Not Saltwater Fishing, but Freshwater. Fitting a fish Finder.

[NICK R]

noticed mate

I just hang mine down from a sucker under my boat ,which i have siliconed on

[popeye]

Hi there Popeye here, you dont need to fit your transponder to a pole or cut a hole in your hull. I have a Garmin Fishfinder140 on my sailing yacht and I didnt feel like 'butchering' my hull so I tried fitting it on the inside bedded on a blob of silicone sealer. It works a treat!!!! I get the depth, temperature,voltage of the battery, not to mention the fish. Which leads me to answere the 'leg pullers' It might seem like cheating but seeing the fish and catching them are two differant things. First you cant see the flatties,
you also cant tell what species you are looking at so what do you offer them?
Most important is the way the instrument works, it actualy picks up the swim bladder of the fish(hence no flatties) so it also picks up small pieces of
bladder wrack seaweed. Personaly I would say that a fishfinder only increases
your chances by about 10 to 15%. I have post on the boat section which typifies the problems that can arise.
Popeye

[captain chaos]

Hmmmm, 12volt transducer aiming at your feet...not really a good idea mate,
please read instructions regarding handling a transducer...i'm not going to go into one, but transducers carry warnings...enough said, love the under water camera idea though!

[captain chaos]

Transducers can damage nerve ending's etc...wouldn't recommend it!
love the camera idea!

[NICK R]

I use one of these on my Microcat

http://www.g-comm.co.uk/product/60_h...sh-finder.html