Need advice on Livescope pole for boat??

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03-07-2022, 12:12 PM
BlackjackMN

Need advice on Livescope pole for boat??

I bought the Livescope Ice fishing bundle and now need to get it mounted onto my boat a Alumacraft 165 competitor with a full windshield. Intially I'm going to leave everything in the bag, and set it between the consoles but I need a pole to put the transducer on. Looked at Fishing Specialties and Summit poles but was hoping someone had some experience and advice, which pole is best?? Looking to mount it using the Alumatrac system on the right side of the console.

Some of the poles slide up and down, some you swing when you're moving, which is best? Are any of them strong enough to just leave on when you go down the road??

I don't want to mount it onto the trolling motor because I want to be able to also use Spotlock and on a windy day the trolling motor is moving all over....

Thanks for the advice guys!!!
03-07-2022, 12:17 PM
SuperDave336

I'm not sure any of them your gonna wanna leave down. That's like leaving your trolling motor down. The Fishing Specialties seems pretty easy to just pull up and sit on floor. Not familiar with the Summit.
03-07-2022, 12:58 PM
BuckeyeCrappie

Yeppers, I have a fishing specialties mount and it’s great. Home Page - Fishing Specialties Inc
03-07-2022, 01:53 PM
BlackjackMN

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

Yeppers, I have a fishing specialties mount and it’s great. Home Page - Fishing Specialties Inc
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Buckeyecrappie, Thanks, a picture is worth a thousand words!!

I can see that you'd just slide it up when you're using your big motor to goto a different spot. How about when you go down the road, do you take it all the way out of the mount?? How hard is that??
03-07-2022, 02:11 PM
BuckeyeCrappie

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There is a little black tab that slides over the black sleeve that sits down inside the mount. It rotates left and right. See picture.

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03-07-2022, 02:11 PM
BuckeyeCrappie

I remove it completely and stow it on the deck.
03-07-2022, 04:16 PM
huntersdad

I copied the shut up and fish Mount as a diy project.. the only downside to what I made is it's hard to get the pole perfectly plum in and out in left and right every time but you can deploy it and just raise when you want to move to another part of the lake you don't have to put it away every time.

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03-07-2022, 04:22 PM
huntersdad

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This is how my travels down the highway. It's safe,secure and out of the way.Attachment 420985 Attachment 420986

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03-07-2022, 05:59 PM
Fishfood123

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Need advice on Livescope pole for boat??

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I put mine on a pole that is mounted to bottom of trolling motor bracket. As it is in picture is how it rides down the road, The 90 fitting and stub piece come off so it is just the straight stick of pvc. It stows with the trolling motor. I sit with spot lock and The hose reaches back to my seat and I spin the hose to rotate the transducer shaft. Borrowed ideas from a bunch of different people. I have version 2.0 in the works that utilizes 1 inch OD stainless tube and a stainless pillow block and bearing that should be stronger and smoother to rotate.

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03-07-2022, 06:04 PM
Fishfood123

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03-07-2022, 06:45 PM
M R Dux

Podunk Ideas DaDucer Apparatus

Great product PLUS Rickie (rnvinc) is a Sponsor here and has answered more technical questions about marine electronics than all the rest of us put together. I have two of them on my boat.

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03-07-2022, 09:52 PM
rnvinc

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Need advice on Livescope pole for boat??

da’ducer apparatus® fixed mount rotatable shaft model has generic horizontal and vertical surfaces that can be used in a variety of different mounting ideas ... (comes with a 6ft shaft but can easily be shortened) ...

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(fixed mount rotatable shaft-model) - Podunk (po dungk) A small isolated town, region, or place that is regarded as unimportant. . . .

Here using a simple Ram mount ...

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Here using a simple modification plate addition to use in an Excel boat Etrac system ...

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da’ducer apparatus® fixed mount rotatable shaft model can be raised out of the water for moving to new spots .. and can also be set into a non-rotatable position for specific use scenarios ...

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Rickie
03-07-2022, 10:47 PM
kingbasser69

check out seelite 2.0 transducer mount
03-07-2022, 11:25 PM
Eagle 1

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This came on my boat . Going to try it before swapping to the one above . Anybody want to swap shoot a pm. Attachment 421031 Attachment 421032
03-08-2022, 06:41 AM
BlackjackMN

I ended up putting in an order for the Fishing Specialties mount yesterday. Not cheap but it looks well made!!!

