Thru hull puck in front

BMX Bassin · Post by **BMX Bassin** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 2:58 pm

Was thinking bout putting a thruhull transducer right at the water line in the bow of my boat. Any reason why it wouldn't work?
Thanks

BIG DADDY BLUE RANGER · Sun Apr 17, 2016 6:38 pm

If your up on pad and using it for your console graph all but the last few inches of your boat are out of the water so it wont work. If your using it for your bow graph what purpose would it serve over the normal T/M mount ducer? Plus it may end up being behind where you stand showing what you've already passed over vs the T/M ducer which is two feet in front of you. Doesn't sound like a useful idea

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 6:59 pm

I think the angle you would have to mount it at so it is level with the water/bottom would mean the signal at the rear of the puck would have to travel through more epoxy, and that might give you a skewed reading.

Champion Jon · Post by **Champion Jon** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:12 pm

My bass cat came from the factory with a puck mounted up front. It works. I have one wired to to the TM also as a spare.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:13 am

Champion Jon wrote:My bass cat came from the factory with a puck mounted up front. It works. I have one wired to to the TM also as a spare.

Does your puck face straight down, or forward?

Champion Jon · Post by **Champion Jon** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:31 am

Straight down. It looks like they built a spot specifically for it to mount. It sits pretty close to where the seat pedistal mounts. It's hard to get to though. I would not be able to change it I don't think.

BMX Bassin · Post by **BMX Bassin** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:02 pm

BIG DADDY BLUE RANGER wrote:If your up on pad and using it for your console graph all but the last few inches of your boat are out of the water so it wont work. If your using it for your bow graph what purpose would it serve over the normal T/M mount ducer? Plus it may end up being behind where you stand showing what you've already passed over vs the T/M ducer which is two feet in front of you. Doesn't sound like a useful idea

Well sounds like it has already been done so I t does work. i wanted to Keep it off the trolling motor bottom and keep away from hitting ****. And I was thinking of running 2 seperate units up front. A lowrance mounted unit in factory spot networked with my dash HDS and a Garmin with the forward imaging. And I wanted to keep the pucks away from each for interference reasons.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:35 am

BMX Bassin wrote:
BIG DADDY BLUE RANGER wrote:If your up on pad and using it for your console graph all but the last few inches of your boat are out of the water so it wont work. If your using it for your bow graph what purpose would it serve over the normal T/M mount ducer? Plus it may end up being behind where you stand showing what you've already passed over vs the T/M ducer which is two feet in front of you. Doesn't sound like a useful idea
Well sounds like it has already been done so I t does work. i wanted to Keep it off the trolling motor bottom and keep away from hitting ****. And I was thinking of running 2 seperate units up front. A lowrance mounted unit in factory spot networked with my dash HDS and a Garmin with the forward imaging. And I wanted to keep the pucks away from each for interference reasons.

It's a great idea!
Let us know how it works if you do try it.