This is a good video. I put 2 transducers on my boat. One for high speed, the other (side and down imaging) for trolling. The high speed (2D only) is on the starboard side, the wide side and down on the port side of the motor. I troll with an electric up on the bow so there is no turbulence from that back at the transom. It works well and I can read the screen at over 40 mph. It really saves a LOT of time when determining where to fish. Once I find them I switch to down imaging and troll with the electric. I had 2 boats before this one that "lost the picture" at about 4 to 5 mph and it drove me nuts. I wanted to make sure I did not have that problem again. Both transduces are connected to the Humminbird through a Wye cable (sold by Humminbird).
Ahhhhh.... It all makes sense now. I have a Regal 2500 which the previous owner installed a Garmin 742. Won't read for squat underway. I have their "Fast Trac" hull which brings air in from the side to break up resistance. The Garmin will never read correctly while underway! Thank you for the video. I now can give up. Lmao.
Awesome information there. I’ve had a particular brand of a boat that supposedly has a reputation of a dirty hull so to speak and never been able to get a good reading at speed, your comment on the trailing edge welds ( first transducer mounting video that I have heard mentioned this btw) so l ground the dags off and hey presto sounder now reads perfectly at speed. One happy camper. Thank you.
That is great mate, happy to hear that you ended up with a positive result... Please subscribe, share and like my Facebook page @westofishNQ if you get the chance. Cheers Westo
Another channel said to put the boat on the water. Measure the boat level at troll, then back at home, set the boat up to the same level. Then install the Transducer making it level. Lot of work. I like your method. Seems more practical.
The boat may not float or plane level so setting the transducer relative to the bottom of the hull doesn't make sense to me. I checked my boat at slow troll and my "search speed" (about 10 mph) and set my transducer level for that as those are more important (to me) than reading "at speed". A bit more effort but I think it is worth it. Each to their own :-)
Thanks heaps for your video. Gave me the confidence to install a 95sv & GT54 myself and it works a treat. Got the boat up to 25kts and it was still reading the bottom at that speed. Cheers
Great info mate, just in the process of mounting my new Raymarine HV-100 transducer and it cannot be done according to the installation described by Raymarine. Will try your left side of the motor and not bas far from the prop as described! Wish me luck!
I just want to know how I can get the Australian outback accent for my videos! That accent makes everything 100000000 times cooler and interesting!!! That accent alone is worth like 100k views Mayte!
The nose is the front not the back, but very clear video on setting it up. Thank you. Maybe a video on your best settings for higher speed scanning for 🐠
I've got a GT51M that wont read a thing at anything above 2-3kts. I mostly chase Marlin and Tuna with Lures and all I seem to see are what look like bubble collums, even when I know im over bait schools it only shows these collums at 6-8kts. Haven't tried re-mounting with your tips though, I bought the boat like this.
Great video. I have the new 95SV plus with the plastic bracket and the adjustments are not as fine as yours so i had no choice but to set the rear a bit lower. Tested it out yesterday in a bit of chop and the bottom never drop out once with very little spray from the transducer. Thanks.
I dropped my GT56 transducer much lower and got drastically better results with depth while driving and no prop interference. Although the transducer plate is hitting water now that its sticking below the hull. Garmin suggests 10mm below an aluminum hull.
Same. I have a bass tracker and i had to lower my ducer Below the hull quet a bit. And also tilted it down. Looks funky out of the water. But reads great
Hi Ben. This was very helpful. I followed all your guidelines but still have problems reading over 10knots. I do have a different setup though and would appreciate your thoughts. First I have twin engines so there is a potential the starboard engine turning anto clockwise is creating turbulence and pushing water up to the transducer mounted on the starboard side. Is there a potential if this and consideration transducer should not be installed on starboard side with twin engines - I have read that a better spot is between the engines Second, I have a triple stepped hull. Supposedly the step being there to get air under the boat for quick planing causes bubbles and a transom mount just won’t work on a stepped hull. Do you have any thoughts on this potential and ideas you could share. In short, with twin engines and stepped hull, can a transom mount work and if so where should it be positioned. Thanks Norman
Aloha, Nice Video. I'm a big fan of Garmin and use their 44CV Combo on my Yamaha Jet Boat which required a little twist on the install of the Transducer due to the jet boat's stepped hull. I get a perfect read on it no matter what speed. Go Garmin!
Great Video, Ben. Can you let me know where Ii can find the metal bracket you used? I like the fact that you can continuously adjust the angle with no stops. The plastic bracket that was supplied with my GT223HW-TM has detents that won't allow good adjustment. Thanks.
Ur correct in saying that it doesn't make a difference mounting the xducer on the port side. My lowerance was mounted there because the old xducer was there. Had some interference and lowrance said fitting it on the starboard side will fix it. I told them i dont think it will as its more like electrical with small equal lines down the one right of side scan and everything else works. Basically they said they cant help me if i wont do as they said. So i drilled more holes into my starboard transom, mounted it and nothing changed. Told lowrance of the result and blames me for installation error and to take to a shipwright to fix. Their techs are usless. Sonars are not that complicated to install.
