New sidescans are getting cheaper every month, and their features really do **** over old models - the one I describe in
this thread is a great little unit, doesn't need a towfish and turned out to be very useful.
What sort of bottom, and how large a search area do you have?
Searching for 'sidescan' and 'side scan' will locate several threads on the subject.
Cheers,
Rohan.