04-12-2005, 03:49 PM
Greetings from Texas ya'll,
I have been lurking and reading this forum for some time. I am in the process of outfitting my new tube and I have gotten several good ideas from this forum. I decided to join and add another idea to the pile.[
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Thanks to TubeDude for the idea of mounting my sonar in the pocket of my FishCat 4. I was originally going to do the plastic bucket and strap configuration until I read about the pocket idea.
I was looking for something to mount my sonar on and stumbled across this at my local Home Depot. It is a drop-in drain for irrigation systems. It is a PVC drain grate that is about 4-1/8" in diameter and 1-3/4" tall. Cost was about $1.95.
As you can see I have attached my Humminbird Piranha Max with high tech bailing wire. I will create a flat spot on the bottom of the ribs if I have any problems with the unit moving from side to side. You can see that there is a place to put the wire underneath though I am not sure if I can get all 20' of the transducer cable to fit in here along with the power cable. Only problem that I have seen so far is that the ribs are too close for the cable ends to go through. I will probably have to cut out a rib to resolve this problem.
I have not taken this out for a test run yet but I will get out soon. Hope this helps somebody - I know I have gotten lots of help here.
Your mileage may vary, batteries not included, not warranties expressed or implied are given.....
WoollyBugger
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I have been lurking and reading this forum for some time. I am in the process of outfitting my new tube and I have gotten several good ideas from this forum. I decided to join and add another idea to the pile.[
]Thanks to TubeDude for the idea of mounting my sonar in the pocket of my FishCat 4. I was originally going to do the plastic bucket and strap configuration until I read about the pocket idea.
I was looking for something to mount my sonar on and stumbled across this at my local Home Depot. It is a drop-in drain for irrigation systems. It is a PVC drain grate that is about 4-1/8" in diameter and 1-3/4" tall. Cost was about $1.95.
As you can see I have attached my Humminbird Piranha Max with high tech bailing wire. I will create a flat spot on the bottom of the ribs if I have any problems with the unit moving from side to side. You can see that there is a place to put the wire underneath though I am not sure if I can get all 20' of the transducer cable to fit in here along with the power cable. Only problem that I have seen so far is that the ribs are too close for the cable ends to go through. I will probably have to cut out a rib to resolve this problem.
I have not taken this out for a test run yet but I will get out soon. Hope this helps somebody - I know I have gotten lots of help here.
Your mileage may vary, batteries not included, not warranties expressed or implied are given.....
WoollyBugger
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[inline mount2.jpg]
[inline mount3.jpg]
[inline mount4.jpg]
[inline mount5.jpg]
[signature]