I just bought a Garmin 54cv. I have a j14 carolina skiff and just wanna beable to lock in my fishing spots. I do a lot of flats fishing were the water is rather shallow. The sonar and clear view I figured would be very helpful but im starting to get the feeling that I should of got the side view also. Any suggestions?? I cant take it back or exchange so I hope this one works great for me. Just marking my fishing spots is big for me and also I like to be able to read the bottom. So I hope I bought the right one.
mr. weston my name is jim Costi, I Have a Garmin stryker vivid 9" unit mounted at the helm. Originally the 'ducer from another unit was mounted low port side at the back of the hull it was fair read out after I xchanged to a better unit with the stryker. I was told to move the new 'ducer to the starboard and on the transom where it is currently but above 5-8 mph the monitor goes blank ( xtreme cavitation I would think ). Should I try moving it back and simply adjust the height off the hull instead of the transom ( which is set a lot higher on this tracker aluminum hull bass boat.
Hi Ben, great video. Admittedly, I’ve got Lowrance gear but learnt a lot from your insights. A general question, when you have transducer in place and bolted to the correct angle, should it be nice & tight or if there is a touch of movement up or down, would that have a bearing on reading at speed?? Thanks mate👍🏼
That's great mate, any brand owner can benefit from this video. Make sure you nip it up buddy, nice and tight. You want no movement! Please subscribe and share if your think anyone could get something out of it mate. Cheers Westo
Good video sir. One question though, when you level your transducer and you're saying that you're looking for 3-5 mm... are you saying that you wanna see 3-5 mm of the transducer below the bottom of your boat? Like below your straight edge? Sorry for my misunderstanding. Thanks for any clarification.
I have a 13 foot aluminium dingy, driven by a 15hp Mercury...can get up to about 30 km per hr...with one person in it. I've just bought a new Garmin finder to replace an older one and want to get the transducer right...had it wrong till now...too deep by far...duh. My query relates to turbulence from rivets in the hull. There are four around 800mm forward from the transducer, two either side by perhaps 25>30mm of the line the transducer is on. Are these likely to affect the readings? I can't really do anything about them so maybe it's just too bad so sad...Thanks.
Hi, I'm mounted on the Starboard side, if I set the inside edge, close to outboard, at 5 mm the outside edge will be completely under water say at 15-20mm because of the steeper V hull of the boat.. Is this a problem? The transducer will have more drag from the water and I don't want to pull it off the boat?? Thanks Much!
Hello Ben, I like your video good explanation! Do you also have a video are a link to mount the garmin ps30 to avoid spray water by running the boat and having the Panoptix Greetings from Belgium
Hey mate. Cheers for the video, learnt a lot. I have one question, I’m green as and just installed the lowrance fish reveal with the standard transducer that came with it on a tiny. I know it’s bottom shelf and don’t expect to get epic results but to what speed should I expect to get no interference? I start to get interference at about 6 knots, not sure if this is standard for the bottom range products? Thanks!
I have a echomap 54 series and just upgraded to the 72sv . Should I added the 54 to the trolling motor or would it cause interference? Can it be mounted to a trolling motor that has the fin?
Great video! I’m trying to get my Garmin to read at about 10 to 15 kn chasing schools, do you happen to have a video with how the screen looks on your set up once you call it good installation as you run the boat ? Thank you.
Hey mate, sorry it took a bit of time. Here is a client who followed the video to a tee. Please subscribe and share! Cheers Westo.. th-cam.com/video/1LGVuklMxdI/w-d-xo.html
When the boat is moving the nose is up pushing the transducer pushed down means the transducer is not level when on the move it will be to far down and cause issues there is other videos on TH-cam where they take the boat out on the water with a spirit level and then angle the transducer to get the best reading. The transducer needs to go up slightly at the rear to get the best reading on the move
Bottom of my hull where the transducer is mounted it's flat. Quite a slant so one side of the transducer may be below the hull bottom and the other side is above it.
Mine is that way also , I pick up bottom ok on it , but it does mess with side view just a little , right side is actually brighter than the left side on one of my boats ,it's not to bad to deal with though,the other boat I use the same unit on ( I just switch the head ) don't do that .
I would like to run my fish finder on my ski doo ( ice fishing) just for the GPS maps, what do I do with the transducer unplug it or leave it plugged in
Ive got the gt54 & i cant even go 2mph without getting blurry picture.i literly have to turn my outboard off to get a good pic.ive moved the transducer 2 times already.starting to get alot of holes in my hull.
Ha ha yes mate I am. You should be able to make minor tweaks after fitment mate. Good luck with it and thanks for watching! Please subscribe and share legend! Cheers Westo
Hi Ben I am about to install a GT56UHD on the sretn of my jetski. I have an esky on the back which I'm going to make a bracket off it. Have you ever installed a transducer on ski? And have you got any tips for me?
