ok so, tracker marine charges 200 bucks to mount a new sonar unit so i was thinking on doing it myself, and i really dont have time to haul it to nashville twice. my wife bought me a new boat a couple of years ago and it came with a lowrance elite 4x. not a bad little unit, holds bottom at top speed at about 45mph. last summer she bought me a garmin 7sv and that is what i need input on. im thinking of keeping the 4x for high speed depth reading and using the 7sv for strictly trolling and scanning, max speed up to maybe 5mph or so. so this is a 175 tracker pro v and has a step transom.
so my question is where would the best place to mount the xducer for a good scan, protection from stumps and crappie stickups, etc.
here is a pick of the factory xducer install, seems correct for a high speed skimmer install. this is on the port side.
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im thinking i would mount it on the starboard side using a mounting board above the step transom(just above where those racing stripes) and to the right maybe an inch or so of the far right, mesh covered, live well inlet. or would it be better closer to the center of the stern but not inline with the prop. thanks for any input.
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so my question is where would the best place to mount the xducer for a good scan, protection from stumps and crappie stickups, etc.
here is a pick of the factory xducer install, seems correct for a high speed skimmer install. this is on the port side.
im thinking i would mount it on the starboard side using a mounting board above the step transom(just above where those racing stripes) and to the right maybe an inch or so of the far right, mesh covered, live well inlet. or would it be better closer to the center of the stern but not inline with the prop. thanks for any input.
