side imaging

[Shellkat]

Ok, my wife would shoot me if I bought two. What I was getting at if I a transduser on the back to use while driving, then spin my unit around to see it from the front and drop my trolling motor, will it work better if I had a tranducer on the tmotor . Thought moving the unit from front to console would wear out the connection points.Is there a switch that would alow to switch between tranducers?

[Duayne]

I have the Lowrance so I don't know the Hummingbird details but I know about the technology they offer at their site. A quick glance at their site shows they sell NMEA2K Ethernet accessories. This is an Ethernet switch:
AS ETH 5PS :: Humminbird

What this will do is allow you to plug different Ethernet devices together and match the ones you want together. An Ethernet device could be a head, transducer, motor information link or maybe a GPS antenna. This tells me you can do what you want through this switch.

I don't know if their transducers are Ethernet native or if they need an adapter. There would be extra cables as well. With Ethernet, you would probably only be able to select one transducer at a time, but that sounds like what you want.

You will also have to deal with the side imaging being turned and twisted constantly as the trolling motor turns versus reading the one in the back that will always show the side imaging with the direction of the boat. It probably depends on the lakes you fish as to whether it would be worth the TM mount or not.

[JUSTINHALL]

To answer your question, yes you can just turn it around. I use to do this with my Raymarine C120, I would pivot it so I could see when casting for stripers on the front deck. The down fall it what you are looking at on the screen is at the back of the boat not the front where you are at. It is not recomended to mount on trolling motor becuase it is going to be all over the place when you turn your motor left and right. With standard down scan its not that big a deal becuase its still seeing the same image straight down, but with side scan its all over the place when you turn the trolling motor.
If you are in deep water, it being in the back is less of a problem than if you are in shallow water you will just always have to keep in mind it is reading at the back of the boat.
I too have the lowrance vs the Hummingbird but its the same principal.
The side scan works really well, I personally bought the Lowrance because of the structure scan but the side scan works very well. Now Hummingbird has the 360 scan but I just dont see myself putting that big pole on the back of my boat.

[Shellkat]

Thanks for the info, think i will mount it on the back and after a few trips I will get use to it.Left is right, right. I want it to chase striper schools

[Duayne]

Thanks for the info, think i will mount it on the back and after a few trips I will get use to it.Left is right, right. I want it to chase striper schools

One on the back will do the trick for you. If you turn the unit around then left will be right. You are correct..

[Duayne]

I think I remember a "flip" feature on my Lowrance where you can have the right on the left and left on the right. I wondered why they had this and now I know. Does anyone know if the Humminbird. has this? That means with a couple of clicks you can turn the unit around and left will be left, right will be right.

[Shellkat]

So the side imagining wont work well setting still

[Duayne]

No. They usually do well at 2-6 MPH. Now Humminbird has their 360 deal now and that is a REALLY cool deal. It's like a radar that sweeps below the boat all the way around to give a full 360 view under behind and in front of the boat. The beam sweeps so you could be standing still and get a good 360 view under the boat. Here's a link to their 360 page..

Humminbird: America?s favorite Fishfinder ? the leading innovator of Side Imaging technology

[Shellkat]

That transducer stuck down in the water below your lower unit looks to me to be asking to get ripped off in some instances. Do you have another while your moving

[Duayne]

Yes, you would install the one that comes with the side imaging for use while running the big motor and drop the 360 in when on the trolling motor.

[HURRICANEBOB]

When I had my 20 foot pontoon, I had one unit that pivoted to be seen from bow or helm. Was a simple down unit. Worked good for me when working jumps, or downpoling in creeks, or when throwing lures in the dark in Spring at Stripers working the bank.

I agree with all others, though, a 360 unit would tell you where they are after they go down better than a simple down unit. Even with knowing where they went after they went down from a surface feed, you'd have to be moving pretty fast to keep up with a roving school. My philosophy has been that if they are working a particular area, or a particular type bank, or channel break, or flats area, I don't much care where that last school went. I'm more interested in using the fishfinder to locate the bottom terrain, and getting a headsup when the next school shows up at that location.

I just never had much luck chasing fish, I have had a little luck (pic) finding a good area, good terrain, good pattern using a simple down unit. And then just giving it a little time for the dinner bell to ring. Pic shows the unit and how I had it mounted.

[Shellkat]

1198 plus 360 scan equals getting my dinner plate broke. The way I like home cooked meals would be bad. Now I could go on a diet but sleeping outside is another issue