Johnny Grew

If you like offshore sport fishing and boating then you’ve more than likely seen Lowrance electronic products. They have become a leader in manufacturering Gps navigation, Sonar, depth finders, chartplotters and fishfinders. Lowrance electronics has certainly become possibly the best known names in marine electronics among professional fishermen and boating enthusiasts of all kinds because of the wide variety of products they feature.

Having grown up at the Jersey Shore, I had spent many hours on the ocean and bays. In those times, finding fish was more chance then skill on any day. However, these days that’s all changed.

If you like offshore fishing, you would be fascinated with Lowrance Marine fish finders. They come with dual frequency sonar, 480 X 480 resolution, up to 2500 feet depth penetration, as well as other innovative functions. Fish Finders can also be found in the large screen monochrome displays. Lets face it, if you’d like to “hook” the big ones, you need to be capable of finding them first. The newer fishfinder and combo units perform a great job. The well-known fishing and boating kits can be found in quite a number of sizes, prices and colors matching various requirements. These days you will see fishfinders and combo units on anything from huge fishing trawlers to small bass boats.

What I genuinely enjoy when sailing even just in the bays and rivers is a Marine GPS. Marine GPS is easily the most well-known GPS types and Lowrance Marine GPS is at the top end of the list. The Lowrance GPS antenna is built-in on most of the GPS enabled systems so set up and use is easy. Many a time I had to offer up lame excuses for being late for supper because I sailed too far. My kids can’t get away with that today since they always know precisely where they are.

One step beyond common GPS is a Marine GPS chartplotter, which will help you remain on the course. Chartplotters also can give you advance details about the buoys and the tides. They can also be great for understanding the weather and may provide you with the sonar and radar images.

When you consider the wide range of professional grade systems on the market, it just makes good sense to add Lowrance electronics to what ever type of boat you own.