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In reply to Post #18
No, I never took it any further.
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In reply to Post #17
Did you find anything that you could use in that way? Thought the only towable ones for bait boats were the deepers and the like
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In reply to Post #15
I've touched on this before over the years, as you mention a lot of the modules are too big for bait boats. I've seen towable versions made for just that reason, iirc Carplounge did one for professional lake mapping a while back. I know it's nice and tidy having it all in the boat but if the boat has autopilot and can act on GPS the fish finder element doesn't need to be integrated.
I was looking into it from a pov of being able to transfer the Sonar from bait boat to rowing boat, rather than needing 2 of everything, or having to take a bait boat when you don't need it.
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In reply to Post #14
Fair play to them they have used their tech and opened up a new revenue stream . Not sure why lowrance and hummingbird haven't done something similar. The images that the hummingbird fish finders are ridiculous.
Are the tolsons the next best after the raymarines? Do any other fish finders on the market for bait boats have downscan? Can't seem to find any that specifically say they do or do they all call it something different ?
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In reply to Post #13
Some Dutch and Belgian companies already integrated the horizon spectra in their bait boats
Have a look at or contact the owners of the following companies for more information:
Rollsbaitboat
Navigator
joe’s baitboats
Raymarine stopped producing the WiFi module on their dragonfly pro fishfinder cause its only a small part of their business and not worth the hustle anymore. The WiFi module made it possible to integrate these fishfinders more easily in a bait boat.
All other versions (without WiFi module) request much more effort and engineering to integrate it to bait boats. It seems not lot are up to the challenge.
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In reply to Post #13
Raymarine manufacture their equipment for marine applications on actual boats, not remote controlled bait boats.
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In reply to Post #11
Couldn't find a whole lot about horizon spectra just a short clip from a Holland bait boat company
I'm really surprised there is nothing else that's surpassed the dragonfly. Isn't it over 10 years old now? Well I know raymarines element is obviously better but it doesn't fit on many bait boats and sounds like it has been designed for the rt7
Am I missing something but surely another fish finder from another company should have come along that provides better imagery given that the dragonfly is essentially old tech? I've looked at the images the likes of the tolsons provide and it looks inferior by quite some distance just don't get it
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In reply to Post #11
That sounds interesting, thank you, off for a look 
Ps, some of the images the Carplounge RT7s are getting is simply stunning, no better way of putting it. I simply wouldn't pay the price or subscribe and that's if I could get over some of the stories of issues with the boats!
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In reply to Post #1
Recently a new sonar is on the market specially designed for Baitboats and is has a side scan.
Horizon spectra it’s called
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In reply to Post #9
Second hand RT7?
A friend got one (with HyperVision) for £2.5k
Yep, a lot of money still 😢
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In reply to Post #8
Haha ok I think that's that little idea out the window
In everyone's opinion what would be the best sonar/fish finder etc that gives the clearest view of the lake bed and ideally can produce a good view of the lake and different depths
I tried the original deeper pro a while back and it was like looking at an atari. You had no idea what was actually on the lake bed, how deep the silt was etc.
The raymarine dragonfly downside/ downscan view looks pretty good but that's been discontinued i believe and from what i can gather you need a pretty big boat to be able to fit the element. So what does that leave ?
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In reply to Post #7
That’s live scope or live view or even active target depending which brand it is.
Looking at a grand for the transducer and box to do that lol and not all fish finders are compatible with that.
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I thought it was a bit more than the CHIRP stuff - I have a couple of bass angler friends who have seen the full front facing sonar in action & it is phenomenal what they are able to do - multiple screens showing not only the makeup of the bottom but a 3d representation of where fish are in the water, how far away, depths etc - pretty much as if there is no water there.
There are some vids on youtube of a guy in is boat with a load of screens that show a bass in front of him. he casts past it & the sonar screens show his lure move through the water near the fish, it move, strike the lure & then get played in - all in realtime. I believe that it's so much of an advantage that they are now banned in all of the big money bass comps.
I'd love to see it on a boat for carp fishing to get an idea of the makeup of lakes & spots - if the RT7 has this then it will be an absolute game changer for sure
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In reply to Post #5
Yeh the rt7 has the hypervision but they charge about 5k for the set up
So my hope (now realising it's not possible unless I get on rt7) was that you could buy say the element or hummingbird and the screen would connect wirelessly to a transducer which sends back the information to the screen /fish finder
Just curious more than anything now. Why are carplounge able to fit the element to their boats but seemingly no one else can?
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In reply to Post #4
Some boats do have the hyper vision, my mate kept on about it on his RT7 but I didn't know what it was. Just done a quick google and found this.
Looks a bit like Chirp technology (excuse my ignorance, I'm not really into fish finders etc!)
LINKY POO™ https://www.tiktok.com/@alihamiditv/video/7334433705987018017
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