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Post by vthokieluke on Apr 7, 2015 16:02:49 GMT -5
I would like to see the area of water just off the bow of the boat so that I can mark bait and throw my cast net on them. Right now my transducer is located inthe back of the boat and by the time I've seen the bait it's too far behind me to net. I'm toying with the idea of buying a less expensive fish finder and mounting the transducer to my trolling motor in a semi-forward facing position. Has anyone had any success with this? Does anyone have any advice on this subject?
As always, thanks for your help. Cheers!
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Post by striperjohn on Apr 7, 2015 18:00:32 GMT -5
Been there done that lol. Problem is the transducer tranmits a 20 degree cone. Lowrance used to have an 8 degree cone but I have not seen that in years. If you project your tranducer (mounted in a front looking mode) you can sort of tell what side of the boat the bait is on but distance is way deceiving that way. I messed around with it years ago and gave up.
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Post by Happy Camper on Apr 7, 2015 20:10:18 GMT -5
I have one rigged upfront but it is tilted forward only slighty,helps when bait is schooled up deep.you don't always hit them,but it can keep you from throwing on blank water.No help at all when they are shallow.You need something that you can tell the difference in bait and brush though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 20:54:45 GMT -5
I would like to see the area of water just off the bow of the boat so that I can mark bait and throw my cast net on them. Right now my transducer is located inthe back of the boat and by the time I've seen the bait it's too far behind me to net. I'm toying with the idea of buying a less expensive fish finder and mounting the transducer to my trolling motor in a semi-forward facing position. Has anyone had any success with this? Does anyone have any advice on this subject? As always, thanks for your help. Cheers! Before I put a transducer up front, I would simply reverse around coves. It was quite amusing to see me bobbing and weaving backwards. I eventually could time it so that as I passed over a ball, I ran up to the front, threw and could get em pretty good. I still use this technique but now I have my front transducer and sidescan to tell me where to throw and I'm much more accurate now. However, so far this year, my best success has come from finding where alot of bait is then just blind throwing into areas that I think the big shad would hang out. Around docks, points, etc. And blips... Well they are the gold standard. Throw at them no matter what. |
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Post by striperjohn on Apr 8, 2015 5:25:45 GMT -5
VT,
I work with a buddy on my boat who watches my back SS and DS and I reverse the boat until my front DF lights up. But just using that 20 degree cone, unless you're in shallow water <10 feet it's a guess which side they're on. I even tried blanking part of the transducer out with some foil, LOL, what a disaster that was! I had major noise splatter on my screen that looked like one gigantic rock in the middle of the water. We sometimes forget that the transducer sends AND receives. LOL
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Post by vthokieluke on Apr 8, 2015 14:40:22 GMT -5
Thanks for all the feedback. When circulating this question around my friends it turns out one of my buddies has a friend who is an engineer with Lowrance. I'm going to reach out to him and I'll be sure to post what I hear back.
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