Fishfinder placement on Jon boat

[wily]

On my Alweld... we use it for ducks mostly but I want my 18 year old son to use it for pits and the river 

so the question is...Where would you put the fishfinder.  Think it would be better so the driver could see it?  Or would it be better up front?

Fishfinder isn’t anything special...just an old eagle but better than nothing.

easier to wire if in back...but don’t have to drill thru transom if up front

What do you think?

[wily]

This motor is electric start and really fits the boat...the one that will be used most often by son.  Mostly in pits or small lakes

[wily]

Pretty easy to switch to jet motor but worry if transducer is on transom...would be a worry in river or when duck hunting with mud motor

[wily]

But I think being inexperienced he would benefit from depth finder when operating the big motor

the trolling motor is easy to remove and is off when duck hunting 

[fishinwrench]

Transducer on the transom, between the strakes, with the bottom of the transducer 1/8" above the hull line. No need to drill through the transom, just run the coax up and over.

Swivel mount on the console mounted head unit.  Just spin that sucker around if you want to monitor it from the bow.  

[wily]

Ok...thanks. The hull line is the bottom of the transom right?

[wily]

That was a stupid question...sorry 

[wily]

It was wired to a clip...do I just put a ring so I can wire to battery terminals?

[fishinwrench]

Yes, just be sure to put a 3-5amp fuse link on it.

The transducer is improperly mounted to the bracket.  The coax goes BEHIND the bracket.....See the divet in the top of the bracket?  That keeps the coax out of trouble. 😊

[wily]

Ok...thanks...I’ll get an in line fuse from oreillys

its going to be cool...I still don’t like the trailer tho