I fish mainly out of a canoe and am curious how many other canoe fishermen are out there on this forum. Any of you put any electronics or trolling motors off the side?  Ive been looking at some of the motor mounts and some clamp on fish finders myself.

Check with Avid.

Got your pm.

Sent you one back.

I got a canoe last fall and got a motor mount. I am going to buy the trolling motor this spring (you won't need a separate mounting bracket for the fish finder if you use a trolling motor). Also, based on Avid's advice, I am going to get outriggers / stabilizers this spring.

As for electronics, I have a portable Eagle Cuda 242. I read some very favorable reviews on kayak forums about this portable fish finder. I haven't used it much (yet) but plan on using it a ton this year. I also built a crate with rod holders and a small platform for the fish finder similar this one:

http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/paddlef/viewtopic.php?t=11242&sid=0108304ff1e18afa96bbb58ad1c219bb

I found out on a lot of kayak forums on how to maximize the limited space in a canoe / kayak.

What kind of canoe do you have? I have a 12 ft. Radisson canoe (very ligthweight, only 40 lbs).

I fish from a canoe. Get stabilizers, you won't be sorry.

Hey avid,

Did you get your motor bracket from Spring Creek? How is it working out?

If you have outriggers / stabilizers, do any of you guys stand up in the canoe to fish?

I fish standing up. I also paddle standing up.

I'm a canoe guy as well, its my friends canoe and i fish in the front, im one of those standers, and only sit down when flying down the bank doing 5-10miles per hour haha, i just love the feeling of fishing while standing up and setting the hook home

I have an Old Town Osprey 14 footer.

I stand up much of the time.

It works really well for me.

I fish from an inflatable raft. I suffer from space limitations also. Here are a few photos of my instrument console.

outstanding improvising dude.

an avid   to you.

Thanks Avid.  Storing all my junk in/on that crate sure makes loading and unloading the raft a lot easier.

Here's mine.  The only thing missing that I plan on attaching is a cup holder right behind the platform holding my fish finder.

Very nice, Lard_Bass.  I like the diagonal rod holders.  I ran out of room on my crate, but I've got them mounted elsewhere on the raft.  What is the platform that you have your depth finder mounted on?  It sorta looks like the center console of a car.

Mike

Thanks Long Mike (and same to you as well).  Actually, my depth finder is a portable unit.  The whole console can be carried away.  Inside, the transducer, battery pack, and power cord are stored.  The whole console is velcroed to a small plywood ledge that I attached to my crate with an L-bracket.  

BTW, how do you power your fish finder?  Also, what kind of inflatable raft do you use?  Does you have a trolling motor attached to it?

I power the fish finder and the GPS unit with my trolling motor battery.  My boat is a Sea Eagle 9.

www.seagle.com/motormountboat.aspx

It is the Fisherman's package located at the bottom of the page.  Sea Eagle wanted $250 for the floor-boards and bench seats, so I made them myself for about $30.  I also constructed a set of transom-mounted wheels that allow me to get the boat in and out of the water when loaded.  They are a pain to use, so I am going to redesign them.

I caught three in my lower unit last year!

mcbass, What a profound statement!  It's so sad that no one on God's green earth has any idea what you are talking about.

I mainly fish out of a boat,but when I float a river or creek I use a canoe.For many years that's what I used everywhere and caught as many bass then as I do now.A bad back prevents me from using the canoe more often.It'll go places that a bass boat only dreams about!When I do float a creek or river,I keep it basic.No fancy electronics.A tackle box,two rod and reel combos,an anchor and rope,and a stadium seat for that bad back.

 I just took up fishing again last year after not fishing for 30 years; bought a new Radisson 14 footer last weekend. Am in the process of figuring out I want  to rig it up. Lots of good water here in NW Pa. that I cant wait to get on.

 

I'm a canoe guy too.

I made a trolling motor bracket out of hardwood, attaches to the canoe by clamping 2 aluminum brackets (with1/4x20 bolts and wingnuts) to the sides of the canoe( gunnels?) I dont have stabilizers but i still ca fish standing up if it's not too windy. Sorry, I dont have pics at this moment, and everything is burried somewhere in the garage.