How many adjust depth offset on Trolling Motor

[lungbuster]

I just replaced an old fish finder with a Lowrance LCX 38C. I have the transducer mounted on the trolling motor.

I was wondering how many of you adjusted the depth offset on your fish finders in order to get "true" surface to depth measurements? I guessing my transducer is probably +/-1 1/2' or so under water. Do I adjust for this or let it go?

[Cane Pole]

I just replaced an old fish finder with a Lowrance LCX 38C. I have the transducer mounted on the trolling motor.

I was wondering how many of you adjusted the depth offset on your fish finders in order to get "true" surface to depth measurements? I guessing my transducer is probably +/-1 1/2' or so under water. Do I adjust for this or let it go?

I use off set. Set it and forget it.

[fishman78]

I use the offset. You only have to adjust it once on most lowrance units. It is a nice little feature in you have a depth finder in front and back of the boat.

[Barnacle Bill]

I use the offset. You only have to adjust it once on most lowrance units. It is a nice little feature in you have a depth finder in front and back of the boat.

Me too.

[T_om]

OK, is this a test? Is there any reason NOT to set the offset? If your unit has the offset feature, why would you ever not use it?

Tom

[lungbuster]

OK, is this a test? Is there any reason NOT to set the offset? If your unit has the offset feature, why would you ever not use it?

Tom

I don't know, I've never had a unit that had this feature. I've made it all these years without.

I was just wondering what everyone else did.

[Barnacle Bill]

OK, is this a test? Is there any reason NOT to set the offset? If your unit has the offset feature, why would you ever not use it?

Tom

If you fish shallow waters you might want to know how much water is under the TM at a glance.

[rockmike]

I use the offset.

[LBM]

I didn't use my offset because I couldn't keep the depth adjustment knob tight enough on my Minkota Maxum with the longer shaft. I would adjust or tighten it and it eventually would always slip deeper so I didn't want to mess with setting the offset since the depth of the trolling motor was going to change. It would read apporx 3 ft shallower than my graph on the transom when it was all the way down with the longer shaft.

After damaging the shaft the repairman said he could just shorten the old shaft by about 2 inches by cutting off the cracked end of the old shaft so I wouldn't have to buy a new upper shaft. Now the trolling motor sets as far down as it can go so I could utilize the offset feature on the Lowrance but probably won't due to my indolent nature.

I've always just watched my jigs on the graph and would run them at the same depth as I was seeing the fish marks on the graph.

[Cane Pole]

Am I there yet? I gotta be getting close.......:p