I am going to be getting a new depthfinder (HDS 7) for the console. A couple of questions. I am a little irritated because Bass Pro only sells them with the skimmer transducer. I would just assume buy it with no transducer and pick the one I want. I have a HDS 7 on the trolling motor and I really like it.

The boat is a 2001 Triton TR-20

1. Am I better off doing a shoot thru, or external transducer mount? The current one is a shoot thru, and I get what I think are decent images. I've heard you lose some sensitivity with the shoot-thru. Do you get the same quality images at high speeds with internal vs. external?

2. If I do shoot thru will the skimmer transducer mount just as easily as the puck style? I know the temp won't work if I do it that way. I assume there is a temperature probe I could purchase and install to get temp. The two depthfinders will be networked, so I suppose I could reference the temp gauge from the trolling motor, but obviously that wouldn't do me any good on plane.



Thanks,
Micah