gps/chartplotter

[Dlaws]

Im looking for suggestions on the best gps/chartplotter for around 600 or 700 bucks...I have to good fish finders on the boat and therefore, Im not looking for a combo.If anyone have any suggestions I would greatly apprieciate it.

[Embrey]

probably not what you want, but i have a lowrance 337 with navionic card id let go. it needs a transducer(less than 100 bucks) but works fine. actually , you wouldnt even need a transducer if you just wanted to use the gps

[flyfish]

I have a raymarine a65 and most recently an a70d. A little more than what you're looking at, but super nice units.

[peter]

Im looking for suggestions on the best gps/chartplotter for around 600 or 700 bucks...I have to good fish finders on the boat and therefore, Im not looking for a combo.If anyone have any suggestions I would greatly apprieciate it.

I just used a new Lowrance Elite 5 for a few weeks (chart-fishfinder). Had never used gps before and this one was very good and easy to use. The maps that come with it had as much detail as fishing hot spot (paper) maps I have. They sell it with out the the sonar for about 450. A seemingly knowlegable guy at bass pro said the Garmin gps use proprietary maps which sounds bad to me. They have lowrance and garmin units you can demo at bass pro in Clarksville, IN. Did not check into Ray Marine.

[kyjake]

I have had a Garmin combination marine-road for about three years that I use fishing saltwater in Florida but don't have any charts for the lakes that I fish here or the Ohio river.It works great keeping one in the channels in the shallow bays and finding wrecks and other structure to fish in the ocean.It seems a bit hard to use the chartplotter feature but one can visually tell exactly where you are even at night.There are more charts for inland lakes and rivers that I don't have but think some of the other brands have a wider choice of software and maps for fishing lakes.
Jake