Best Sonar Fish Finder Reviews

 If you are new to fishfinders, you may be asking yourself what exactly a Sonar fish finder is. On the other hand, if you are an experienced angler, you may be wondering which is the best sonar fish finder. We will answer both of those questions below.

What Is A Sonar Fish Finder?

Conventional fish finders are only able to search vertically under water, while a Sonar fish finder is able to search in every direction, including sideways. This makes Sonar fish finders a high performance tool capable of searching around your boat in each direction.

The photo on the left will give you a better idea of how a sonar fish finder is able to scan the water. As you can see, the Sonar fish finder scans the water not just straight down, but all around in every direction. This gives the angler superior insight about what lies beneath the water.

Now that you know what a sonar fishfinder is, let’s take a look at some of the best sonar fish finder reviews.

The Best Sonar Fish Finder Reviews

i) Humminbird 1199ci HD SI Combo Sonar Fish Finder

When putting together our best sonar fish finder reviews we had to include the HUMMINBIRD 1199ci HD SI Combo as one of our top 3 sonar fish finders.


The Humminbird 1199ci HD SI sonar fish finder comes standard with a generous 10.4″ screen that is powered by an LED backlight. Some of the 1199ci’s main features include Down Imaging and Side Imaging, and what Humminbird calls DualBeam PLUS that has sonar power of up to 8K Watts of raw power output. Additional standard features of this Sonar fish finder are Ethernet networking and GPS Chartplotting utilizing the baked-in Humminbird ContourXD maps.  

An in-dash mounting kit and device cover are also included with this sonar fishfinder.  Without a doubt, the HUMMINBIRD 1199ci HD SI Combo is a truly great device. However, it’s not the best sonar fish finder available.

Garmin GPSMAP 7612xsv Sonar Fish Finder

Next in line for our best sonar fish finder reviews is the Garmin 7612xsv Chartplotter/Sonar Combo The Garmin GPSMAP 7612xsv was engineered for cruisers, sailing racers, sportfishermen, and sailors who demand the highest performance, feature integration, and ease of use in a chartplotter/sonar combo. 

Featuring a 12″ multi-touch widescreen, the Garmin GPSMAP 7612xsv combo also includes Garmin’s exclusive built-in dual CHIRP sonar in addition to CHIRP SideVü and CHIRP DownVü technologies which use sonar to scan the water and produce the clearest images available out on the water. Amazingly, the internal 10 Hz GPS is capable of updating your heading and position at a rate of 10 times per second. 

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The Garmin 7612xsv Chartplotter/Sonar Combo is a fully network capable fish finder, including NMEA 2000 and the Garmin Network, and this sonar fish finder offers the luxury of built-in Wi-Fi connectivity. While this is an outstanding depth finder, due to it’s much higher price tag, we chose the next sonar fish finder on our list as our top choice.

The Best Sonar Fish Finder – Lowrance HDS-12 Gen 3

We feel that, hands down, the best sonar fish finder is the Lowrance HDS-12 GEN3 Insight Fishfinder/Chartplotter with CHIRP/StructureScan and 83/200+ StructureScan Transducer.

This sonar fish finder has an extensive list of features. Among the highlights are built-in CHIRP Sonar, which allows you to dominate the water with better sensitivity, a vastly improved in-water target resolution, and exquisite noise rejection for crisper, easier-to-see game fish and even bait fish. The HDS 12 Gen 3 delivers multiple Broadband Sounder and CHIRP frequencies all from one single transducer.

With it’s near endless list of features and competitive price (see pricing), the decision was easy to rank the Lowrance HDS-12 Gen 3 as our top sonar fish finder.

Check out this playlist on YouTube to learn more about our top pick in our best sonar fish finder reviews, the Lowrance HDS-12 GEN3 Insight Fishfinder/Chartplotter with CHIRP/StructureScan and 83/200+ StructureScan Transducer.

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