12-17-2018, 02:15 AM
Skunked... I was re-reading your post. You mentioned that for shallow water, the camera is the "only fish finder" that works. What do you consider shallow water? I was fishing in 9 feet of water with my Vex's at Scofield last weekend. We had clear screens with no clutter. Vex's work with much less wattage than other fish finders. My FLX-28 has a half power mode which cuts the wattage down even more for shallow water. It really works well. I have friends who own camera's and in every case, they gave up their camera's once they saw what a sonar was capable of doing. The problem with a camera is you only see what is in front of you. The sonar shows everything above, below and all around in all directions. I agree, the camera will be quite useful for locating structure and the such. I think it will be a useful tool, but as previously mentioned, it will never replace my sonar. I think the grandkids will have a lot of fun with it as well.
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