Post by jsn on Jan 23, 2016 6:57:21 GMT -5
I have a 998C SI at the console and a 859HD DI at the bow. I bought the DI because I like to jig for crappie and read that the dedicated DI transducer delivers a better image then the SI transducer. I have an extra SI TM transducer because I use to move the 998 back and forth from console to bow which was kind of a hassle but it got the job done. So when I decided to get into stripers and I was reading on this forum how alot of guys utilize SI for finding bait and I thought it would be convenient to have SI at the bow. So I jumped right into making an aluminum bracket that would support the SI transducer. My plan was that it would be a temporary bracket I would put on when throwing the net and when I was done I could stow it. As it so happened I had quite abit of aluminum stock and fairly quickly fabricated a pretty decent bracket for the transducer. I then had the realization that I wasn't completely sure that my idea would work because of the different transducers and signals that the graph would need to coordinate. So I called Humminbird and explained to them what I wanted to do and they confirmed that my plan would work. I did have to order the TS-3 transducer switch but everything else I need is already on hand.
So I take the bracket with the transducer already mounted and cable neatly secured down to my boat to to figure out how long the downrod would need to extend to be in the water and under the keel of the boat. Once again I have a revelation,
as I look at my Terrova I notice how much room there is on the actual trolling motor and wonder if I could fit the SI ducer behind the DI, off comes my neatly secured SI ducer from my newly made bracket and sure enough it will fit. So then I take the trolling motor off the boat and take it to my shop where I then proceed to disassemble the TM to route the transducer cable through the slot in the shaft. The building of the bracket that I eventually didn't need took about 2.5 hours. The disassembly of the TM and cable routing took about 45 minutes.
So I what I have now is DI and SI on the trolling motor and SI at the transom. The two SI transducers are going to be controlled by the TS3. No need to for the bracket now that the SI transducer is neatly and permanently mounted to the TM. I also have the shoot through the hull high speed ducer for when on plane.
Lessons relearned
#1 Slow down #2 Think it through from start to finish #3 There is usually a way to do it if you think about it long enough
So I take the bracket with the transducer already mounted and cable neatly secured down to my boat to to figure out how long the downrod would need to extend to be in the water and under the keel of the boat. Once again I have a revelation,
as I look at my Terrova I notice how much room there is on the actual trolling motor and wonder if I could fit the SI ducer behind the DI, off comes my neatly secured SI ducer from my newly made bracket and sure enough it will fit. So then I take the trolling motor off the boat and take it to my shop where I then proceed to disassemble the TM to route the transducer cable through the slot in the shaft. The building of the bracket that I eventually didn't need took about 2.5 hours. The disassembly of the TM and cable routing took about 45 minutes.
So I what I have now is DI and SI on the trolling motor and SI at the transom. The two SI transducers are going to be controlled by the TS3. No need to for the bracket now that the SI transducer is neatly and permanently mounted to the TM. I also have the shoot through the hull high speed ducer for when on plane.
Lessons relearned
#1 Slow down #2 Think it through from start to finish #3 There is usually a way to do it if you think about it long enough