Just to clarify, when people say read at speed, does that mean pickup bottom structure at speed or also pick up fish marks at speed? I can never see any fish at 20 knots but can see bottom structure. Would a 1kW transducer help see fish at speed?
Power of the tramsducer can help, but not nessercery if you have correct fitment. Fish won't appear as arches while underway, It'll be a small red blip.
ok...I am in the U.S. but have a lot of Kiwi softball friends so I could understand your chatter but do have a question fir clarification. When I get to full speed and the bottom changes depth my Garmin echomap 93sv starts fladhing its last depth reading but at the same time keeps showing the correct depth on the screen' s chart. any idea what i need to do to correct the glitch?
Hi Bob, Your Echomap still picking up the bottom at speed enough to show a depth reading, but not to display the bottom. Just try tilting it down a couple of degrees. Please subscribe & share if you enjoy my content. Cheers Westo
@@BenWeston_westofish thanks Ben...i bought my garmin 93SV a year ago yesterday and bought the extended warranty as it was the store display model....i returned it two days ago and have the new one. i tilted this transducer down a bit as per your great video. On both units U now have had the rubber washer on the through-btacket bolt squeezes it self
Hi Ben you do a great job explaining your video’s my question to you is I have a 16’ Lund where would be the best place to mount my transducer I bought a garmin 73sv that has the gt52 transducer could you give me a little of your expertise on mounting it. Thank you very much Steve
Great video Ben, thanks. I’m looking to upgrade my Echomap Ultra 100 power supply from a 20Ah AGM to a Lithium as can’t quite get a full days fishing out of the now 4 year old AGM and wondering if a FVP lithium 17.5 AH capable of 100% useable AH would give me a full days (8hours) fishing. What’s your thoughts please.
Old reply but its math.. if the unit pulls 3 amps. A 17 amp hr battery will be 17 divided by 3 which h is just under 6 hrs run time... ifn you want 8 hrs a min of 24 amp hr lithium will work
Hi I'm getting tommorrow the striker plus 7 cv. The rear part of my boat (hull) is round. How can I fix a transducer to it? I allso have a platform attached on the hull. Is it possible to mount it under the platform? But it won't be attached on the hull! Does it metters?
Ben, does this method apply for Yamaha jet boats as well ? And any thoughts on why Yamaha Jet boats are "NOT" NMEA 2000 compatible?? My Garmin is the 94SV...Thanks!!
hi i have a deep v on my boat will this work the same as a flat bottom one any help will be grateful thanks and buy the way speed doesn't matter to me thanks again
Darryl, I have a Solix 12 on order and will be rigging it myself. I also have a Ranger 619vs and am wondering what type of boat you have and where you found the best place to locate the transducer on your deep vee? Thanks in advance. Dan
Gday ben Just wondering how you go by mounting a gt52 on a very deep V boat. Iv been pulling my hair trying to get it right. Any help would be great. Cheers mate
Hi, i was wondering about the use of a stern pad/stern saver for mounting the transducer onto, for a fibreglass bowrider crownline boat with stern drive. Are these products any good? I have purchased a Simrad GO9 that i want to install and am not too keen on drilling holes into the fibreglass.
You need to mount one either side of the transom and run a Garmin 'Y' cable from them to the head unit. Unsure what you are trying to achieve as you can get that out of one transducer. Are you running two screens? Cheers Westo
@@moramsalem4798 No worries mate! If you are running two units networked, for one screen select Clear Vu and the second Side Vu. They will use the individual tranducer plugged into the rear of the unit. Cheers Westo
Anyone have ideas for a spray board/shield to mount over the transducers to block the rooster tail from spraying onto my outboard and deck? It reads great at speed so I’m not looking to move it up.
@@BenWeston_westofish I mean the down scan imaging works best if level with boat sitting in water at level. So setting it parallel with bottom of boat only works if boat sits level in water all the time, I'd prefer imaging to work better.
I installed my garmin65cv transducer on starboard side on my polycraft 4.55 but theres alot of interface on the screen. Maybe i had to install on port side not sure
@@johnbrown4448 honestly mate it won't make a difference what side. How big is your Polycraft mate? Woukd be tough to get a good read at speed with them due to the moulded strakes.
