Ok so Im trying to get my fish finder ready for Ice.. and I need to build something (prob using pvc) but I want my transducer to be in the ice hole look down… what does eveyone do for there transducer??? thanks in advance…
where are you located? I have a set up ready to go i wont be using it this year i now own an ice ducer. what type of fishfinder you setting up for ice?
Get a hold of TD he has plans of what you are looking for… (TubeDude)
If you have the “skimmer” transducer, it is easy to mount to a PVC T connector, as shown in the pics from posts I put up sometime back on rigging an ice fishing sonar bag.
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The transducer unit is screwed to a “T” connector on the bottom end of a 1/2" PVC shaft.
Hey Petty… I am actually over in Wyoming.. 
So Im probably not to close to ya! But Thanks a ton.. and Tube dude Thats what I was looking for just a PVE T! I got the Law x135 and I havnt been able to get the thing to work yet. I think its because my Transducer is always just down the hole. (sideways..upside down.. etc!) at least I hope thats why I have had so many problems!
Funny thing about sonar systems. They only look where you point the beam and they only display what they see.
**Always best to position the transducer so that it shoots straight down. You get a more accurate reading and the fish you see are actually under the hole and not several feet away. And, if you have real time display and enough wattage you can see your jig in relation to the fish and what they are doing. That can result in a lot more hookups. Most ice anglers miss seeing a lot of light bites, but if you know the fish are on your jig you can anticipate better and watch for a “change in the force”. **
OK, so my experience w/ using LCD’s on the ice is that the LCD got too cold and pretty much seemed to respond almost not at all. It wasn’t that cold (20) but that thing shut down. Maybe my 320 will play more nicely in the cold.
I was invisioning having it in a cooler with a heat pack in there with it to keep the screen from freezing.
Yours ever freeze up?
This is why I like my Vexilar, only problem is. Mine doesn’t have zoom on it. so I am excited to use the zoom on my FM320. But, I don’t want it freezing up on me.
any tips?
**There are several “tricks” used by ice anglers to keep their electronics functional in the cold. First, do not leave your sonar and battery in the back of a truck on the way to your fishing spot. Keep them both as warm as possible as long as possible. **
Second, always run your sonar with the backlight on. Not much heat, but anything helps.
Third, keep the battery as insulated as possible, and even put some of those hand warmers in the container if you have them. Cold batteries do not run higher wattage sonars very well for very long. I have had mine shut down while tubing in cold weather, even though when I got it home and checked the voltage it was still up there. Come to think of it, I don’t operate at peak efficiency in real cold conditions my own self.
**I have used the FM320 at below zero conditions. Just be sure to pack the display inside the container when not in use. **