Work longer hours and get a HDS.

Another HDS like me. Stupid thing is though after you get each one setup exactly how you want them. You install them the other way around and the settings are all up the shyte so you have to stop and swap them back. Well that was us Saturday anyway. Reminds me to label them.

If you already have an HDS then get another one, you can share the sonar screen and other NMEA info along with being familiar with operation of the units. To me the Elite series are very awkward to operate and has extremely slow map redraw, like painful slow and dangerous when running at night having a blank white screen blink for a few seconds between zooming.

Go for a fish with a mate that has a multi HDS setup, then go for a fish with a mate that has an Elite, pretty sure you'll be asking for the Elite mate to drop you off back on land so you can go back to work :)

Ive got a Elite 7 HDI. The sonar is good I think - certainly better than the much cheaper Garmin 400 I had. It shows fish sign ok, in the usual arch shape. At 20 knots, theres some interference from the prop wash, but still shows the bottom and fish sign, if any!