02-04-2004, 07:11 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I never have my transducer below the ice. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER. You ever have a good fish get tangled up in it? I gaurantee you'll quit sticking it below the ice. I have 3/4" diameter PVC pipe sections and a couple coupler fittings for extending my transducer if I want to but never use it. I never get false bottom readings. I do get minimal surface clutter but I'm usually not fishing the first 5' so it doesn't matter.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I've fashioned my transducer holder to adjust fast and easy. I don't want a level to tell me where I'm at; that assumes my transducer is mounted perfectly perpendicular to my PVC tranducer shaft. I adjust it the good old fashion way. I move it around until my sonar sees the jig the best. Just like the old TV antennas. It's fast, simple, and reliable.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I also never use the same hole I fish from for the transducer but drill one right next to the one I'm fishing in. My gear is too expensive to toss across the ice or knock my sonar over trying to get it out of the way. [/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]With a 9 deg cone at 75 ft deep, your cone covers 11-3/4 foot diameter or a 6' radius so 12" either way is not going to matter in the slightest. Obviously, at 37-1/2 ft deep that will cut it down to about a 6 ft diameter cone circle. Still no problemo. A 20 deg cone sees a 26' diameter circle so it matters even less where the transducer is located in relation to your fishing hole.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I posted a few pics how I rigged my sonar (X98DF) up a month ago and others have posted the way the have done theirs. It's not difficult and with a little creativity, you can come up with a suitable solution for adapting you sonar from your boat to the ice.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3](edit) Here's the thread on how I rigged my sonar up:[/size][/font] [center][size 3] [/size][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=87170;search_string=search_string;#87170"][size 3]My X98 Conversion for the Ice [/size][/url]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I've fashioned my transducer holder to adjust fast and easy. I don't want a level to tell me where I'm at; that assumes my transducer is mounted perfectly perpendicular to my PVC tranducer shaft. I adjust it the good old fashion way. I move it around until my sonar sees the jig the best. Just like the old TV antennas. It's fast, simple, and reliable.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I also never use the same hole I fish from for the transducer but drill one right next to the one I'm fishing in. My gear is too expensive to toss across the ice or knock my sonar over trying to get it out of the way. [/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]With a 9 deg cone at 75 ft deep, your cone covers 11-3/4 foot diameter or a 6' radius so 12" either way is not going to matter in the slightest. Obviously, at 37-1/2 ft deep that will cut it down to about a 6 ft diameter cone circle. Still no problemo. A 20 deg cone sees a 26' diameter circle so it matters even less where the transducer is located in relation to your fishing hole.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I posted a few pics how I rigged my sonar (X98DF) up a month ago and others have posted the way the have done theirs. It's not difficult and with a little creativity, you can come up with a suitable solution for adapting you sonar from your boat to the ice.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3](edit) Here's the thread on how I rigged my sonar up:[/size][/font] [center][size 3] [/size][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=87170;search_string=search_string;#87170"][size 3]My X98 Conversion for the Ice [/size][/url]
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