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DOWNSCAN TRANSDUCER MOUNTING
GOT MY LOWRANCE 7 CHIRP PUT ON TODAY TOOK ON THE LAKE TODAY DID WELL BUT GOT THE BOAT AROUND 20 STARTED TO LOSE BOTTOM AND DEPTH . MOUNTED TRANSDUCER ON TRANSOM AT BACK BUT MY TRITON HAS 3 STEP DOWNS ON HULL WONTED TO MOUNT THE TRANSDUCER TO USE AS A SHOOT THROUGH BUT WAS TOLD I WOULD LOSE MY DOWNIMAGING FUNCTIONS . ANY HELP ON TRANSDUCER MOUNTING WOULD BE APPRECIATED
MY HDS 7 DOES THAT TO AT THAT SPEED,DOES VERY WELL AT LOWER SPEED,I HAVE MY TRANSDUCER MOUNTED ON VERY BACK OF TRANSOME LIKE THEY SHOW,AND MY SIDE IMAGING DOESNT DO VERY WELL AT FASTER SPEED,BUT YOU SUPPOSE TO GO SLOW TO GET ACCERATE SIDE IMAGING AND MOST OF THE TIME I HAVE BOTH GOING AT THE SAME TIME SO I GO AT SLOWER SPEEDS AND IT DOES GREAT.
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Are you able to post some pics of your transom and transducer location ?
Hi performance padded hull bass boats are the toughest to position a transom mount transducer and still get decent sonar readings at speed. Many go with a simple sonar unit in the dash with a 2D transducer epoxied in the bilge for their high speed readings and use their Side scan or down scan units only at trolling speeds.
Brian
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