Trolling motor transducer

[SteveJ]

I have a little tip to pass on about the front DF that I heard about many years ago back when I thought there was only one freshwater fish in the world, bass. Most of my fishing then as well as now is/was following creek beds in reservoirs and found that if your tilt your transducer forward a few degrees it makes following the creek a lot easier, kind of like shining a flashlight beam forward to see where you are going.

[CrappieLips]

SteveJ That's the way i run mine, Just a few degrees foward, Like you said it seem's to follow creek drop offs. Especially when your looking for deeper water that comes upquick to a shallow ledge where the crappie will be suspended and come up to feed in the shallow or spawn. iIthought the same thing kind of like shining a flashlight. I'm not sure whether it does any better or not. But it work's for me. ( Have one ever noticed on your DF all the fish are swiming to the left, but every time i fish on the left side of my boat i don't catch them... where did they go ) hehe,haha.

[whizkids]

( Have one ever noticed on your DF all the fish are swiming to the left, but every time i fish on the left side of my boat i don't catch them-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Therefore for best resulst ==== Don't fish on the left side...... :D

[Tommy]

SteveJ thats the exact way that I have mine rigged up. I fish the same way you do and it does make a difference when following a creek.

[Moose1am]

Maybe Cane Pole or another mechanical genius can figure out a way to mount the transducer on a robotic swivel device and attach it to the trolling motor. Then using a remote control device you would be able to remotely turn the transducer forward, backwards and to the left and right of the trolling motor.

[SteveJ]

Maybe Cane Pole or another mechanical genius can figure out a way to mount the transducer on a robotic swivel device and attach it to the trolling motor. Then using a remote control device you would be able to remotely turn the transducer forward, backwards and to the left and right of the trolling motor.

All you have to do is turn the trolling motor to look in that direction.

[TAE73]

With the Matrix 37, with the viewer in the plan view you can also tell. If the fish is left, right or below you.

[Deacon]

Steve,
Thanks for the tip. I just put one on my trolling motor. Before I go out I will give it a tilt.
THANKS!

[J White]

have seen some scanning sonars used by commercial (saltwater) fishermen -
think Cabelas even carried a few years back, but hold on to your wallet!
Not surprisingly, they dropped them - if I remember correctly, they started
above 2 grand and went up quick from there!

[Barnacle Bill]

Maybe Cane Pole or another mechanical genius can figure out a way to mount the transducer on a robotic swivel device and attach it to the trolling motor. Then using a remote control device you would be able to remotely turn the transducer forward, backwards and to the left and right of the trolling motor.

They already have them. Bottom Line makes or at least use to make sidefinders. I had my xducer on a mount that clamped to the side of the boat. You could turn it in any direction you wanted. It was really great for looking under piers or into brush. It died and I never looked into replacing it.