I have the Lowrance FS 7 and bought it thinking that it came with Active Scan as the guy at Bass Pro led me to believe, perhaps more by subtle omission than actual deceit. After I installed it, I found out it had a transducer but not the Active Scan. I did not upgrade because as I recall at the time, it was $1449 for the Active Scan. So I used the one that came with it and bought a mount for my trolling motor. I have an Ultrex and since it runs pretty continuously, I think I get interference. It doesn't interfere so bad it's unusable but it gets scattered, particularly on side scan. I'm far from expert and not very techie so maybe I just don't know. Now Active Scan is over $1600. I think I'll just give my entire bank account to fishing stores and they can give me back what they don't need. Lol.

Plumb...I hope you are sitting down...how does $6,200 grab you! I was thinking it might have been around $4,200...as I do know these models command a fairly high price nowadays. It sure was tricked out! The one thing I could not determine very well upon my inspection was where a person would stash the battery(s) to power some electronics so that they were out of the way and "underdeck" somehow. They did consider some wiring access ports...so those were in place where they ought to be.

They had a clever double tackle box drawer in front of the seat, below deck and under a hatch, and when you took all the stuff out I suppose you could stick in in there but with that kind of design and thoughtfulness you would think an engineer would have considered a dedicated area. There is always the aft deck recess, where you could place batteries in crates or ammo totes with a quick disconnect, which is perhaps what most fisherfolks would do.

Sweet set up! Thank you for your post about the Kayak and Bike shop as well. I spent some time on their web site and they sure do have a ton of inventory!

I was in our local Traverse City, MI "kayak shop" yesterday to purchase some simple "Fastex" buckles and backpack webbing straps but also spent about a half hour drooling over a Hobie Pro Angler 120 they had in stock with the "360" pedal flapper option installed. A salesperson assisted me with some specific questions after I mentioned that I was somewhat interested. Probably a mistake on my part, as I then found out that it was the only one they had, and were not expecting any more until next June! In other words...act quickly!

Thank goodness I have a fairly solid stance, because when the gal mentioned the "out the door" price I nearly fainted! I tried my best not to appear surprised, and took it in stride as if it was like a decision whether or not to add bacon to a cheeseburger. No sweat...what's dreaming without an occasional case of sticker shock!