How to Optimize Transducer Placement on Your Boat During Installation

Transducer placement is extremely important to mark fish at speed. Transducer placement and mounting is the most critical step to sonar performance, but is given the LEAST
amount of attention by most boat owners. Improper transducer placement can lead to false readings on your fish finder from bubbles from your props turning. Each boat is going to have a different optimum placement for the transducer but try to avoid rivet lines, drains and chines on your boat. This video shows my Humminbird transducer installation on a Ranger 600 series Boat.
Transducer Installation, no matter who performs it, will NOT be perfect
the first time! To get the best performance from your fish finder, the transducer must be installed, the boat ran, the transducer
moved slightly and the boat ran to see the new results. Continue until you
have the BEST installation location and height to mount your transducer.

[@ericcaira7338]

In general, the TI units are faster in response to inputs. This is seen when quickly switching between sonar, downscan, chart, and split screens czcams.com/users/postUgkxeAxH15LxhjGlg5-CRYqjTGTEH0tbY4vk recommend The Hook units will show some lag on button pushes and screen switching. The big ticket item though is maps. If you install a mapping card such as Navionics or the free C-Map Genesis which has a lot of map detail, then moving around the map with the cursor or when running down the lake can lag significantly on the Hook units, but is seamless with the TI units.

[@philweir3108]

I use a mounting plate - drilling that many holes in a $100,000 boat just doesnt make sense to me either

[@daveengstrom9250]

I couldn't really see how you lined up the transducer . Watching you drill holes is not what I was looking for.

[@ryank5388]

Could you install a side imaging transducer in that location, such as Garmin gt 56?

[@rickysmith2248]

Why drive the drill bit all the way through? Just asking

[@carproots]

nice holes in your boat :)

[@2SD251Jim]

I would have put mounting block on and mounted transducer to that

[@gewglesux]

agreed.

[@natereilley1670]

So, where would you install your Mega SI transducer?

[@Bigwaterfishing]

just to the right of my jackplate where the pad is flat

[@frantyf]

@@Bigwaterfishing why Did yoy install MEGA SIDE in that place in the bottom of the boat intead of the right side ? Thanks

[@FrostieV]

Avoid drilling at all cost. Stern saver or other brand mounting block.

[@gewglesux]

Thats what i did.

[@terrybull4604]

Silicone a piece of plexi or lexan

[@jssonsheedy6283]

Drilling holes in your boat is really unbelievable this day and age, it’s terrible advice, use a mounting block.

[@Bigwaterfishing]

When you have had many of the same rig and know exactly where it needs to go, it works. A transducer board still requires 2 holes

[@clenilma100]

In general, the TI units are faster in response to inputs. This is seen when quickly switching between sonar, downscan, chart, and split screens czcams.com/users/postUgkxeAxH15LxhjGlg5-CRYqjTGTEH0tbY4vk recommend The Hook units will show some lag on button pushes and screen switching. The big ticket item though is maps. If you install a mapping card such as Navionics or the free C-Map Genesis which has a lot of map detail, then moving around the map with the cursor or when running down the lake can lag significantly on the Hook units, but is seamless with the TI units.