Hey Steve, I have a GT54UHD transducer on the starboard side mate, bit to crowded. There a no issues mounting on the port side, reads well. Cheers Westo
I got Garmin 54cv . should that be 3 to 5 mil also ? Its flush with the bottom right now. Talking like a thickness of a trash bag is 3 to 6 mil . Hard to judge by eye. What did you use to get to 3 mil ?
nice video but you're use of words leaves a lot to be desired, after 8:35 you talk about the 'nose' of the transducer, that should denote the front of the transducer, like pointing the nose of your boat, the front, into the wind, thus maybe you should say the back end of the transducer, the rear , etc as you are pointing to the rear, not the front or nose of the transducer thus making this statement ambiguous, what should we go with? what you say or what you point to? i'll go with what you point to
Hi sorry but i had to add to this , i have no problem understanding what he was talking about and im from Ireland a place where most folk have a problem understanding us , Regards
This is a good video. I put 2 transducers on my boat. One for high speed, the other (side and down imaging) for trolling. The high speed (2D only) is on the starboard side, the wide side and down on the port side of the motor. I troll with an electric up on the bow so there is no turbulence from that back at the transom. It works well and I can read the screen at over 40 mph. It really saves a LOT of time when determining where to fish. Once I find them I switch to down imaging and troll with the electric. I had 2 boats before this one that "lost the picture" at about 4 to 5 mph and it drove me nuts. I wanted to make sure I did not have that problem again. Both transduces are connected to the Humminbird through a Wye cable (sold by Humminbird).
Ahhhhh.... It all makes sense now. I have a Regal 2500 which the previous owner installed a Garmin 742. Won't read for squat underway. I have their "Fast Trac" hull which brings air in from the side to break up resistance. The Garmin will never read correctly while underway! Thank you for the video. I now can give up. Lmao.
Awesome information there. I’ve had a particular brand of a boat that supposedly has a reputation of a dirty hull so to speak and never been able to get a good reading at speed, your comment on the trailing edge welds ( first transducer mounting video that I have heard mentioned this btw) so l ground the dags off and hey presto sounder now reads perfectly at speed. One happy camper. Thank you.
That is great mate, happy to hear that you ended up with a positive result... Please subscribe, share and like my Facebook page @westofishNQ if you get the chance. Cheers Westo
Another channel said to put the boat on the water. Measure the boat level at troll, then back at home, set the boat up to the same level. Then install the Transducer making it level. Lot of work. I like your method. Seems more practical.
The boat may not float or plane level so setting the transducer relative to the bottom of the hull doesn't make sense to me. I checked my boat at slow troll and my "search speed" (about 10 mph) and set my transducer level for that as those are more important (to me) than reading "at speed". A bit more effort but I think it is worth it. Each to their own :-)
Whatever works mate, if my clip helps then it's served Its purpose.
The other channel did it right.
This guy is trying to set his up so he can water ski the kids and search for fish at the same time..
Thanks heaps for your video. Gave me the confidence to install a 95sv & GT54 myself and it works a treat. Got the boat up to 25kts and it was still reading the bottom at that speed. Cheers
Anytime mate, please subscribe and share.. Tight lines Westo 🎣🤙
Great info mate, just in the process of mounting my new Raymarine HV-100 transducer and it cannot be done according to the installation described by Raymarine. Will try your left side of the motor and not bas far from the prop as described! Wish me luck!
Yes mate, same principal. I have installed AXIOM transducers with the same success.
Awesome info, thank you !! What causes distortion lines when transducer is mounted to the trolling motor.
Very informative! This will help me a lot when mounting my Garmin Striker on my boat. Thanks!
Thanks mate, please subscribe and share...
I just want to know how I can get the Australian outback accent for my videos! That accent makes everything 100000000 times cooler and interesting!!! That accent alone is worth like 100k views Mayte!
More specifically a Queenslander accent. ‘Youse’ is a dead giveaway. Very ocker, mate!
Ha ha thanks legends.. 🤣🤣
The nose is the front not the back, but very clear video on setting it up. Thank you. Maybe a video on your best settings for higher speed scanning for 🐠
I've got a GT51M that wont read a thing at anything above 2-3kts. I mostly chase Marlin and Tuna with Lures and all I seem to see are what look like bubble collums, even when I know im over bait schools it only shows these collums at 6-8kts. Haven't tried re-mounting with your tips though, I bought the boat like this.
This was of tremendous help! gonna tackle this this weekend on the Garmin UHD93SV.
Glad it helped mate, good luck with your fitup..
@@BenWeston_westofish Thank you. I got side tracked with another project so HOPEFULLY this weekend.!
Good video Westo, getting a new ECHOMAP 125sv next week. Was looking for little tips for mounting the transducer, helped a lot. Great upload mate. 👍🏼
Thanks bro, glad it helped..
Brother for the echo map does it matter what way the transducer point ? Like the pointy side ? Or the black screen side matter ? Thanks
Great video. I have the new 95SV plus with the plastic bracket and the adjustments are not as fine as yours so i had no choice but to set the rear a bit lower. Tested it out yesterday in a bit of chop and the bottom never drop out once with very little spray from the transducer. Thanks.
Awesome legend... Great little units the 95sv, now to go get a few!!
I dropped my GT56 transducer much lower and got drastically better results with depth while driving and no prop interference. Although the transducer plate is hitting water now that its sticking below the hull. Garmin suggests 10mm below an aluminum hull.
Same. I have a bass tracker and i had to lower my ducer Below the hull quet a bit. And also tilted it down. Looks funky out of the water. But reads great
@@jason6325 Same have a bass tracker, would you possibly be able to email me pics of how yours is exactly done? Would be great!
