Anyone using a 50/200kHz + 455/800kHz Transducer

It's supposed to be for the sea.  Deeper imaging, but narrower cone.

Anyone use one?  Any advantage to it?

If you have the Hobie Lowrance Pocket DO NOT GET IT!!!!!!!!!!! It will not fit.

It will fit, but does require some modification.  Unfortunately, I didn't realize the difference until I was half way through the install.  Would get the 83/200 if you can.

Sam

If you have the Hobie Lowrance Pocket DO NOT GET IT!!!!!!!!!!! It will not fit.

Thank you!  I ran across an Elite-5 with the 50/200 at a price too good to not consider.  Glad I asked the question.

It will fit, but does require some modification.  Unfortunately, I didn't realize the difference until I was half way through the install.  Would get the 83/200 if you can.

I'm not ready to start drilling and cutting on a transducer, so it's as good as will not fit for me.  Thanks.  (Did you manage to get yours to fit?)

I'm also very curious about this. I'm in the market for an Elite 5 Chirp, and trying to decide between the 50/200/455/800 and the 83/200/455/800 transducers.

Either unit is within my budget, and fit is not an issue (shooting thru hull of a ~2012 Outback).

I'm only concerned with performance. I understand that the 50/200 version has narrower cone angles and is superior in deep saltwater, but here's my question...

Does the 50/200 version suffer in shallower saltwater (say 10-80 feet deep) or in shallow freshwater lakes and rivers?

The only "cons" I've read about for the 50/200 are cost and fit... Any others come to mind?

Higher frequency: narrower cone, poor performance in deep water, higher detail in shallower water.
Lower frequency: wider cone, better performance in deep water, less detail in shallower water.

If it were me, I'd go with the one with 83kHz instead of the one with 50kHz. I don't fish really deep water frequently.
And by really deep water I mean 200+ feet deep.

Hmm... I mostly fish saltwater in less than 100 FOW (I'd say 80% of the time I'm in 40-80). BUT, if/when the salmon bite turns on in Monterey Bay, I want to be able to track the edges of the Monterey Submarine canyon. So the ability to track bottom in 200-400 feet of water becomes important.

That's my conundrum... I don't spend a whole lot of time in water deeper than 200 feet, but when I do it's important to see what's going on down there. There tends to be a good mooch bite out there, and the fish are often hugging bottom in deep water.

I think I'm going to give the 50/200 a shot. If I don't like how it acts in shallow water, I'll sell it and swap in a 83/200.