side imaging ?s

Hello all, Got a side imaging question or 2 for yas if someone could help. We are no doubt about it going to get either the 997 or the 1197 unit but were wanting to transfer it back and forth from our bass boat to our catfishin boat so we know we need a lot of extras so we can just take the head unit from one boat to the other. There is a problem we seem to be runnin into when talkin to folks bout the si units though. They all pretty much say the transducer needs to be mounted below the boat somehow so you get the full effect of the si unit. Well I just don't see how folks do that without tearin it off the boat. If it were mounted on a trollin motor it would get damaged bouncin off trees, hit any debris tear it off the boat. As for when it is on the catfish boat were constantly slammin debris in the river when the river is up. Not on purpose but it happens. is there a way to mount a transducer where it wont get wacked with the way we fish. We would love to mount through hall on both boats but from what I hear that doesnt work for the si graphs. Any help would be appreciated.

The parts that you are needing are the following for a setup on another boat for the 1197 or the 997.

PC-10 (Power)
ASGR-16 or the ASGR50 (GPS)
XHS-9-HDSI-180-T (Transducer)
GM-2 (Mounting System)

You can mount your transducer high up on the transom of your boat to keep from knocking it of and just mount another transducer for running and add a Y cable. We also do offer a Thru-Hull transducer for side imaging. What I mean by that is drill a hole in your boat and run the shaft of the transducer up through the bottom of the boat. You just can not epoxy a side imaging transducer in your boat due to the beams coming out of the side of the transducer.