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Fish finder install

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  • 27-01-2024 11:27am
    #1
    GhostRanger
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭


    So I bought a Garmin 102sv which is a really nice fish finder I made a mount which clamps to the side of my boat without drilling. I have a 19ft anglers fancy which has a fin at the back. I bought a pole for the transducer

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    which doesn't really work properly and is flimsy. Any ideas how I should install the transducer

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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    If your lake boat has a hydrofoil/fin in the stern, its going to be difficult to install.

    What type of pole did you buy?

    There are some really robust ones out there.



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    GhostRanger
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭GhostRanger


    It was a patriot one. When I tried it the image was very bad but I'm not used to reading them as it's my first fish finder.



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    Bio Mech
    Registered Users Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭Bio Mech


    the 102sv is a good unit but the marketing pictures arent always to be trusted. The pictures they use are usually in prime conditions, crystal clear water, optimal wiring, optimal setup etc.

    Can you show a picture of the rear of the boat and what picture quality you are getting on the unit? i have never liked the side mounts because they do seem to cause vibration on the transducer which used to confuse the older ones I had something awful and they were all over the place. I havent had a newer one (post 2010) on a side mount.



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    GhostRanger
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭GhostRanger


    I'm currently in college atm so I can't take a pic of the boat at the back but I've found a pic of a very similar fin on a sheelin. I don't have any pictures of the fish finder image.

    Screenshot_2024-01-31-13-59-11-93_0d0361c971d8228b85c2723ce52a642c.jpg




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    Bio Mech
    Registered Users Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭Bio Mech


    yeah cant see an easy place to mount the transducer there alright.



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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Those patriot poles should be well up to the job.

    Have you tried mounting it on the stern so the transducer sites just off the back of the fin?

    That's what I used to do when I had one on a lake boat.



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    thereitisgone
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭thereitisgone


    What type of patriot pole did you get, photo would help when you try fit it on back of boat

    Is it something like this https://happyangler.fi/tuote/patriot-anturi-kaikuluotainteline-laitakiinnityksella-69370125/



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    GhostRanger
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭GhostRanger


    That's the one I got



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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Have you any photos of how you have it set up at the minute?



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