Thanks @papaperch. I think I’m most likely going to fish in 30′ or less. The part that I’m struggling with is if I fish next to structure the bottom might become too undefined as the large cone angle will show a false bottom. With either unit I think I would use the 16 deg angle the most, I just wonder if it would be more beneficial to have an 8 or 24 angle as an alternative.

@Mr.Beads,
I looked at that as well. I think because you have the 73sv, your kit comes with a larger case, battery, and the gt10 transducer. With that being said am not sure that justifies 2x the price. The thing I keep seeing with other traditional ice fishing units from Humminbird, Marcum, and Vexilar is that the cone angles are really all over the place (15-21, 8-20, 9-19, 12). I personally would have liked if garmin had the 8-20 as that is a good balance.

@Kayl,
When you use your GT10 do you switch between the 2 cone angles or do you find yourself just using the 8 or 16 deg angle?