Please help me select a fish finder for my 2019 Hobie PA14

Hi guys!

I am absolutely stocked! I got an amazing deal on a basically new 2019 Pro Anger 14.

Now, to the next task of finding the right Fish Finder for my needs.

Since I am bit of a newbie in this regard, I am hoping to get some inputs from the community on this.

Requirements:

* At least 7 inch
* Down and side scanning
* good, robust quality
* Compatible with my hobie (I do not have the tools nor the know how to do a lot of custom work)
* Price should be (including the battery) under 1000 USD


Thanks all!

Cheers,
Seb.

Raymarine Element 7 with nav chip $750 MSRP but shop around

Chet battery box from Chet on this forum. Depends on your battery size but call it $220 ish.

Scotty 269 mount $20 ish

Scotty 438 track adapter $15

And a small piece of scrap starboard (cutting board) to fit the mount to the Raymarine. $Free from Tap Plastics scrap bin.

That is what my set up is.

That being said if I were in the market for a new FF I would go to a few shops that had them on display and start pressing buttons. See what you like and don’t like. See what ones have the features you want or don’t want. Color combos you like or don’t like. I don’t use my sidescan nearly as much as I thought I would.

As far as mounts go there are a ton of different options. I went with basic. You can end up spending a lot of money here. Take time to consider how you will mount your FF.

For the battery just get a Chet box. Don’t even look anywhere else.