10 Reviews: Best Fish Finders for Saltwater (Apr 2024)

The Dragonfly 7 Pro is a fish finder with true Broad Spectrum CHIRP Technology, allowing Dragonfly to interpret more depth to target more fish and picture structure with unrivaled clarity. Since it has CHIRP DownVision, it works to show the condition of your bottom boat in a very clear picture and view. Because of the built-in GPS, fishing will be a lot easier.

I have never owned another fish finder before, so I have no frame of reference. It works well and the UI is good. My dealer installed it on a new boat.

by Patrick J Duffy

This is the Garmin Striker 7SV with a Transducer that has a clearer scanning solar to help you see more of what’s in the water around your boat, like objects, structure, and fish in accurate representations. You can conveniently view, mark, and navigate to any place you need since it also includes a waypoint map. It is available in three screen sizes: 3.5-, 5-, and 7-inch. You can pick the one that best suits your needs.

My first fish finder is wonderful. It helped me catch more fish ,first use. The map making is great for the strip mine lakes in my area ,way points and contours.

by Amazon Customer

This is a portable fish finder from Venterior that you can take with you anywhere you go fishing. It has outstanding features such as a backlight mode that allows you to use it at night, a fish alarm that sends you warnings when it detects fish, and a battery save mode that extends the battery life. The monitor has five user-selectable sensitivity levels that can be used to disregard small fish by lowering the sensitivity.

Works great when I fish off my kayak and also worked great for ice fishing.

by DG

Ricank is here with this portable fish finder that can be used for a variety of fishing methods, including offshore fishing, kayak fishing, ice fishing, lake fishing, sea fishing, and river fishing. It comes with a 25-foot cable and a removable transducer float, as well as a depth range of 3 feet (1 meter) to 328 feet (100 meters) below the fishing sonar transducer. It has 5 sensitivity settings, a battery saves mode, a backlight mode, a fish alarm, and a unit of measure, all of which make fishing a lot easier.

Its a wonderful little gadget that does the job. I've had more expensive fish finders and for the money, you can't beat this. I mounted in on my 14 ft fishing boat. I use it primarily for seeing depth since fish in rocky lakes and need to avoid them with my boat and motor. I can't vouch for it showing me fish yet, maybe soon.

by Dave

This is a fish finder that syncs with iOS/Android devices and can be controlled entirely with your smartphone. No need for internet because it is connected via WiFi (similar to a hotspot). Don’t worry, it has a built-in GPS that allows you to make bathymetric maps from the shore and save them to the Lake book for retrieval and review later.

I never have luck fishing on lakes. Always go home skunked. Went out today and nobody was catching any fish off the dock. I casted out 3 times with the deeper and found some structure where all the fish were hanging out. Set my bobber stop to 7 feet down where deeper said they were and was catching striped bass every cast. Can't argue with success. Glad I invested in this.

by Tom Munson

The Lowrance HOOK2 fishfinder, which has a 5″ display, is next. It comes equipped with a TripleShot Transducer and US Inland Lake Maps, enabling you to fish any lake in the United States. This gadget ensures you have more time to spend fishing and less time struggling with settings because it has auto-tuning sonar and phone-like menus. Simply plug it in and start fishing. It’s not going to get any easier. You can also save waypoints, paths, and trails to a microSD card or update your mapping with a chart card (Not available on X models).

Love this unit! Been using it a little over 2 months now and no issues. The install was fairly easy and the unit is ready to go right out of the box.

by remy

This is the Humminbird HELIX 5 fishfinder, which features a larger 5″ color WVGA display. It helps you to see what’s on the water clearly and then quickly captures the fish. It’s also equipped with CHIRP Digital Sonar, which works to reveal information that other types of sonar can’t. This system will guide you to the correct location using Precision Internal GPS Chart plotting with built-in Anima cartography.

Unlike most fish finders this one actually finds fish and the depths are very accurate. I am very happy with this.

by dave grams

With this fish finder, you can detect fish, water depth, water temperature, and even the contour of the bottom. It comes with different dept capability: cable 328feet(100m) and wireless 147feet (45m). Furthermore, with a 2.8-inch LCD screen and three color tones (Blue, Red, and Gray), this fish finder can assist you in catching more fish.

Im a weekend fisherman.. I got a small bist snd do lots of shoreline. This is perfect! I love the price and the functionality. I would not have chosen different.. There were lots to choose from

by John

This is a Garmin Striker Plus 4 with a Dual-Beam transducer that provides crystal-clear images and outstanding goal separation. It has a vivid, sunlight-readable display which ensures that you can read it clearly even on a dark day or in direct sunlight. This fish finder has a built-in GPS that allows you to mark waypoints, build routes, and display the boat’s speed in addition to detecting fish.

The unit is very easy to use and the display has no issues in direct sunlight. I also like the automatic night mode for low light or nighttime use. I am using in a kayak with in hull installation.

by Robert C.

This Garmin Striker 4 is such a great device to help you find the fish because it has so many powerful features. You won’t have to remember where the hot spots, docks, and ramps are with this fish finder by your side; it helps you to save your favorite waypoints and routes and uses a high-sensitivity GPS to easily and reliably locate your position. Furthermore, you can control the device to suit your needs using the convenient keypad.

I do like this finder. It worked very well on it's maiden launch on my kayak. I paired it with the 141 transducer mounting arm track mount. I used a Outdoor Products Watertight Box to mount the 12V 7AH Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) Battery for Piranha MAX 160 Fish Finder inside with watertight switch. It was very clear display with good contrast. I like it's size and not in the way while paddling or fishing. The you can raise it up when landing/launching.

by simpletobelieve