07-08-2003, 03:58 PM
[cool]Hey, Steve, welcome aboard...officially. I like your name. That's a pretty nasty snake, as I recall. Hope you are as deadly at fishing as the snake is at biting. Anyway, it sounds like you are just whacko enough to fit right in with our motley crowd. I am also a multi-species, go anywhere at anytime kinda fisherman. I have dunked my donuts all over the country, in fresh water and salt...using everything from fly tackle to heavy stuff for salt water bad boys.
That battery and charger combo from Cabelas is a good way to go. That was my first gel cel purchase a few years ago. Now I go to different shows and watch for good buys on smaller and more powerful batteries. I also have an 800 milliamp charger I got at a battery specialty store near where I live in Phoenix.
My Cuda is a single beam, with up to 60 degree cone angle (adjustable on the on-screen menu). I am still evaluating it, but like it overall for float tubing applications. It does everything I need, in terms of showing bottom structure, fishy icons, etc. I also like the onscreen temperature readout. I don't need a speed indicator, since I can't get my Fat Cat up on plane.
Having the "sidefinder" feature could be helpful. Especially if you fish for suspending species...like crappies, school bass, trout, sunfish, etc. I do not know anyone who has used them successfully on a tube, however. That may be my next adventure in field-testing. Is it worth the additional cost? That is always a matter of individual opinion. But, we fishermen types usually become pretty adept at "justifying" our indulgences.
Again, welcome to the fold. We can have a lotta fun here.
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That battery and charger combo from Cabelas is a good way to go. That was my first gel cel purchase a few years ago. Now I go to different shows and watch for good buys on smaller and more powerful batteries. I also have an 800 milliamp charger I got at a battery specialty store near where I live in Phoenix.
My Cuda is a single beam, with up to 60 degree cone angle (adjustable on the on-screen menu). I am still evaluating it, but like it overall for float tubing applications. It does everything I need, in terms of showing bottom structure, fishy icons, etc. I also like the onscreen temperature readout. I don't need a speed indicator, since I can't get my Fat Cat up on plane.
Having the "sidefinder" feature could be helpful. Especially if you fish for suspending species...like crappies, school bass, trout, sunfish, etc. I do not know anyone who has used them successfully on a tube, however. That may be my next adventure in field-testing. Is it worth the additional cost? That is always a matter of individual opinion. But, we fishermen types usually become pretty adept at "justifying" our indulgences.
Again, welcome to the fold. We can have a lotta fun here.
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