whens the bite?

[gnelson651]

The transducer is thru the hull. I use a cut pool noodle with a cut out for the transducer. The noodle is gooped to the hull but I use marine grease to set the transducer in. That way I can easily remove the transducer and replace the grease as needed. It works like a charm.

The only draw back to thru the hull in the kayak is that the water temperature is no longer accurate. It reads the temperature inside the hull and not the water temp. I noted this when I first installed it. It took about a half hour to come up to the water temp but continued to increase beyond the water temperature. At that time the water temp was about 72*F but the reading settled at 80*F. It was a warm day and that would be about right for the temperature inside the hull.



The transducer in the pool noodle with a velco strap to keep it in place.



The 12v alarm backup battery is in a bicycle dle bag. The bag is velcro'd on the underside of the kayak to keep it off the bottom.



I can pull out the battery carrier to easily install it and then store it away in a neat package.



The fishfinder is mounted in the front using a scotty mount. The transducer wire is install thru a wire seal.
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