Thread: Mounting a depth finder

I have a 500 series on the front of the boat for tight linning, hooked up to the minn Kota built in transducer, on my console I have my 798 si sd and I bought a extra power cord and an extention for the transducer, a friend gave me an old base so now I have the base mounted so I can hook up the extra cables and put the unit in the back cup holders on my Carolina Skiff when we troll for stripers or long line for crappie.

Originally Posted by DJH

Where do most mount a fish finder such as a HB 899ci si or something along these lines. Would you mount it on the trolling motor to find fish while trolling or would you mount it at the console to find fish while scouting an area. Is there a way where it could be used in both places? At the console to find an area and then at the bow to troll a selected area?

I tossed that idea around too. So many variables. Money, type boat, boat set up, where will anglers fish from in set up......................etc.

I ended up with 2 858c units. One on the transom for running or scouting, and one on the bow for fishing. My thoughts were I want to see the same thing from the console as the bow. There are many configurations of available units right now, enough to make a man say a few ugly words. Here is the simplest way to do it....................................well I typed a bunch of stuff and saw where I got way off topic......so I deleted it. Sorry, just not a simple quick answer here. Run what you can afford, or save up for what you want. Humminbird/Lowrance.....................doesn't matter other than initial $$ costs. Read the manuals, weed through the crap you read, and put some time in on the water for yourself with any unit you decide on.

All that said, buy a Humminbird with the biggest screen you can afford for console and bow when you can that has mapping and sonar/DI/SI or any combination.

Shinerunner pretty much hit the nail on the head. I have always been partial to Humminbirds and they are fantastic units. But I just ordered an Lowrance Elite 7 I'll be putting on the bow of my boat and the Humminbird 798 will be on my console. The initial cost is what made me go with a Lowrance unit this time. Going to be interesting to compare the 2 in action.

Originally Posted by TnT

Shinerunner pretty much hit the nail on the head. I have always been partial to Humminbirds and they are fantastic units. But I just ordered an Lowrance Elite 7 I'll be putting on the bow of my boat and the Humminbird 798 will be on my console. The initial cost is what made me go with a Lowrance unit this time. Going to be interesting to compare the 2 in action.

Happy new year to all , I got a lowrance 7 HDI for christmas and trying to decide front or console,I have older one at front already and at console with GPS,don't know how good the picture will be at slow trolling with the new HDI ,if I put it up front?

Originally Posted by crappiedaz

Happy new year to all , I got a lowrance 7 HDI for christmas and trying to decide front or console,I have older one at front already and at console with GPS,don't know how good the picture will be at slow trolling with the new HDI ,if I put it up front?

I can't answer that question until next week. I put my HB 798 on my console and installed the Elite 7 HDI on the front of my boat today. It will be Thursday at the earliest before I will have a chance to try it out, but I am expecting that it work just fine on the front.

Thanks ,Good luck Thursday let us know how it does.

I have Lowrance Elite 7 on trolling motor and it shows great even better than the HDS 7 right next to it.