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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?
In my opinion, you need one in both places. The one at the console for easing around and scouting areas and depths and one on the trolling motor for marking fish, locations and maintaing depths. I presently do not have one at the console, only a GPS. I am shopping right now the put one on the console. I am wanting to mount my HB 798 on my console and putting a 858 or 859 on the front...There is an option of using one unit and moving it when you need to, but I personally don't think I'd like doing that.....Just my opinion:twocents
You will need two. Put the 800 series on the console and at least a 500 series on the troll.
It is your only option.
I have my HDS 8 with SS at the console, and both transducers mounted on the transom, and use the big motor to scout areas, etc., at idle speed. The 8 is on a ram mount so I can rotate it around to see it from the bow as needed. I have a HB 5" with gps on the bow with the transducer mounted on the Terrova/IP. I can see both screens when seated in the front.
Yes you can. You need to buy another transducer and mount for the front of the boat and just move the unit back and forth. I'm like these other guys though, you need to get 2 units. Buy the time you buy the hardware to do this, you can just about purchase another unit.
I have the Garmin GPS 740S on the center console and a small Lowrance elite DSI on the trolling motor. Tried it for a while with just the Garmin and wore the paint off the floor going between the front and console :)
I use the front Lowrance mainly for depth, but it shows excellent structure also. I bought the Lowrance DSI mainly due to the transducer. It is made perfectly for a trolling motor and the cable is small enough to run down the shaft of the Minn Kota.
Thanks to all for your input. After thinking about what was said I have to agree that it would be a pain moving it from the bow to the console. Since the one I have at the bow for trolling went out last week I think i'll replace it first with HB 597HD DI and go fom there. Once again a big THANKS and a MERRY CHRISTMAS to all.
Go with the biggest you can afford on the troller. you send all your time there thats where you need the biggest screen to see the fish..find the brush ect, with the console but use troller to find the fish on the brush
All you have to do is have on unit, two transducer's and a switch. Mount unit at console in a ram mount so you can turn it around when up front, one transducer on trolling motor and one on transom. The SWITCH is the key to the whole thing!! It switch from one transducer to another as needed. Call Hummingbird, they'll tell you all about it. It is very nice, why have to units?
how do you fish turned around backwards all day to look at your unitQuote:
Originally Posted by jighooker
That's the best way to longline troll. The I pilot guides the way and you glance from time to time to make sure nothing is in front of you. I use a split screen with half GPS and the other sonar. This way I can follow my track right back over fish or structure. A side imager is only effective in a small window of speeds and it is better served when using the outboard.
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.
I tossed that idea around too. So many variables. Money, type boat, boat set up, where will anglers fish from in set up......................etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJH
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.
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by TnT
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiedaz
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.
Well......I tried out my new Elite 7 this past weekend...To make a long story short, my experience with it was not good at all. I think I may have even made up a couple of new cuss words. BUT, I am going to give Lowrance 1 more try so I can honestly say that I gave it an honest try. I am returning it and getting another Elite 7 to replace it with. Maybe I just had a defective unit so I'll find out this weekend how I am going to like it. But I will say the GPS did a pretty good job!!