How to mount a Humminbird Helix on a MinnKota Trolling Motor (SAVE Your Transducer Cable)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- How to mount your fish finder transducer cable to a minn kota trolling motor. The best way I found to help prevent the cable from breaking with iPilot. I have had this issue multiple times where the transducer cable does not get enough slack while using the spot lock feature on my trolling motor and it eventually gets too much tension and snaps.
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*Great little trolling motor **enjoyable.fishing** recommend had it hooked up to my 15 foot old town canoe and it pushed it pretty good with me and my son (220 pounds each).*
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I’ve never broken one, and I probably won’t ever after seeing this! Thanks for the quick guide!
Hope not!!😅 Thanks Aaron - appreciate it✊
Thanks for the great idea on mounting the transducer! I ended up using a 4' boat docking bungee instead of the bike lock cable. Never would have thought of this without your video.
Great idea as well - Hope this helped!!
Going to try it out. Great idea. I was stumped on trying to figure something out.
Life saver. 5 minutes to install and saved me a ton of time with trial and error. Thanks!!
LOVE TO HEAR IT! Thanks for the feedback Dan
Thanks for this video. I just mounted a Garmin ducer to my Power Drive and this helped immensely. I never would have thought to use a coiled bike chain!
Happy this helped!!! Thanks for the feedback Scott
Great idea. Ordered items, tomorrow I install. Thank you.
Awesome - Hope it works wonders for you!🙌
Thanks. I think I'm going to use a coiled air hose. But your method is ultimately going to be the outcome. Great vid bud!
Fantastic! Hope it helps - Thanks for the feedback Marcos 👍🏼
It worked great! No more punched wires! Thank you very much!
Pinched! 😆
Thanks for the tip,, I will use your setup to protect my cables.
Thanks for tuning in Dennis. Appreciate it and hope it helps!
Just broke mine this morning and quickly ordered a replacement. Fourth trip out since installing. Hope to not do this again. Thanks for the info.
Wow! That’s frustrating…. Hope this helps!!
Nice. Thanks for making this. I just bought a boat and haven't had enough time to break the transducer cable yet. This makes sense. Now I wont.
Appreciate it Chad!🙌 Enjoy the new rig!!
Awesome moving my helix 7 to the front and putting my new garmins at the drivers seat!
LETS GOOO!!!🔥🫡
Awesome doing the same thing moving my Helix 7 To the front and bottle new launch to put at the driver seat.
thanks for the great info, will be trying on my boat
You bet!!
It would make perfect sense for Minn Kota to program the unit not to go more than 720° (two revolutions) before reversing.
Thanks, great info.
Thanks Gregory!
I like the idea but looks like the bike cable and transducer cable have enough slack to get into the prop and tear up both
How long is the bike cable?
Para un bote pequeño y es el mejor motor eléctrico que e tenido muy poderoso y ahorra mucha energía le doy un 10 de 10.
Thanks for the video. I like the wire jacket also. I fish a lot of shallow spots with weeds. My only concern is does the bike/transducer cable catch the weeds easily?
I never had issues with the cable catching but, I probabaly haven’t fished the heavy weeds you’re referring to… might have to be a trial and error to see.
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First off I had the hummingbird helix seven for my understanding should hook right up. So this looks like a good way to mount that. I'm fairly new to the minnkota fish finder and the trolling motor itself. Again I set up. What was the length of that bike cable?
Awesome idea! Seen the same concept using coiled PVC 1/4" air hose used as a split loom. What about removal of the TM? I noticed the quick release bracket. How does this work in conjunction with that?
Would have to just unplug the cable from the finder.
Broke my first cable yesterday.
Hope this helps prevent that from happening again!
Genius
Hope this helps!
Is there a reason you used the clip instead of running the bike cable through the transducer mount?
Just curious on how you replace the transducer cable only??
Curious....how long is the cable you're using? One I found is 6' for a 60" motor drop (pontoon) and it seems tight at extension. Could probably shorten the depth, but need to get the motor in the water. Thanks for the video....watched about 10 and due to the Terrova spot lock collar, I couldn't use the channel, so this was a lifesaver.
Happy to help!!!
You’re going to want an 8’ for a little extra slack!
@@AmpedUpAngling Thanks bud...tight lines... 😉
@@brian4jc777 you too my guy!
are you using the standard transom transducer that comes with the Helix on the trolling motor?
I'm replacing a transducer cable. Does it really matter which side the bike cable is on. That would help me alot to know that.
Hey Phillip, I don't think it should... However I have only tried the way I have it done in the video. Thanks for tuning in. Hope the video helps!
I heard I shouldn’t use the teardrop Tranducer for using Di on the trolling motor, have you had any problems
None yet!
Why not hook one end to the anchor/loading strap loop on the front of the boat?
Can give it a shot!!
Why couldn't you run the cable inside the shaft?
Probably could if you’d like, I’ve never done that before so not sure what that would look like. Let me know if you do this and how it goes!
Hey man how long was the bike lock cable you used also how thick was it ?
Believe it was a 6’ coiled cable, not positive on the thickness!
@@AmpedUpAngling do you find that you could go with a shorter cable like a 4 ft ? Also would a 7 ft cable be too big ?
Great video, great idea! What is the quick connect mount you used for the graph?
Thanks!! Graphs are on RAM mounts.
I was wondering what keeps the excess cable from being sucked into the prop? Is the bike cable coil strong enough to keep it from sucking it in? If your trolling at 2 mph, seems the excess would get pulled into the prop? Maybe I am just missing something?
The coil from the bike cable keeps it out of the way.
You ever fished turtle lake? I’ve seen some big pike and walleye caught out of there.
No - It’s on my bucket list to get to though!! So many lakes, so little time………..
@@AmpedUpAngling yep, you ever fished jackfish lake, it’s the main lake I fish
@@oskar.h3227 Negative. Know lots that go there, just hasn’t been a main lake for me to head to
I thought you just need the unit and use transducer on trolling motor.
And the cord doesn't wrap around the bottom of the shaft just above the transducer when spot lock does the unnecessary 360 degree or more spins?
Nope! *not in my experience with this method.
So when the trolling motor is up can you still use the fish finder to see the bottom when you run with the big motor?
So what happens when the bike cable gets tight?
It doesn’t! Or at least the bike cable I use doesn’t as it has enough length and coil yo always have a little slack.
Did you end up with lots of interference? I put a mega side imaging on my Terova trolling motor And the picture is not that great. I’m thinking interference from the motor or the bike cable? What do you think?
I had no interference! Not sure what might be giving you that issue…
@@AmpedUpAngling thanks for the reply. I’m gonna try adjusting the noise filter I have a feeling that might be the culprit. If that doesn’t help I’m going to be really making sure my trolling motor wiring isn’t anywhere near the transducer wire. I did change the noise filter over the winter when I had my helix on ice mode with the ice transducer So now that I’m on my summer transducer I may have to change the noise filter setting
Does no one use transducer on the trolling motor itsselff
where is the exact bike lock cable u bought cause i ordered one and it doesn't come back lol
This one was from SportChek!
where did you get the power cord/adaptor from?
Hey Jerry, the power cord is just the general Humminbird one. Let me know if you're referring to something else? Thanks!
How long is your trolling motor shaft?
54” shaft
Do you ever have a problem with weeds
Is that a 4ft cable 🤔
Referring to the bike cable?