Awesome video mate. The best I have seen yet. I am upgrading my gt56 to the gt51. Can I run both or best to just run the 51. Thanks😊
I'm getting a bad reading at speed. Will do what you suggest and hope it helps. Thanks
Thanks for the info. However, not sure how you got my square, but I would like it back.
Hi Ben. This was very helpful. I followed all your guidelines but still have problems reading over 10knots. I do have a different setup though and would appreciate your thoughts.
First I have twin engines so there is a potential the starboard engine turning anto clockwise is creating turbulence and pushing water up to the transducer mounted on the starboard side. Is there a potential if this and consideration transducer should not be installed on starboard side with twin engines - I have read that a better spot is between the engines
Second, I have a triple stepped hull. Supposedly the step being there to get air under the boat for quick planing causes bubbles and a transom mount just won’t work on a stepped hull. Do you have any thoughts on this potential and ideas you could share.
In short, with twin engines and stepped hull, can a transom mount work and if so where should it be positioned.
Thanks
Norman
Aloha,
Nice Video. I'm a big fan of Garmin and use their 44CV Combo on my Yamaha Jet Boat which required a little twist on the install of the Transducer due to the jet boat's stepped hull. I get a perfect read on it no matter what speed. Go Garmin!
Great to hear mate, they certainly have a great product.
Love the video Ben, when using the square do I need to level the boat as it will be on the water? Thanks!
Great Video, Ben.
Can you let me know where Ii can find the metal bracket you used? I like the fact that you can continuously adjust the angle with no stops. The plastic bracket that was supplied with my GT223HW-TM has detents that won't allow good adjustment.
Thanks.
Should be able to order one through Garmin mate. What transducer are you running??
Amazon. Just got mine.
Ur correct in saying that it doesn't make a difference mounting the xducer on the port side.
My lowerance was mounted there because the old xducer was there. Had some interference and lowrance said fitting it on the starboard side will fix it.
I told them i dont think it will as its more like electrical with small equal lines down the one right of side scan and everything else works.
Basically they said they cant help me if i wont do as they said. So i drilled more holes into my starboard transom, mounted it and nothing changed.
Told lowrance of the result and blames me for installation error and to take to a shipwright to fix.
Their techs are usless.
Sonars are not that complicated to install.
Thanks mate, apprecate the reply. Please subscribe and share if you got something from the vid..
I think you just want it parallel to the water, which depending on the boat may have nothing to do with the bottom of your hull.
I just bought a Garmin 54cv. I have a j14 carolina skiff and just wanna beable to lock in my fishing spots. I do a lot of flats fishing were the water is rather shallow. The sonar and clear view I figured would be very helpful but im starting to get the feeling that I should of got the side view also. Any suggestions?? I cant take it back or exchange so I hope this one works great for me. Just marking my fishing spots is big for me and also I like to be able to read the bottom. So I hope I bought the right one.
mr. weston my name is jim Costi, I Have a Garmin stryker vivid 9" unit mounted at the helm. Originally the 'ducer from another unit was mounted low port side at the back of the hull it was fair read out after I xchanged to a better unit with the stryker. I was told to move the new 'ducer to the starboard and on the transom where it is currently but above 5-8 mph the monitor goes blank ( xtreme cavitation I would think ). Should I try moving it back and simply adjust the height off the hull instead of the transom ( which is set a lot higher on this tracker aluminum hull bass boat.
This was great information, done well! Thank you for posting this!
Anytime mate, please subscribe and share... Cheers Westo
This was awesome, thanks bro!
Hi Ben, great video. Admittedly, I’ve got Lowrance gear but learnt a lot from your insights. A general question, when you have transducer in place and bolted to the correct angle, should it be nice & tight or if there is a touch of movement up or down, would that have a bearing on reading at speed?? Thanks mate👍🏼
That's great mate, any brand owner can benefit from this video. Make sure you nip it up buddy, nice and tight. You want no movement! Please subscribe and share if your think anyone could get something out of it mate. Cheers Westo
Ben Weston Fantastic Westo, thanks for the tips😃🙏
@@markhill566 no worries mate, hopefully plenty more to come.. 🙌🙌Cheers Westo
Excellent tutorial !
Good video sir. One question though, when you level your transducer and you're saying that you're looking for 3-5 mm... are you saying that you wanna see 3-5 mm of the transducer below the bottom of your boat? Like below your straight edge? Sorry for my misunderstanding. Thanks for any clarification.
Yes mate on that leading edge.
Do not get you last trick you pushing on the tail of the transducer so in effect it is going up not down
I have a 13 foot aluminium dingy, driven by a 15hp Mercury...can get up to about 30 km per hr...with one person in it.
I've just bought a new Garmin finder to replace an older one and want to get the transducer right...had it wrong till now...too deep by far...duh.
