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| Put it on the console, you will actually use the side imaging that way. There are two big issues trying to use the 798 on the front, the first is trying to read the side imaging while fishing with that 5 inch screen. Try turning the simulator on, putting the depthfinder at your feet and take two steps back. Now try to figure out what the screen is showing. I have a 997, fish out of the back and really don't even bother with side imaging while I am fishing, but wouldn't trade it for anything to search with.
The second major issue is in mounting it to the front. You will probably try to run the transducer on your trolling motor. The issue arises when you move the trolling motor head, it will change where the side imaging is actually reading. Picture a T going thru the water with your boat being the stem (|)and where the side imaging is reading as the - or top part of the T. Every time you need to adjust your trolling motor, it adjusts where that - and maybe is shooting off to (pointing / or \ instead of _) and you have to keep in mind which way your trolling motor is pointing to understand what your side imaging is showing.
Searching with the side imaging before you fish is really the point, without an interlinked system you might not being able to fish on that waypoint that same day, but you also wouldn't find it without the side imaging. Double edge sword I guess. The sonar doesn't work like radar where it will constantly update the area around the boat. It works best driving between 2-5 mph, and going straight. I know I don't run the trolling motor that quickly either. | |
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