| The Garmin Fishfinder 250 is Garmin's latest | | | | JWR I fish in both fresh water and salt water, |
| addition to their family of marine chartplotters, | | | | and the Garmin 250 works well in both situations. |
| handheld GPS, fish finders and GPS sounders and | | | | FFR Did you notice better performance in |
| its already gaining a great reputation amongst the | | | | shallower waters? |
| angling community. | | | | JWR I have the version with dual-frequency sonar |
| We met up with Johnathan W Ross, a surgeon | | | | which is made for deeper waters, to a depth of |
| and keen fisherman to find out his views on the | | | | 1500'. There is a version of the Garmin 250 with |
| new Garmin 250. | | | | single-frequency which will be better for shallow |
| FFR How long have you had the Garmin 250? | | | | waters, and its cheaper too! |
| JWR I purchased the 250 fish finder as a | | | | FFR Have you customized your 250 fish finder? |
| replacement for my obselete Garmin 160 fish | | | | JWR I have connected a Garmin GPS receiver |
| finder. I have had the 250 for six months and I'm | | | | (which I bought separately) to the unit. I can now |
| more than pleased with it. | | | | mark waypoints directly from the Fishfinder's |
| FFR How do you find the display compared to the | | | | keypad. |
| Garmin 160? | | | | FFR So is the 250 a fish finder that is easy to |
| JWR The display on the Garmin 250 is much | | | | use? |
| more detailed than the 160. It has twice the | | | | JWR Very easy. It works out of the box, so no |
| definition of the older model which means that | | | | complicated set-up. It's very slim so it doesn't get |
| what you see on the screen is in great detail. | | | | in the way when its mounted - I've got mine on |
| Something called Depth Control Gain gives really | | | | the bow. Its mounted on a swivel so that it can |
| detailed images. | | | | be viewed from any angle. The buttons are easy |
| FFR Do you fish different types of water? | | | | to use, too, even with gloves on. |