My query relates to turbulence from rivets in the hull. There are four around 800mm forward from the transducer, two either side by perhaps 25>30mm of the line the transducer is on. Are these likely to affect the readings? I can't really do anything about them so maybe it's just too bad so sad...Thanks.
Hi, I'm mounted on the Starboard side, if I set the inside edge, close to outboard, at 5 mm the outside edge will be completely under water say at 15-20mm because of the steeper V hull of the boat.. Is this a problem? The transducer will have more drag from the water and I don't want to pull it off the boat?? Thanks Much!
Hello Ben, I like your video good explanation! Do you also have a video are a link to mount the garmin ps30 to avoid spray water by running the boat and having the Panoptix
Greetings from Belgium
Hey mate. Cheers for the video, learnt a lot.
I have one question, I’m green as and just installed the lowrance fish reveal with the standard transducer that came with it on a tiny. I know it’s bottom shelf and don’t expect to get epic results but to what speed should I expect to get no interference? I start to get interference at about 6 knots, not sure if this is standard for the bottom range products? Thanks!
Thank you so much for the video! I never knew i could even get any reads over 5knots
Great tips, thanks Sir.
No worries mate, I'm glad that it has helped. Please subscribe, share and follow me on Facebook and Instagram @westofish
I have a echomap 54 series and just upgraded to the 72sv . Should I added the 54 to the trolling motor or would it cause interference? Can it be mounted to a trolling motor that has the fin?
Great video! I’m trying to get my Garmin to read at about 10 to 15 kn chasing schools,
do you happen to have a video with how the screen looks on your set up once you call it good installation as you run the boat ?
Thank you.
Hey mate, sorry it took a bit of time. Here is a client who followed the video to a tee. Please subscribe and share! Cheers Westo.. th-cam.com/video/1LGVuklMxdI/w-d-xo.html
When the boat is moving the nose is up pushing the transducer pushed down means the transducer is not level when on the move it will be to far down and cause issues there is other videos on TH-cam where they take the boat out on the water with a spirit level and then angle the transducer to get the best reading.
The transducer needs to go up slightly at the rear to get the best reading on the move
So I have a flat bottom boat with a longtail motor. So the motor will not be a factor. Should I mount as close to center of boat as possible?
So i have a 32 foot wellcraft with twins . Should i go starboard of drain plug? I have 2 props.2 rudders,scups everywhere. This is not good.
Yeah mate, get it as close to the keel line as your can either side of the bung. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!! Cheers Westo
I need a steep mount bracket. My Allison goes 100mph. The plastic bracket can’t tolerate that speed
Awesome video mate cheers
Does that black little screen matter what way it faces ?
Bottom of my hull where the transducer is mounted it's flat. Quite a slant so one side of the transducer may be below the hull bottom and the other side is above it.
Mine is that way also , I pick up bottom ok on it , but it does mess with side view just a little , right side is actually brighter than the left side on one of my boats ,it's not to bad to deal with though,the other boat I use the same unit on ( I just switch the head ) don't do that .
Great video well said
You can get fish finder without transducers
I would like to run my fish finder on my ski doo ( ice fishing) just for the GPS maps, what do I do with the transducer unplug it or leave it plugged in
GPS will run fine without the transducer.
Good tips thanks Ben
No worries mate, glad it helped... 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Ive got the gt54 & i cant even go 2mph without getting blurry picture.i literly have to turn my outboard off to get a good pic.ive moved the transducer 2 times already.starting to get alot of holes in my hull.
I sure hope you are sponsored bye garmin. Also I really wish I watched this 2 hrs ago
Ha ha yes mate I am. You should be able to make minor tweaks after fitment mate. Good luck with it and thanks for watching! Please subscribe and share legend! Cheers Westo
I would bet my paycheck that 50 people a day wish they saw this video b4 they hastily installed it the first time lol.
@@Johnny1.0 thankyou for the kind sentiment. Please SUBSCRIBE & SHARE, for everyone's benefit. 👌🏼👌🏼 Cheers Westo
@@Johnny1.0 Lucky me then... I was going to mount mine this weekend.
Hi Ben I am about to install a GT56UHD on the sretn of my jetski. I have an esky on the back which I'm going to make a bracket off it. Have you ever installed a transducer on ski? And have you got any tips for me?
No I haven't mate, but the principal should be identical.
My helix 7 mega si di transducer is splashing water bad on my 17ft bass boat while running is it mounted to low ??
Just to clarify, when people say read at speed, does that mean pickup bottom structure at speed or also pick up fish marks at speed? I can never see any fish at 20 knots but can see bottom structure. Would a 1kW transducer help see fish at speed?
Power of the tramsducer can help, but not nessercery if you have correct fitment. Fish won't appear as arches while underway, It'll be a small red blip.
Isnt the left Side the "dirty Side" with a lot of Cavitation down there. ?
