Need your opinions on fish finder placement etc..

Hello, Just picked up my first fish finder a Humminbird 598 ci hd si combo and have a few questions about where to mount it etc... I've got a 16' jon boat with tiller so there's not much room to mount in the back of the boat. I'm probably gonna mount up front where I'll be fishing from. Would you mount the transducer to the transom or trolling motor? Also should I trade up to the HD transducer made for the trolling motor if I mount there? Is it possible to have 2 transducers(1 on the transom and 1 on the trolling motor) and 2 mounting positions(1 up front for fishing, 1 in the back for driving) and move the unit depending on where I need it most? All opinions are appreciated.

TM works for me

Certainly you can set up two stations for your 598ci HD Si unit. You will need another power cable, transducer and unit mount to do so.

If you are going to put a transducer on the trolling motor I would either exchange the standard one for the trolling motor version (XTM-9-Si-180-T) or for the HDSi version (XTM-9-HDSi-180-T) as these have additional shielding built into them to help counter any possible trolling motor interference issues. Contact the Humminbird Customer Resource folks (1-800-633-1468) about any transducer exchanges. The larger HDSi version transducer will give you more defined Si sonar but not everyone can see this difference on the smaller display Si units like the 598ci HD Si. The difference is very noticeable when you view it on a computer though.

Thanks for the info!