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I've had garmins before fishing the Keys and 10,000 Islands and found them highly inaccurate.  I'd be running a narrow channel and the garmin showed me on land - not good.  So with my last two boats I've gone with navionics friendly brands - Simrad and Lowrance.  I put a 7" Lowrance on my 16 Redfisher and sold the garmin that was on it.  There are foks on here that swear by garmin though and you may hear from them.  You will also hear a lot about FL Marine Tracks, especially for running the Keys,10,000 Islands and other places like Crystal River that require local knowledge.  Problem is they recommend a 9+" screen to really be effective and a south FL or north FL cost $450 or $650 for the whole state.  I haven't been on a boat with one so I can't recommend but maybe you can get a ride with someone who has one.  BTW, where are you located?

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I've had garmins before fishing the Keys and 10,000 Islands and found them highly inaccurate.  I'd be running a narrow channel and the garmin showed me on land - not good.  So with my last two boats I've gone with navionics friendly brands - Simrad and Lowrance.  I put a 7" Lowrance on my 16 Redfisher and sold the garmin that was on it.  There are foks on here that swear by garmin though and you may hear from them.  You will also hear a lot about FL Marine Tracks, especially for running the Keys,10,000 Islands and other places like Crystal River that require local knowledge.  Problem is they recommend a 9+" screen to really be effective and a south FL or north FL cost $450 or $650 for the whole state.  I haven't been on a boat with one so I can't recommend but maybe you can get a ride with someone who has one.  BTW, where are you located?

I am located in south Florida, Miami. I’ll be fishing biscayne bay, flamingo, Florida keys. 

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On 4/15/2019 at 9:09 AM, Jorgerivadeneira said:

I am located in south Florida, Miami. I’ll be fishing biscayne bay, flamingo, Florida keys. 

I’m running a HDS9 on my ‘10 redfisher 18 mounted on top of my console. You won’t be disappointed, I primarily fish Chokoloskee and the 10k islands. The best thing I did was get rid of the factory Garmin. I can get picks tomorrow if you’d like!

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The best unit I had on my Bonefisher was a Lowrance HDS 7 at one time. Had I kept the boat, I might have upgraded it to an HDS9 or SIMRAD NSS EVO model. If I had the room on my current Pathfinder, I would be upgrading my current Raymarine Axiom 9 to an Axiom 12 or an Axiom Pro. I personally feel that the Raymarine Axiom/Axiom pro units are on par or better than the similar Simrad units, and are slightly easier to use.

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