Like i said mate, never had an issue fitting a transducer there. Cheers Westo
Does it matter if you have twin motors!, mine is mounted in between them.
ok...I am in the U.S. but have a lot of Kiwi softball friends so I could understand your chatter but do have a question fir clarification. When I get to full speed and the bottom changes depth my Garmin echomap 93sv starts fladhing its last depth reading but at the same time keeps showing the correct depth on the screen' s chart. any idea what i need to do to correct the glitch?
Hi Bob,
Your Echomap still picking up the bottom at speed enough to show a depth reading, but not to display the bottom. Just try tilting it down a couple of degrees.
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Cheers Westo
@@BenWeston_westofish thanks Ben...i bought my garmin 93SV a year ago yesterday and bought the extended warranty as it was the store display model....i returned it two days ago and have the new one. i tilted this transducer down a bit as per your great video. On both units U now have had the rubber washer on the through-btacket bolt squeezes it self
Thank you mate.
Hi Ben you do a great job explaining your video’s my question to you is I have a 16’ Lund where would be the best place to mount my transducer I bought a garmin 73sv that has the gt52 transducer could you give me a little of your expertise on mounting it. Thank you very much Steve
Can you take a photo of your transom mate and email me on westofish@gmail.com ? Cheers Westo
thanks man, good information 👍
Great video Ben, thanks. I’m looking to upgrade my Echomap Ultra 100 power supply from a 20Ah AGM to a Lithium as can’t quite get a full days fishing out of the now 4 year old AGM and wondering if a FVP lithium 17.5 AH capable of 100% useable AH would give me a full days (8hours) fishing. What’s your thoughts please.
Old reply but its math.. if the unit pulls 3 amps. A 17 amp hr battery will be 17 divided by 3 which h is just under 6 hrs run time... ifn you want 8 hrs a min of 24 amp hr lithium will work
Hi
I'm getting tommorrow the striker plus 7 cv.
The rear part of my boat (hull) is round.
How can I fix a transducer to it?
I allso have a platform attached on the hull. Is it possible to mount it under the platform? But it won't be attached on the hull! Does it metters?
Send me an email with some photos mate, I'll have a look for you. Cheers Westo
Ben Weston please give me your email.
Thank you
westofish@gmail.com
I sent you an email. Check in spam maybee
Thank you!!
Hi, great video, does this method also apply to the Garmin GT22HW-TM?
Aure would mate. Sorry for the late reply..
I have exhaust on at transom left and right of the out drive. Any ideas
Ben, does this method apply for Yamaha jet boats as well ? And any thoughts on why Yamaha Jet boats are "NOT" NMEA 2000 compatible?? My Garmin is the 94SV...Thanks!!
Ok, no comment...thanks?!?
I have a 74cv. When I am running slow it reads the depth. When I am over 10mph the depth just flashes. Any ideas?
You are getting turbulence from somewhere. I'd suggest without seeing the transducer, tilting that nose down a bit to see if that helps.
Mate I have a Garmin striker 4 gps , works well but it reads speed twice as fast as my GPS speedo, any ldeas
Other wise great talk
good Job !!
hi i have a deep v on my boat will this work the same as a flat bottom one any help will be grateful thanks and buy the way speed doesn't matter to me thanks again
Yes mate it will work on deep v hulls two.. 👌🏼👌🏼
@@BenWeston_westofish thanks
Darryl, I have a Solix 12 on order and will be rigging it myself. I also have a Ranger 619vs and am wondering what type of boat you have and where you found the best place to locate the transducer on your deep vee? Thanks in advance. Dan
@@warddan2002 hi i have classic craft 5000 which hasdeep v its about 300mm from motor
Thx for the tips
No worried mate, please subscribe and share... Cheers Westo..
Gday ben
Just wondering how you go by mounting a gt52 on a very deep V boat.
Iv been pulling my hair trying to get it right. Any help would be great. Cheers mate
Mate exactly the same principal, deadrise shouldn't impact it.
@@BenWeston_westofish appreciate the reply ben . Ill give it a go
Hi, i was wondering about the use of a stern pad/stern saver for mounting the transducer onto, for a fibreglass bowrider crownline boat with stern drive. Are these products any good? I have purchased a Simrad GO9 that i want to install and am not too keen on drilling holes into the fibreglass.
I haven't heard a bad thing about them to be honest mate. I'd be nervous about the adhesive failing after a period of time though.
@@BenWeston_westofish
Thanks
mine i only can see bottom clearly ar 3 knot...above than that all i see is grain....
What height and location is "shnicko"?
I don’t get the part starting at 06:48 . Bad English :/ . Can someone help me understand? Ty.
Hi, If I want to install 2 Garmin transducers (one is side imaging and one only down) - What is the best way ?
You need to mount one either side of the transom and run a Garmin 'Y' cable from them to the head unit. Unsure what you are trying to achieve as you can get that out of one transducer. Are you running two screens? Cheers Westo
@@BenWeston_westofish Hi, thanks for you quick answer, I have 2 units, and 2 transducers
@@moramsalem4798 No worries mate! If you are running two units networked, for one screen select Clear Vu and the second Side Vu. They will use the individual tranducer plugged into the rear of the unit. Cheers Westo
@@BenWeston_westofish they are Two separate devices units not networked unless I didn't understand.
