Quote Originally Posted by rnvinc View Post
wannabe is correct that aligning your xducer with the water line on your boat is a good way to make sure the xducer is parallel with the water's surface ...

Outboard lower unit blockage is a common challenge with SI xducers on a transom with no jack plate to move the motor back out the SI beam ..

Tilting the motor up usually eliminates SI blockage ...

Do do you have anything mounted to the opposing side of the transom ..(ladder, speed sensor, another xducer, live well screen) ...??

Rickie
I didn't when I was testing but my trolling motor is transom mount.