Any feedback on this HawkEye Fishpod 5x or the Garmin Striker Castable??? Wife put it on her xmas list.

[zipper]

Looking for a portable sonar/fish finder to use ice fishing or from shore. https://hawkeyeelectronics.com/products/fishpod-5x-bluetooth-fish-finder?gclid=CjwKCAiAp7GcBhA0EiwA9U0mtsTpEu20nkbtFOIJoXgF1PlK6ulTgv3e_30TvfEE9NcaO-4jmWM9mBoCRQQQAvD_BwE

We were looking at a Garmin for the ice and dinghy fishing. The Hawkeye is castable but I wonder what the Bluetooth range is. https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/garmin-striker-4-portable-fishfinder-and-gps-plotter?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas|Shopping|Smart|CatchAll|General|NAud|High|NMT&gclid=CjwKCAiAp7GcBhA0EiwA9U0mtvp51kIiAenP4THRXgOsfm4lh--8OZnjBX89FIOZr8L0IqJdW9fr9xoClYUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Your thoughts?

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

The Hawkeye looks like it would be useful from shore…but the guy in the vid isn’t casting it very far. It’s a novel idea though. I was thinking of getting one of those hawkeye temp gauges that hook onto the downrigger(?) to check water temp at different depths. A neighbor of mine swears by it for Salmon fishing.

For the money, the Garmin looks like the way to go. I would think that just mounting a transducer on the dingy would allow plug and play from a superior unit, then be able to take the unit with its deployable transducer for ice fishing.

 

[zipper]

Yes, he just tossed it out. I cannot find any info on Bluetooth range. Garmin makes one too. Garmin STRIKER™ Cast | Castable Sonar
They say a 200’ range.

 

[zipper]

I just ordered the Garmin STRIKER™ Cast GPS | Castable Sonar with GPS I will review it later, once it arrives if mother nature cooperates. I know it may not be the best sonar to use in a hole in the ice, reading some of the reviews but we have been fishing from shore lately, not wanting to take the boat out in 30-40° weather. We will also use it while dingy, paddleboard or kayak fishing where we do not have a fixed sonar onboard.