My solution for a portable fish finder

[John Doe]

I am somewhat pleased with how this turned out. I bought a $20 ammo box from Academy to be the platform. Drilled a few foles and mounted the GPS puck and mount for the 798C Si. The transducer sits inside the box with a worm clamp with a 1/2" nut driver used to mount to the motor.

It's a bit of redneck engineering but should serve me well in a rented jon boat or whatever I decide to get for small water fishing.

You can't keep an Alabama boy down.

[SeaRay]

I presume you keep a small battery in the box also to run the DF? Good idea I'd say.

[BluegillHunter]

Hey neighbor, way to go... looks good. Now, let's go fishing. (I have an extra jon boat if you need to borrow one).

[John Doe]

I presume you keep a small battery in the box also to run the DF? Good idea I'd say.

Thanks Searay. Actually, I plan on using a small 12V ad placing in the box. I have two bricks in the box to keep it from sliding around right now.

I have an exide 24 class batter running the motor and HB. Since buying the GPS puck, this battery doesn't seem to be enough for more than 4-5 hours dependent on the wind and other factors.

I also have an issue with the motor giving interference to the SI beams. I did some searching ad found I a not the only one with this problem. The only place I can mount the ducer is on the motor, and the "digital" power feature of the Endura Max motor is the culprit. It does not interfere with Sonar or DI.

[Crappieawlogist]

Can you take pic of that on the boat sometime?