Please Convince Me an Expensive Airmar Transducer is Worth It

[Yyjdennis]

All right, so restraint prevailed and I ordered the P66 and the TM165. Now I'll be flooded with salmon

 

[the force]

Do you really think you need to see 1000 fish on the plotter to catch them? See a bait ball, see a few fish, put your gear there and catch fish. Your not going to catch more fish because there is more fish on your screen.

I agree that seeing fish does not mean catching fish, however I fish a lot of different water year to year, shallow inside, 220 down on the highway off winter, central coast, etc. It’s easy when it’s easy but when it isn’t anything to increase confidence in presence of fish/bait type/bottom type is money well spent in my mind. Not a $4k ducer but I do need an upgrade from my Garmin GT52HW which I struggle with at times for bottom fishin in >300’.