Hi guys…i’m new to the forum and figured i’d give my input on the LMS-480 comparison to the Fishmark 480. There is a huge difference in the two of them. The peak to peak power on the Lowrance X135 (lms-480) is 4000 watts while the Fishmark 480 is 1500 watts. I had called Basspro and they recommended bottomline and a garmin. I wasn’t pleased with the woman I spoke with and called Cabelas. Cabelas put me on the line with thier product specialist. He told me that the Lowrance unit is very hard to beat. The power that unit produces will make the difference. If you think about it…if your in a river there obviously is trash and other things…like the mud mixed in the water…that will soak up the signal and eat the power up. End result..less signal penetrating the water with the transducer picking up much weaker signals from deeper water. The way I look at it…harder to detect fish near the bottom….bottom structure…etc. That’s why I went with the Lowrance unit. If the highest price you wanted to pay was the Garmin price….i’ve heard nothing but good about their fish finders.

See you guys in the forum
Joe

Decatur, AL