Mr.Gadget
Old Mossy Horns
Setting up my new boat. About to take the plunge and get some units. The unit I'm looking is a Hook2 9 triple shot. After reading all the info and looking at rigging along with past units like that I find that most the large transducers are mounted on the back of the boat high out of the water running due to spray and they just don't do good. What I find is they run a splitter to use a bullet transducer or shoot through bottom on a glass boat. For the aluminum boats they say use a bullet or use a second small unit to get depth running. Most every brand say the only thing that works above 5 to 6 mph is 2d basic units or that part of a upper end with second transducer.
Want your thoughts on what to do. I have another small unit hook 4 that worked good. Was thinking about mounting the Hook 2 9 center on the console and mounting the hook4 on the right side for use at speed and mount the big side and down scan higher out if the water above the bottom of the boat. The GPS on the large unit used at speed.
That is what Lowrance and I see several other units recommend being done.
It is not as big a deal if say it was on a bigger glass boat. I guess a lot has to do with the boat, shape and design of the boat.
But all the units that I have looked at state the side and down do not work or are not designed to work at speed, just GPS and 2d.
Thoughts? Would like to see how some of you mounted the transducers on a aluminum boat.
This is a seaark 2072 15 deg V. It also has factory-installed flotation pods and transducer plates on each side.
Want your thoughts on what to do. I have another small unit hook 4 that worked good. Was thinking about mounting the Hook 2 9 center on the console and mounting the hook4 on the right side for use at speed and mount the big side and down scan higher out if the water above the bottom of the boat. The GPS on the large unit used at speed.
That is what Lowrance and I see several other units recommend being done.
It is not as big a deal if say it was on a bigger glass boat. I guess a lot has to do with the boat, shape and design of the boat.
But all the units that I have looked at state the side and down do not work or are not designed to work at speed, just GPS and 2d.
Thoughts? Would like to see how some of you mounted the transducers on a aluminum boat.
This is a seaark 2072 15 deg V. It also has factory-installed flotation pods and transducer plates on each side.