Let’s see your home made transducer poles. Thanks
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Let’s see your home made transducer poles. Thanks
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Made from PVC. Idea from Southern Reels Fishing on YouTube. He has one made for boat as well as kayak.
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I made mine to mount onto 1/4x3x3 inch aluminum angle that bolts onto a piece of al that runs in a-track and locks down with a setscrew. This track runs length of boat on both sides , so I can move it if necessary. Made it to swivel and then turn back into the boat and lay flat on front deck. Pole itself is aluminum tubing that fits inside another short section of tubing to allow it to turn.
Thanks guys. I have the stuff to build mine out of pvc, but i may end up building it out of aluminum after i figure out if the design is what i end up staying with. Where is your black box installed & how is the wiring ran? Thanks
I put mine under the console and ran cables around edge of deck to it. The transducer plug is so large I was afraid to try pulling it under the deck even though I have a rope already there for runs. After a few trips I think the cables around the edge will be fine.
If I have problems with the cables I had thought I might try to pull electrical wire tubing through under the deck and if I could get it then try the cables through it. That plug is large and if you damage it you are screwed.
I can easily mount the black box in right side rod locker & figured on running cables to head unit in wire loom up & through bow access plate to head unit> I assume this would be fine won't it?
Should be fine. Seen a lot on utube mounted there. My rod locker starts at the rear of the mid seats and just not enough room to mount closer to the front of the locker. Had another small compartment in center of front deck but it would have been a royal pain trying to get wires and cables to it.
DIY Inline LiveScope Mount. Might want to give this a look......
1.5" square tubing and an old trolling motor bracket. The pole is fiberglass with a PVC handle. Mounted the black box under the console. Attachment 416439Attachment 416440Attachment 416441
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If I were doing DIY, I would do this one.
DIY motorized LiveScope mount
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Man i like this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by tlefire
I have an old hand control trolling motor i thought about doing this with. Thanks for the pics. :ThumbsUpQuote:
Originally Posted by Mmirg
I thought about splitting a tube & welding 2 collar clamps to it that would fit the upper shaft on a minn kota maxxum.This way you could tighten it up on the shaft. Then weld 2 pieces of either flat stock or tubing to it to run out away from the shaft & weld another tube to it to be able to drop a pole with a collar on it to be able to adjust depth & mounting the transducer on it. This way it would deploy & stow with the trolling motor. It would be on the upper side of the trolling motor when stowed. Imagine a sort of an H sticking out from the trolling motor if that helps. It would be pretty light built out of aluminum or it could possibly even be done in pvc by splitting 2 Ts & clamping around the upper shaft with exhaust clamps. Has anybody done a d i y mount like this?
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Originally Posted by Les Young
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I used thinwall PVC for my inner pipe which was the perfect diameter to allow th transducer cable end to run inside eliminating having to deal with the cable picking up floating debris. I also added a"T" at the bottom which allows me to set the transducer inthPanorama positin. Other than that a simple ram mount to the boat like so many others. hope it gives you some ideas.Attachment 416626Attachment 416627Attachment 416628
Also added the stainless hose clamp at the top to be able to adjust the tension on the inner pipe. Green tape is just temporary protection from the sharp edges of the cable slot. when I am satisfied with everything I will fill the slots with spray foam to protect the cable.
How far above trolling motor should a person have their livescope transducer be so that they wouldn't see motor part of it when scanning if they made one sort of like DOFC did? I'm thinking mine would be lying straight up above when stowed.
Not an expert but I would think that the transducer looking forward wouldn't read the motor head in that configuration.:donoQuote:
Originally Posted by Les Young
Thanks. A buddy swore it would, but I’m told it won’t. Here in a few days I’ll be making the offset pole mount I was talking about. I’ll post pics when I’m done. :ThumbsUp
I "fabricated" mine a couple of years ago. I just put it back on the boat after going TM mount for a 18mos to force myself to figure out boat control. The main component was an Andantex 90° 2 output gear box. I sandwiched it between a couple of short pieces of aluminum angle to create a base for it. I oriented the gearbox so that the rotation of the 90° input shaft clockwise turned the upward and downward pointing shafts clockwise when looking down on the gearbox. I used an old adjustable aluminum tent pole for a steering rod. At its bottom end, I affixed a black nylon star-handle. At the ridge tab end, I cut the tip off and crimped on a small piece of the upward pointing shaft from the gear box. I connected the steering rod to the gearbox using a 3/8" universal joint shaft coupler. I attached a 3/8" flange coupler mounted to a 5" aluminum plate disk to upper output shaft as a directional indicator. I drilled and tapped set screw hole in a 3/8" to 1" stand-off spacer so I could mount it to the bottom output shaft. I slipped a 36" L x 1.25"OD x 1"ID carbon fiber tube over the stand-off. I clamped it with a 2-piece clamping collar. Flush to the bottom end of the tube, I epoxied and inserted about 4" of 1" HDPE solid rod. I marked the fiber tube for the retaining pin used by the Summit LS mount adapter. Beneath the base created from aluminum angle I affixed a pair of 112-LB Neodymium countersunk cup magnets. I installed their matching striker plates on an aluminum bracket on my bow. The magnets hold it securely enough to troll at reasonable speed but, will act as a break-away mount should the transducer and pole encounter an obstacle while the boat is moving. I set up an extra striker plate to securely stow the transducer pole. It's quick to deploy and stow. Very intuitive to use and easily tracks crappie even on the move or when the boat swings. I hope this helps someone with their own.
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Here's my first one, I've since built a powered one and moved it to the TM.
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Powered turret moved to the trolling motor.
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This is the one I built and use.
First pic is my main on the ranger rt188
Other pics are a portable unit built for when fishing 2 upfront so each has their own scope or for bow and stern. Also made a shorter arm to change out on the portable to allow use on the kayak.
At this point I personally don’t need any more electronics on either boat so only manual for me. Not opposed to any that do, just not for me.
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