Pocket fish finder

In rec.outdoors.fishing Rodney wrote:
: Has anyone used these little things before ?

: I might have thrown away 59 dollars yesterday, but I bought one for use
: with my Hobie out back fishing kayak, this thing has a transducer that
: has a float on it, and 30 feet of cable that can be thrown out from the
: boat, pier, or bank, to look for fish and give the depth.

: It uses four AA batteries, which is great for the little outback (no
: huge heavy 12 volt battery needed) I will be using NiMh rechargibles in it.

: ANyone with any experience with it that can share will be appreciated

I'd be interested to hear what you think of it, I have a fishingbuddy II and
one of those flashlight sized portables from Cabelas for icefishing but all
that gives is a depth reading on a LCD screen and a beep if a fish swims
under it...

The fishingbuddy is portable, but I bought the other one because it just
wasn't as portable as I wanted sometimes...

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John Nelson
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