11-04-2014, 04:51 PM
I may be late (was traveling) but here's my dos centavos.
I bought a used Marcum Showdown with the bag and battery option from an online auction site. Used it last year and was amazed at the difference it made in my success. Just seeing the water depth and fish below before I drilled was worth the price. Seeing fish approach my jig and taking - or NOT taking! - was an education.
This summer, I did the upgrade to the Showdown II and believe that the zoom function will be another huge help. (The upgrade is only $50 with an older unit.) The zoom lets you see only the bottom five or 10 feet of the water column, which might miss any suspended fish but is like a telephoto lens for bottom eaters like perch.
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I bought a used Marcum Showdown with the bag and battery option from an online auction site. Used it last year and was amazed at the difference it made in my success. Just seeing the water depth and fish below before I drilled was worth the price. Seeing fish approach my jig and taking - or NOT taking! - was an education.
This summer, I did the upgrade to the Showdown II and believe that the zoom function will be another huge help. (The upgrade is only $50 with an older unit.) The zoom lets you see only the bottom five or 10 feet of the water column, which might miss any suspended fish but is like a telephoto lens for bottom eaters like perch.
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