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Location: Orland Park, IL | yes, G3'er here. The last remnant of my old Sylvan Backtroller is the Fishmark 320 upfront. I have 332c on the dash, and love it. Tired of monkeying with the fishmark (I am on my fifth unit shipped from Lowrance as well as second transducer. So far so good.)
So, looking to replace. A couple of options come to mind. All involve dumping the Fishmark.
1.) Move 332c upfront and upgrade dash model.
2.) Get new unit for front, leave 332c alone.
How much value should I put into the bow unit? Do you folks tend to rely on the bow more? Verticle jigger here. |
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Location: LaCrosse, WI | If you spend the majority of your time jigging, then the bow unit would be a very important tool. I personally would move the 332 up front or get a 102C and put that up front. If you get another combo unit for the dash, you can network them and have GPS on your bow unit as well (if you use the 332 up front). This can be nice for finding the spot on the spot.
For open water trolling, I would think the 320 would be good enough. |
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| If you don't mind staying with a black & white unit, I believe Cabela's is selling the Lowrance X17 combo unit for $499. |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | The black and white would work.
Love the idea of GPS up front. Now, probably could get back to a general area. But can you really run a line like your first drift? Probably a few feet off. I would hate to make an investment up front, only to find out an upgrade is required down the line. |
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| Regarding a GPS on the bow, I sure think it is a nice option. On some of the small lakes I fish around home, finding and fishing little spots on the spot is a lot more efficient with a GPS. These spots are things like a stump on a breakline, small sand point off a mainlake weedbed, a couple stumps on an old roadbed, or cribs. I fish these spots from the bow, typically casting some sort of bait at the structures. Having the GPS up front speeds up the process of finding these spots. It's not fool proof, it still takes a little searching to find the exact sweet spot, and I still find myself looking at some of the old "landmarks" to line myself up. The other thing I like about the bow GPS is that I can stay back & off the spot while I search for it. Having the spot saved on the GPS allows me to get close and then use my lure to find what I'm looking for. Since some of these structures can be shallow, I can stay out deeper, find the sweet spot, fish the sweet spot, and avoid getting on top of the spot I'm looking for and potentially spooking fish. These are just my opinions, hope this helps a little. |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | Helps a ton md. Thanks for the advice. |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | Decided on the IGPS 334C. Got a good price on it. Hooking it up in a few days. The hope the rivers thaw. |
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| Komo,
If you need any help networking those units, give me a call. |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | May have to do that. FLW registration right around the corner. Right now just hoping to get er workin. Networking is phase 2. |
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Fishmark320...bow electronics upgrade...