Tackle Week 2017: The best new rods, reels, electronics and tournament-quality fishing tools

Best portable sonar

ICE HELIX 7 SONAR/GPS

The Humminbird Ice Helix 7 Sonar/GPS does for you in the winter what the ICAST award-winning Helix series does in the open-water season—put you on the fish. I especially like the giant seven-inch screen and the ability to switch between high-speed chart and real-time digital flasher modes. Add in the eight-times zoom and jigging-mode features and you have unparalleled target separation for spotting bottom-hugging walleye, perch and crappies. And the built-in chartplotter means there’s no need to carry a stand-alone GPS unit.

Johnson Outdoors, (905) 634-0023; www.humminbird.com