Eagle Tri finder

ChrisCNF	Hi from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. I'm leaning toward buying the Eagle Trifinder for my sit-on kayak. We are mostly lake fishing (trolling mostly) for rainbow trout. They are suspended fish at about 40ft in 100ft of water. In winter they will probably be much closer to the surface so a wide cone angle seems very important to me. I like the tri finder for high pixel, wide angle and good reputation for limited dollars. My concern are that it is to cheap and quite different to other finders ( eg 3 by 200 hz cones) and it isn't suitable to shoot thru my plastic hull. Would it be any good for other application like finding bottom holding fish and fish around weed banks? The other finders I like are the Garmin Blue 100 with 50/200 transducer for quality and shoot thru hull and the fisheasy 2 for cost, pixels and shoot thru hull. The new Eagle Cuda 168 is cheap, easy on batteries, with good pixel (168) for dollar. NB Cost is a huge factor because the finder is always at more risk on a kayak. The fisheasy and cuda boast 60 deg coverage from 20 deg cone at high sensitivity which seems strange. Any thoughts hugely appreciated, specially on the trifinder Regards and sorry bout the essay.	2003-01-22
ChugBug	CHRIS:I bought a TRI-FINDER last year and I like it. I have it in the front and the EAGLE SUPRA PRO {it came with the boat} by the drivers seat so the guy in the back can look if he wants to. I use the TRI all time to locate fish, weeds, rocks, old road ways, and three old bridges in the lake that I fish. With the wide beam it's easy to find things. Like I said in another post. {{{{I DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT}}}}}	2003-01-22
ChrisCNF	Chugbug, thanks for your reply, I see the fishfinder thing gets a fair thrashing. On the kayak boards it's "which Kayak". Do you think the trifinder is marking fish right out to 150 deg? How deep do you reckon it is effective in lake water?	2003-01-23

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