Thread: New fish finder

Originally Posted by mikee

I hate to break it to ya but could you inflate your budget a little. A FURUNO FCV587 or 627 would do the job nicely for Bluenose or Grouper but you would need a 1 kw transducer as well. A client of ours is using one off Kaikoura and fishing for Ling at 500m with electric real. When I asked how long it takes to wind up the answer was "2 Stubbies"

There are other brands but all would need a 1kw transducer to show fish reliably at 200-500m

(Below links are for example but I will disclose I do work for the local FURUNO distributor)
Furuno FCV627
or this
Furuno FCV587
with one of these
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Unfortunately I sold the spare FCV585 to another forum member, it would have been perfect.
(Munsey you got a hell of a deal didn't you!!)

i like the look of the fcv627 i was looking at one in a shop not long ago, would i be needing a 1kw transducer or would a standard one be ok?