best depthfdr for 1.5' to 3' ft range ?

General Boats and Motors
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For Fishing shallow in the Charleston water…what is the best depthfinder for shallow… <<< **Note I ONLY need this degree of accuracy at idle speed !!! >>

Research online>> …everybody seems to say for skinny water you need a low power…read cheap…depthfinder to get a good shallow reading…that a good finder with high power cannot tone it down enought to discern between say 2 or 3 ft of water…

Tech specs i’m seeing are go for 200khz or better 400khz…keep the sounder watts below 1000w

Anybody on this board with a finder that truly gives an accurate reading in skinny water??

I had an old (17yrs old) hummingbird…that was pretty darn good at telling the difference…but it was sold with that boat…

**ALSO – I wonder ?? The bottom in Chas is such mush (read puff mud)…I kinda wonder if is ever possible to get a good reading in shallow??

Would love to hear back from folks if they have a rig setup giving a true read on 1’ 2’

Thanks…

Ed
James Island

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A stick.

17’ Henry O Hornet
26’ Palmer Scott

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PalmerScott; To be the most accurate he would need a yard stick:wink: Sorry I can’t help, don’t usually fish that shallow.

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Originally posted by Easy

PalmerScott; To be the most accurate he would need a yard stick:wink:

He could side with almost the whole rest of the world and use a meter stick.

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Rap, I just set my shallow water alarm at 3 feet! When it goes off I’m there:wink:

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lowrance has a much better shallow water sonar than anything else I have seen

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for those depths i typically just hang it over the side for an accurate gauge. i kid. i kid.

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Originally posted by Easy

PalmerScott; To be the most accurate he would need a yard stick:wink: Sorry I can’t help, don’t usually fish that shallow.

I cannot believe I missed that. Good catch. Made me laugh out loud.

17’ Henry O Hornet
26’ Palmer Scott

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gosh… is this legit eswice? Yes lots of pluff mud, but lots of sand bottom too.

Can’t help you other than the Mr. Obvious yard/meter stick. :smiley:

Really though are you pulling our chain or are you traveling (not fishing) some some very shallow water? What boat are you running and what is your draft? 2-3 foot will take a lot of boats happily along.

Your first post, I’ll take the big man’s side!

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