Transducers

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[cool][#0000ff]That is the point I was trying to make. You are referencing what you do in a pontoon and tubes are vastly different. Tubes are prone to "rock and roll" more and mounting a transducer shallow will result in it "taking air" and messing up the signal. In some cases that requires turning off the sonar and restarting it...and resetting the settings. Bother.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Toons tend to ride more stable and there is less of a problem with the transducer rocking out of the water. [b][#0000ff]Anything that adds "drag" when under power...like a transducer, will affect the tracking of a pontoon when rowing or using an electric motor. That is seldom a problem for tubers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]"Pointing straight down" refers to the beam of the sonar. Many of us use the "skimmer transducer" as pictured below. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]This transducer should ride horizontally, so that the beam that comes out the bottom shoots straight down. If it does not then you will not only get inaccurate depth readings but faulty readings on bottom structure and composition as well. It is not just for finding fish.[/#0000ff]

[#0000ff]The other most common transducer is the round "hull mount" model, which looks like a hockey puck. It is seldom used by tubers and tooners since it needs to be mounted on a lower surface and that can result in scraping.[/#0000ff]


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