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?

Originally Posted by silentscope

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?

Std one (P66 transducer) will work OK'ish up to 150-200m. So if you are mainly fishing 100m or less 90% of the time then it will do the job. If you were fishing deeper more often then you would / might be disappointed, .

the 627 is a 600w sounder but if you stick a 1kw transducer it will work nearly as well as a true 1kw sounder as the bigger transducer has a narrower beam angle and "focuses" the energy better and is more sensitive.