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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | DMcMusky - The SI transducer is centered on the transom and ~4" above the bottom of the boat. So the motor can't obstruct the side beams. I have had no problems with views from either side. The motor jack plate and motor actually help protect the transducer from damage, i.e., if the wind pushes the boat backwards into a stump, rock reef, dock, etc.
I prefer the 150' setting most of the time. The last pic below shows a small hump w/ cabbage weeds & fish (white streaks) ~100 off the left side. With regular sonar I wouldn't have seen it. I didn't have to drive over it ~ spook the fish. Just switch to split screen SI + GPS mode, turn right 180 degree around go, using cursor back to the spot I marked the screen shot from and I'm sitting ~100' from that hump, drop the trolling motor & start casting.
The first one is a spine that tops out at about 50'. Again you wouldn't even know it was a spine with out a whole bunch of passes with regular sonar. Look at the bottom transition details etc. Again there are fish and bait on this hump. You can also see some of the bait on the regular sonar (left side screen split) and the larger fish as white streaks in the SI view. These were walleyes....
The attachments below are somewhat degraded in quality because I had to reduce the size & save them as jpg's.
Al
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