Ruger, Remington, or Savage ???

[BearLakeFishGuy]

I've got both Rugers and Remingtons and I find NO difference in accuracy, reliability, etc. I like your way of thinking. Get the Remington AND the Lowrance. However, when you're in Cabelas, look at the Bottomline 5100. I was looking for a new finder a couple of months ago and was going to get a Hummingbird 565. I then COMPLETELY changed my mind and bought the Bottomline Tournament 5100. The screen is 7" wide which is about twice that of the Hummingbird I wanted. I looked at the Lowrance 125 with a 5" screen too. Anyway, since buying the Bottomline, I've been impressed. They had some problems a couple of years ago with some quality control issues, but have since dug themselves out of the hole and many of the walleye pros are running Bottomline units. Anyway, the finder I mention above was $199. I absolutely love it. It is by far, the easiest finder to use. Very intuitive and I hardly had to read the manual (however I'm a "techy" person and read it anyway). I have fished with it about a half dozen times and love it more each time. You'd be surprised, but the 2" difference in screen width between the Lowarnace 135 and Bottomline is quite a bit. The power on the Bottomline is 2400 watts versus 4000 on the Lowrance, but I haved fished in water 130' deep at Bear Lake this summer and could easily see my jig. Plus it tracks the cannonballs nicely too. Check it out for yourself. Maybe that's save you another $100+ dollars and you could buy some ammo for that Remington! []
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