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[QUOTE]firstsixfeet - 1/16/2010  10:26 PM

To the question of raising or lowering the trolling motor in its mount, you will find you actually raise it, or need raise it in one condition, and that will be rough objects in shallow water.  You will not need to know absolute depth in most of those situations, it will be more important to be clearing the objects in front of you.

Always mount the transducer on the trolling motor imo also.  Depth is really more important relative to itself than it is as an accurate measurement, most of the time.  ie, I fish some very narrow bar tops every year and it is not important to know the real depth of the top, what is most important is to know immediately when I start to go off to one side or the other.  You rarely need to identify accurate depth.  What you frequently need is immediate info when it starts to change.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 1/16/2010 10:26 PM (#417793 - in reply to #417723)
Subject: Re: Mounting your fishfinder transducer on your trolling motor??

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Ooops, I did not want to suggest NOT mounting the front depth transducer on the trolling motor, and in fact, was pointing out the very need for accurate info, especially in poor visibility conditions. Just responding to the remark that "you can probably see bottom". I would always have mine on the trolling motor for that very reason, and I am often in conditions which limit my real knowledge of depth to the trolling motor transducer.

To the question of raising or lowering the trolling motor in its mount, you will find you actually raise it, or need raise it in one condition, and that will be rough objects in shallow water. You will not need to know absolute depth in most of those situations, it will be more important to be clearing the objects in front of you.

Always mount the transducer on the trolling motor imo also. Depth is really more important relative to itself than it is as an accurate measurement, most of the time. ie, I fish some very narrow bar tops every year and it is not important to know the real depth of the top, what is most important is to know immediately when I start to go off to one side or the other. You rarely need to identify accurate depth. What you frequently need is immediate info when it starts to change.