GWDawg1,
The only thing I don't like about the transom 360 is that anytime you are in a water depth that is less than the length of you boat you are unable to get the target in the center water column of the 360. The main thing with the bow mount is it only fits a foot control Minn Kota trolling motor.

If your main fishing technique in casting to a target the transom mount works fine. But if you do a lot of vertical jigging I think you would be happier with the bow mount. That is if you have the correct TM and do not plan to upgrade to the newer electric steer models.

With the electric steer TM you can buy one of Rickie's mounts for the bow, but it takes up a lot of space.

Just my .02