Thanks for the advice guys!!
03-08-2022, 10:27 AM
dhaire

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And I love my converted wireless remote trolling motor. Removed inop head and foot and affixed the transducer to the shaft. Deploy like a trolling motor, although now so light no effort, then the remote to target the brush/fish.
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03-08-2022, 08:52 PM
moskeeter56

Have the Livescope pole by Seelite. I would recommend this, it is heavy well built and adjustable.

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03-09-2022, 06:24 AM
BroKenneth

This is a great thread! I’m impressed at the level of ingenuity you guys display in making something to fish with. If you spent that much energy on something that made money, you would all be millionaires. :)

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03-09-2022, 10:44 AM
darcie1

But is money really that inportant.
03-09-2022, 06:18 PM
BroKenneth

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But is money really that inportant.

No. Fishing is much more important.

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03-10-2022, 07:29 AM
BlackjackMN

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Originally Posted by moskeeter56

Have the Livescope pole by Seelite. I would recommend this, it is heavy well built and adjustable.

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Looks like a good sturdy option but I see by their website that they are out of stock.
03-10-2022, 09:37 PM
Les Young

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Originally Posted by darcie1

But is money really that inportant.

Evidently it must be real important or we'd be spending the money on manufactured stuff wouldn't be building all of these poles out of pvc. :biggrin
03-12-2022, 09:14 PM
huntnfishnguy2014

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I did a diy pole mount I found on YouTube from KansasAnglingExperience. I’ll link the video if you want to check it out, it’s in his complete install video but worked out very well for me!

COMPLETE Garmin Livescope Install FOR MY DAD!! (Total Surprise!) - YouTube

https://www.crappie.com/crappie/blob...f-ed6f15d5e7cb
03-13-2022, 11:19 AM
Les Young

I saw a Venzo bench mount bike repair stand on amazon that i think would work really good as a pole mount holder. I thought about buying one myself & installing it by the helix & garmin at the bow & it would make it a lot closer to the trolling motor than the front of the passenger rod locker which would be easier to line up on structure & also more accurate to cast to fish or structure either one. They also have one that the actual head unit where it clamps resembles the seelite a lot.
03-13-2022, 04:38 PM
kingbasser69

Got my seelite Friday only waited 6 days
03-13-2022, 06:42 PM
Fishfood123

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Version 2.0 stainless. Much smoother and stiffer than my PVC version. Might order another dry run bearing block I used on the pvc version to slow and hold the rotated position better. Had to drill that block out to accommodate the OD of the 3/4 pvc conduit so it is too large for 1” stainless tube now.
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03-13-2022, 09:38 PM
Les Young

Well i ordered the bike stand so i'll find out how good of a pole mount they make.
03-14-2022, 06:30 AM
LAHooligan

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I made this one to try the pole option (I've gone back to trolling motor) and it just clamps to gunnel. There's a release button that allows the pole to rotate and lock in at different angles or just pull off and the base remains on gunnel. Attachment 421617 Attachment 421618 Attachment 421619

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03-14-2022, 09:21 AM
Les Young

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Attachment 421643 This is the one I ordered. Supposed to be pretty sturdy so we’ll see how it goes. I’ll put a locking collar above & below to clamp around the pole & probably use Velcro or something like that on the quick clamp screw to be 100% sure that it doesn’t open unless I want it open. Should work pretty well though.
03-14-2022, 10:49 AM
BuckeyeCrappie

:ThumbsUp
03-20-2022, 07:31 AM
Les Young

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I haven't clamped the actual pole i'll be using yet because of painting it & still have to put the transducer on it but the bike stand is going to work real good. I can swing it more towards the front than i could having something right in front of the rod locker. I also redone the d i y garmin mount to accept a scotty mount & i added a sort of d i y bounce buster/ stabilizer to it for when lying down & running the lake then simply raise mount & tighten handle & start fishing. The pole will lay across the deck rioght behind my flipping seat on my stratos when stowing.There are also two holes that i'll put a bolt through with washers & a nylock nut on when i 'm 100 % sure on the depth i'll run the pole at then i won't have to use the quick screw handle at all. Attachment 422248 Like i said not the actual pole but you get the idea. :biggrin
03-23-2022, 03:30 PM
osok

I also used a bike stand and mine works very well.