02-24-2003, 07:10 PM
Hey there TubeDude,
My Buddy III is fantastic. It has the true side scan feature which most others didn't have a few years ago unless you let them put a lean on your house. Depth and contour, Fish size, Temprature,Present fish position both vertically and horizontally in relation to the source, distance of scanning scope, Compass! It all works and I got mine for less than $150 at Turners. And that's with a super boat/dock mount. Lost part of my manual and they sent one no charge. Used it for 5 years.. no problem. It doesn't even chew up battries. I have nothing bad to say about mine. My model has been discontinued.
Those silly 'D' rings?! I haven't sent you a picture of my tube fully rigged as yet but believe me I have every D ring, keeper snap, buckle, and Velcro patch doing double duty on all my stuff like the live bait net w/air, fish bag, anchor, and all the other stuff I described before. ha ha ha
I ought to model it for a cartoon here on bigfishtackle. I practice C&R in part because the weight of a fish might sink the ship! ha ha Actually it's quite safe.
JapanRon
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