Your Best Ice Fishin' Buddy

Finding fish under the ice is one of the biggest challenges of ice fishing. Using a quality sonar with sidefinding capabilities helps point you in the right direction, especially when targeting fish that travel in schools. Bottom Line's Fishin' Buddy is a self-contained electronic fish finder that's both lightweight and portable.

Available in two models (#2255 and #1200), both units weigh less than 5 pounds and operate for up to 40 hours on three C batteries. Both units also feature a multi-view screen that simultaneously provides both side and bottom views. And once you locate fish, the bottom view displays the depth of the fish and its reaction to your lure.

Bottom Line also makes a carrying case to protect your Buddy in frigid ice fishing conditions. They make an Ice Fishing Bracket designed to hold and position the Fishing Buddy right over your ice hole.

Portable Sonar System

I can think of few fishing situations where sonar doesn't offer an advantage. A sonar unit helps locate structural elements, evaluate underwater cover, and even find fish. My graph usually is the first thing I turn on at the beginning of a trip and the last thing I shut off at the end of the day.

Many anglers, though, continue to fish blind in some situations. Might be their flat-bottom boat they only use in the river that's too shallow for their big boat. Or maybe it's a fly-in trip to a remote Canadian lake. Whatever the situation, a portable sonar system can help you find and catch more fish.

One of the best portables I've found is the Bottom Line Fishin' Buddy. This self-contained unit weighs only five pounds and runs for up to 40 hours on three C batteries. Best of all, the unit is easy to mount on any boat -- no holes to drill, no wires to run, and no suction cup transducer.

The durable C-clamp attaches to the transom or gunwale of any camp boat, johnboat, or canoe. An optional bracket even allows the Fishin' Buddy to be mounted to a float tube. With this portable sonar unit there's no excuse for fishing blind -- it works anytime and anywhere you want to fish.

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