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I've been using a Lowrance Hook 3.  It's about as cheap as they come.  It's down scan only.  I use it to know the depth, as well as find structure, holes, and drop offs.  I recommend it if you are looking for a basic unit.  The screen is a little small, but I can use the big depth numbers and spin it 180 degrees and see it from the front of my pontoon boat, it's mounted on the console.  It was about $100, the Helix 4, is in your price range as well, and the Helix 5 is barely out off it.

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I’m a little out of that range, but I went to a Lowrance EliteTi 7.  After having a Hook model in the kayak and a decent Garmin on the boat, I promised myself that I’d learn to really run one.  

I haven’t really mastered all of the features, yet.  But it’s amazing.  

I really can’t say enough good things about it. 

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https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/lowrance-hook2-5x-fishfinder-with-splitshot-transducer-and-gps-plotter#repChildCatid=5063221

 

In that price range something like this would work. I don't know how much you fish or how serious you are with it but I always recommend saving up for the biggest one you can afford and then spending more for the next size up.  New technology is amazing. Side scan and down scan can show lifelike pictures now, you can count fish off a brush pile.

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