(01-25-2024, 06:52 PM)Kent Wrote: From a FaceBook report from fishing Pineview yesterday,
"Ice was great and weather was overcast at 30°F, with a light snowfall. Ice was 4 inches solid, clear with 8 inches of crust on top.
Walked in top of the crust and never broke through the top."
(03-14-2024, 02:55 PM)BYUHunter Wrote: You will also need a way to mount the transducer, depending on your use case. Bass guys put theirs on the trolling motor, because they spend all of their time at the front of the boat.
For trolling, I would be curious to see what guys are doing to side or rear-mount their transducers. I've seen some very ungainly setups, and very few that I like.
The bigger your screen, the better. You don't want to be squinting at a 9" screen trying to see what is going on.
None of these are inexpensive options, but they are all well made and quite functional. The ArcLab is a great option if you want to use it through the ice as well. My ice shuttle is an ArcLab setup and I use the Trax Tech setup on my boat. If I had to do it over I would have started with the ArcLab, it would have served both purposes. These are all well made machined aluminum options, there is a lot of 3D printed junk out there. (IMHO)
ArcLab
Trax Tech
Brew City
TKI
I'm sure there are other good options, these are the ones I'm familiar with.