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Location: Nordeast Minneapolis | Two seasons ago, I thought I was being brilliant by having a depthfinder-only unit installed on my dash next to my GPS-combo unit... so I could have a full-screen map up on the GPS unit, and full-screen depth on the finder. I took it in to a local shop to have the install done, which they happily did (and charged a FORTUNE for!). First couple weeks of fishing, I could NOT get the things to work right... I assumed there was something wrong with the depth finder. Eventually we discovered the two were interferring with each other, and there was nothing I could do to get them to play nice. Ping speed, sensitivity settings; heck, even aiming the transducer for the combo unit straight back out of the boat didn't help. Eventually I scrapped the whole system and got a widescreen humminbird. Very expensive lesson for me.
Are you absolutely certain you can't make the transducer work, mounted on the trolling motor? Maybe other bracket options would be available. In my experience, mounting both transducers to the back of the boat is more likely to end in frustration than success. |