Anyone have ideas for a spray board/shield to mount over the transducers to block the rooster tail from spraying onto my outboard and deck? It reads great at speed so I’m not looking to move it up.
Garmin make one one mate, they are great value and there is no holes in the boat. Please SUBSCRIBE and SHARE if you enjoyed the video. Cheers Westo
So you get a reading at plane, but lose the chirp function because boat is not level at trolling speed... Hard to have everything I suppose...
You never lose the chirp function mate, the head unit is programmed to CHIRP sweep regardless of speed.
@@BenWeston_westofish I mean the down scan imaging works best if level with boat sitting in water at level. So setting it parallel with bottom of boat only works if boat sits level in water all the time, I'd prefer imaging to work better.
Thank you so much!! Really helped me
My pleasure mate... If you could, subscribe to my channel and share via social media it would be appreciated. Cheers Westo
When u say the inside of the transducer should be closest to the outboard, doesnt that mean then it has to always be on port side ?
No mate, it can be either side port or starboard. Obviously the inside of the transducer changes. 👌🏼👌🏼
How can u tell which is the inside ?
@@johnbrown4448 closest to the outboard or keel... 👌🏼👌🏼
I installed my garmin65cv transducer on starboard side on my polycraft 4.55 but theres alot of interface on the screen. Maybe i had to install on port side not sure
@@johnbrown4448 honestly mate it won't make a difference what side. How big is your Polycraft mate? Woukd be tough to get a good read at speed with them due to the moulded strakes.
My transducer got scratched just a little is it gonna effect anything
No mate, it'll be fine. Please subscribe. Cheers Westo
The transducer isn't a little high?
I love Garmin... i just cannot afford them anymore.... they just went crazy w the price so it aint worth it
Why do you put it on the port side how about putting it on the starboard side
Hey Steve, I have a GT54UHD transducer on the starboard side mate, bit to crowded. There a no issues mounting on the port side, reads well. Cheers Westo
awesome
Thank.you.i.have.3.sounders.in.my.boat.one.trans.is.on.the.port.side.no.probs.the.other.two.are.on.the.star.board.side.did.them.like.you.and.no.probs.yet.my.son.put.his.too.close.to.a.planing.strake.and.it.wont.read.at.speed.i.told.him.that.was.the.problem.now.his.missus.wont.let.him.drill.more.holes.to.fix.it.also.the.bib.on.the.sides.on.the.front.is.spraying.water.up.the.back.its.a.five.inch.garmin.from.b.c.f.i.suggested.removing.the.frontal.sides.with.a.grinder.as.i.cant.see.why.the.transducer.has.this.stupid.bib.as.no.others.do.it.doesnt.look.like.its.asensitive.part
.just.a.nuisance.value.one.of.my.sounders.is.the.same.and.i.dont.have.this.issue.yet.my.boat.is.bigger.and.heavy.any.thing.ive.missed.advice.would.be.appreciated.regards.lee
Damn that's alot of Periods..
will this type of transducer be able to read depth at 15-20 mph?
All transducers can mate, its all in the fitment.
Thanks
Anytime mate, please subscribe and share.. Cheers Westo
I got Garmin 54cv . should that be 3 to 5 mil also ? Its flush with the bottom right now. Talking like a thickness of a trash bag is 3 to 6 mil . Hard to judge by eye. What did you use to get to 3 mil ?
It.just.needs.to.be.in.thewater.away.from.turbulance.dont.get.to.hung.up.on.measurementsjust.below.the.bottm.and.straight.😊
@@leemccullough558 Thank you for your help.
He’s (incorrectly) using “mil” as shorthand for millimeters, because most people don’t realize mil is its own unit.
All by eye mate..
How info vids should be done, cheers m8.
Anytime mate, feel free to suscri e and share.. Cheers Westo
"schmitco"????
You should not leave your tools out in the rain.
what is a mil 1/16 or 1/8
A mil is a thousandth of an inch
@@fizwin1 THANK YOU
Nice clear sentences in future, stop with the ok's! Otherwise really great info. Thanks.
nice video but you're use of words leaves a lot to be desired, after 8:35 you talk about the 'nose' of the transducer, that should denote the front of the transducer, like pointing the nose of your boat, the front, into the wind, thus maybe you should say the back end of the transducer, the rear , etc as you are pointing to the rear, not the front or nose of the transducer thus making this statement ambiguous, what should we go with? what you say or what you point to? i'll go with what you point to
Lol ok mate..
Hi sorry but i had to add to this , i have no problem understanding what he was talking about and im from Ireland a place where most folk have a problem understanding us , Regards
@@BenWeston_westofish great informative video and for me your use of words were not a problem i understood everything , Thanks
there's always one
Very glib.
OK