Humminbird shopping list

[Danny2072]

Hello all

my wife was nice enough to buy me a new trolling motor for fathers day.
I'm getting the 80# terrova ipilot link:-)

I figured since I'm going to have a fancy trolling motor, why not get the most out of it and buy a fancy fish finder to go with it.
So I'm almost sure I want the humminbird 1199ci SI combo and the 360.
So far I know that I'll need a 5 port Ethernet switch and two Ethernet cables.
I was hoping yall might give me some advice on other things I might need to get this hooked up.
Im still unsure about the 360, I know ill wind up knocking the transom mount 360 off, I'd prefer to have the one that mounts to the trolling motor. But from what ive read, it dosent work on electric steer motors.

Any information and advice is much appreciated

[kosmo]

I want to show you this picture to give you an ideal of what to expect from the 360.in this picture the bottom dept is about 22 ft. Theres a circle
With a 20ft. mark on it .that 20ft. mark is the offset that I choose.
In this senerio if you have a twenty ft.boat with the 360 mounted on the rear with the water dept 20 ft, the bottom reading that you see were the water column meats the bottom is twenty ft. from the transducer.to see structure on the bottom out in front ,it must be at least twenty ft.
Now imagine moving the 360 to the front?

[BobB]

Kosmo.....I think I understand what you are getting at.

The 360 on the transom makes it easier to hold the bow over the structure which might otherwise be obscured by the water column?

I have been thinking that the 360 on the bow would increase your forward view by 20', but have not been in the boat with a 360 to actually use it.

[Danny2072]

So your saying with the 360 on the stern, your actually able to pick up structure closer to the bow?

[kosmo]

Yea, both of you are corrrect in all that you posted.so a persons preferred fishing method should be considered when deciding what mount location would be best while using the 360.(Yes the bow mount will have increased foward range,but will not be the best way to go for a vertical fishing technique) and of course money should be considered. The bow mount is alot cheaper

[kosmo]

I just thought id post so to make clear that the water column to the bottom is not straight down,but is actually down and out.depending on the dept

[Danny2072]

Thanks for that info kosmo, we spyder rig mostly. Seems like it'll really be effective for that, might even save me some grief and tackle from those pesky trees at reelfoot.

Im kind of worried about installation tho, my boat is a 2008 20/72 tracker grizzly, it's got conduit running from the starboard side console to the bow. Will it hurt to run the transducer cable, Ethernet cable in the same conduit as two power power wires for the 1199 and bow navigation lights?

[Danny2072]

My trolling motor wires are on the port side, but I was unsure if I'd get interference from those two power wires

[kosmo]

Do youu nos someone that has a sc unit?if you do you might want to go out on real foot with them,just to see how affective sc will be on that mud bottom there.(hard bottom makes these units work the best)
Theres always a possibility of getting interference,might want to experiment with cable location
I no that running into something with the 360 is always a big concern,especially in a lake such as reel foot.
While in real shallow water I run my transducer pod no lower than the bottom of my boat and it still works just fine. Actually it can be run a little higher than the bottom and still work.

[kosmo]

Whats the deepest water that you will be scanning in ? If its like 10 ft. ,that won't affect you much having the pod on the front