running both for years.  We do the exact same thing.  I wouldnt think of BT fishing in June, July, August without my DR.

Edited March 29, 2021 by Tall Tails

[AnglingAddict]

Well Brian - you convinced me I needed a second probe

[BC FD]

Thanks for the input.
All great info.
Have to get my boat back now and decide my course of action.
Happy fishin folks!


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