Do you use a fish finder?

Steve on sheppey · 30 January 2019, 10:01

So I'm going from my trident kayak over to my newly acquired sun sport hybrid, the kayak had a hummingbird fish finder fitted, as I've potentially sold the kayak without the finder, thought I'd mount all the hardware on a plastic box, but where to put the transducer ?
I'm thinking somewhere around the transom, anyone else use one, have pictures how they did it

jeffstevens763@g · 30 January 2019, 17:09

here you go

jonp · 30 January 2019, 21:57

Here in Aus most people mount them where it shows in the bottom photo, in the U.K. many people mount them inside the hull shooting through it. Mine is mounted externally and holds bottom at my cruise speed of 40kmh in 300m of water. I do pick up bottom in 700m using the 50khz but 200khz holds better at speed in waters less than 300m.

IainK · 31 January 2019, 06:24

Hi JonP, May I ask which unit you have as I need to upgrade to a new unit from an old Eagle as I get the refurbished RIB ready for a spring relaunch please? Cheers Iain

jonp · 31 January 2019, 10:26

I've use Lowrance hds units for around 10years+ and currently have a gen 3 12 inch screen. The smaller 5 hds also picked up in deep water and at speed etc, the more resolution the screen has the better they show fish, hence the big screen.

These days most manufacturers are very close in what they make in the way of Sou dears and plotters in my opinion. What I like about my unit is that it's Ne now more like using a phone for intuitiveness. Personaly I've found hummingbird to be the trickiest to work through the menus.

Lowrance, Simrad, Garmin and raymarine are the most popular here. I prefer navionics charts even though I believe they have been bought by cmap.

Which ever make you decide to go with, there are normally a heap of help videos on YouTube to help get to know how to use them.

jeffstevens763@g · 31 January 2019, 10:45

pic of my setup showing the transducer which is screwed in place you can have it on a G clamp off the transom or some do a strap around the tube but i'm not a fan of that system of course with solid hulled boat there's hull mounted and shoot through

jonp · 31 January 2019, 19:48

It's hard to see from that pic but it looks like itsmounted quite low. I have mine virtually flush with the hull with a slight tilt forward ( screwed to the hull where yours is ).

jeffstevens763@g · 31 January 2019, 20:01

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Originally Posted by jonp

It's hard to see from that pic but it looks like itsmounted quite low. I have mine virtually flush with the hull with a slight tilt forward ( screwed to the hull where yours is ).

No mines the same jonp it's a skimmer transducer ideal for Sib'S ratchet kick up bracket