What is a fishing sonar and what is it for?

What is fishing sonar and what is it for?

Today we are talking about one of the fishing sonars that are most changing sport fishing. A sonar is an electronic device that, by means of sonorous impulses, will show us depths, structures and fish.

They are composed of two elements: Switchboard: These are composed of the electronic part that transforms electrical signals into images. They come with integrated screen, touch screen the most current and button less. Transducers: These elements have two basic functions, to send sound waves and later to receive them. Knowing the speed of water transmission and the time it takes to receive the echo, the probe represents the depth and presence of fish. Which are the best batteries for fishing probes? We highlight the PoweryMax brand, they have high quality products and excellent service. The batteries are made of Lithium, with a weight of 650gr and quite small dimensions. The autonomy is one of the best of the market with more than 15 hours of duration in a probe of high range. All of them come with their heat shrink sleeve, intelligent charger and their pair of watertight connectors.

Cheap Fishing Probes We found a very acceptable number of probes at a very economical price with more than acceptable performance. We leave you a review of the brands that give better result. All of them we have tested and we can say that despite their low price are very probes to consider. Another option that many people consider is to buy a second-hand fishing catheter, we do not recommend it because they are very exposed to deteriorate quickly. Lowrance Fishing Probes Lowrance hook 2 4x: A probe with a 4.3 inch horizontal screen with a button panel on the right. It is perfectly visible in direct sunlight and is very easy to set up, including an automatic setup. Its transducer is the simplest and sometimes remains scarce. There are two options, with or without gps.

Our recommendation is to take it with gps as the price is not much higher and comes very well for marking hot spots. In short it is not a very complete probe but for beginners or as a secondary probe can come well. Ideal for duck and kayak fishing due to its small size. Lowrance hook 2 4x The best fishing probe quality ratio price, Garmin CHIRP Striker 4 Garmin's cheap range is the CHIRP Striker 4, small but with brutal features. Its screen is 4 inches vertical with a button panel at the bottom. It has CHRIP transducer, this helps us to find submerged structures shaping them almost to perfection in our screen. The configuration is much larger than the Lowrance and allows us to be "thinner". It has a high-precision Gps that works really well. In short a very good buy at a very affordable price. It is ideal for duck fishing because of its easy transport and small size. No doubt we talk about the best probe quality price.

For many who ask us this is the probe that commercializes Decathlon. Humminbird The Humminbird PiranhaMAX 4.3 is another inexpensive fishing probe with a 4.3 inch vertical screen. Its features are similar to those of the lowrance hook 4. Quite basic and with a very simple transducer. It has no structure scan or GPS, so it is the least recommended of the economic options.

What fishing sonar to buy?

Medium range probes are the most recommended for any angler. Yes, you need a bigger investment, but in the long run you end up amortizing it. Due to their better quality transducers, screens and in general qualities are really good fishing accessories. Lowrance Hook-5 The Hook 5 includes a 5-inch horizontal screen with the button panel on the right hand side. It has a very high quality transducer with DownScan and CHRIP technology. This makes it really easy to differentiate between structures, grass fish and the fish we are looking for.

Its high-precision GPS allows us to return to previously marked hot spots with ease. It has a comfortable and intuitive menu and the possibility of multiventana to be able to choose our preferred visualizations. In short we have a probe for a somewhat high price but with very high performance. Lowrance Hook-5 Garmin Striker Plus 5cv We tell you all about the probe that we consider to be the best quality/price option.

Bright sunlight-readable 5″ screen and intuitive user interface with right button. Its high quality transducer offers frequencies of: 50/77/200 kHz, CHRIP and ClearVü 260/455/800 kHz. That means razor-sharpness and amazing speed. As the Hook 5 also offers us Downscan, Gps and multiscreen.

What differentiates it from its direct rival is its price, about 200€ cheaper and with practically the same specifications. Due to its characteristics it can be a professional fishing probe without any doubt. Humminbird Helix 5 G2 Series Finally we are going to talk about an ideal probe for boats very to take into account if what we want is quality.

The humminbird sonar brand is constantly evolving and sonar it with products like this. It has Down Imaging technology, which differs from the others in that it makes a perfect image of the activity or structures that are just below us. It has a 5-inch screen and the button panel on the right. It has two display modes in which you can add or remove details with the press of a button. In short a probe with very high performance for a very interesting price.

Humminbird Helix 5 Fishing sonar Fishing soar for mobile phone Have you ever heard of a portable probe? We tell you what it is and our opinion about the Deeper, a probe that we use to fish from shore, boat or kayak with many facilities. It is a device with a diameter of 6.5cm and about 100gr weight that connects to our mobile ANDROID or IOS through a Wifi network, does not have a screen and has built-in transducer. To be able to visualize the data we connect it through an app that gives us the mark.

Advantages of Deeper Easy transport and a device of reduced dimensions and weight The possibility of fishing from the shore with the Easy and intuitive operation A lot of accessories for our ducks, boats or kayaks. Disadvantages of this probe A device with fairly fair features The battery has a maximum life of 5 hours The need to always have the smartphone in our hands or to use a support to be able to visualize the data. Only incorporates GPS version pro+