Got my 997 yesterday!! Got two ??
997 came yesterday,was able to sneak it from the front door past the wife downstaries to the man cave to un pack it.
My 797 came with the GPS inside. The 997 came with the puck. Where is the best location to mount that puck or does it matter?.
Figure I will stick the old 797 up front on the trolling motor and sale my eagle thats up there know.
I had upgraded last year to that bigger transducer the 180HD something,something to see if I got a better pic on the 797 . A little bit of a change but not much. It seems to be the same transducer that came with the 997 in the box,so one less thing to mount and run a power to the base unit. I will use the same power cord and transducer for my 997 that I had my 797 hooked to since they are run to the location I want to mount the 997.
The biggest problem I have always had was my 797 would loose bottom lock while I was running the lake. I have readjusted the transducer until I was blue in the face but never could get it to stay locked on bottom.
Will the 997 lock onto the bottom better??
If I stick my old 797 upfront on the trolling motor which transducer setup should I get for the the 797 on the trolling motor. Or should I use the 180HD one that came with the 997 and get a trolling motor mount from HB Since I plan to leave the current 180 transducer thats already mounted to the transome for the new setup
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Some pictures of tranducer mount
Here's how I had to mount my SI Transducer to maintain bottom lock on plain.