I have a 2005 stratos 201xl and was adding the 898si unit and was needing to know where are people putting their transducers at?With the money these things cost is there a good place to mount these out of the way?Thanks for any help.
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I have a 2005 stratos 201xl and was adding the 898si unit and was needing to know where are people putting their transducers at?With the money these things cost is there a good place to mount these out of the way?Thanks for any help.
alot of people are hooking them to there jackplate. just make sure it's high enough to be out of the water on plane. It will save you about 200$. Get on bassboatcentral.com and look vandenburg he's the si king apparently.
You won't have 2D readings for depth on plane mounted on jackplate, but if you have a thru hull ducer for 2D you'll be fine. The plate is the only safe place to mount a side imaging transducer.
A lot of folks are putting their S I units on their trolling motors. In this way you can shoot under docks & the likes which is very handy. If you get a unit with an external antenna you can put antenna at front of hull & unit in dash or Ram Mounted beside console & when you return to a marked waypoint you'll always be facing it which I personally prefer. Way easier to find something marked off shore than with the antenna mounted in the rear of the hull.