160 ads from 12 fish finder brands in the Meta Ad Library, 159 running now.
12 fish finder brands have 160 ads in the Meta Ad Library between them, and 159 of those were running when we read it on October 23, 2026. Below is a page of creative from each, what formats carry the category, and how long the ads that work stay up.
Fish finder buyers want to see fish before they cast, so the ads that sell offer a pocket unit, a forward facing sonar lesson, a repair instead of replacement, and used boats that already carry one.
The library count is everything a brand has published on Meta. The active count is what was delivering at the read. The ratio between them is the account’s posture: a large library with a small active share is a brand cycling hard, and one where nearly everything is live is running a small curated set.
| Advertiser | Ads in library | Running now | Read here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishfinder Coach | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| HawkEye Electronics | — | — | 6 |
| Barnes Bros Marine | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Meta Ad Library, read October 23, 2026. Library and active counts are Meta’s own.
Single image leads at 48 percent of the 40 creatives read here, with video at 33 percent and carousel at 20. Shop now carries 40 percent of the calls to action.
The median creative here ran 54 days and the longest was still up at 467. Run length is the closest thing to a public performance signal these libraries publish, because nobody keeps paying to deliver an ad that is not working.
The longest-running ad from each advertiser, in its own words. These are the ads someone kept paying for.
View Your Fish Finder Anywhere OnboardHawkEye Electronics · running 467 days
2025 Lowe fm 1675s with mercury 60 hpBarnes Bros Marine · running 261 days
DONT REPLACE IT-REPAIR ITClear-Cast · running 161 days
Eagle Eye 9 ProtectionSonar Shield · running 157 days
1988 Alumacraft 16' fishing boatSteve Kephart · running 125 days
2018 Yamaha R 1000John Murphy · running 120 days
5 percent of these ads open with a question, 40 percent put a number in the first line, and 0 percent lead with an emoji.
One page of creative from each advertiser, newest reads first. Every card carries the brand that ran it.
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Hooks, landing pages and run length for each
Every creative, with its copy, format and run length
Announcements, drops and restocks.
Every creative, with its copy, format and run length
The scroll decides in a second or two, so the product goes in the first frame, in someone's hand or on someone's body, not after an intro. Single-image leads in this category.
A review, a creator trying it, a real buyer’s routine: customer voice carries a claim further than the brand can. Run several voices against each other and keep the one that sells.
A bundle, a first-order discount or free shipping turns interest into an order. 8 percent of the fish finder ads here lead with a price in the ad.
Broad targeting with strong creative beats narrow interest lists for most product brands now. Feed Meta your catalog and purchase events, and spend your time on new creative rather than new audiences.
The median fish finder ad here stayed up 54 days. Give a new ad a week of spend before you judge it, then retire what is not getting results and write the next version of what is. The advertisers with the most live ads are the ones testing the most.
This page shows 40 creatives. Meta lists 160 for these advertisers, and 159 are running right now. Sprites' proprietary marketing agent reads every fish finder ad running now, writes and designs ads for your product in the styles that sell, and runs them on Meta, Google and TikTok once you approve.