I used the new kayak and portable depthfinder yesterday. No fish :'(. I'm not too sure how to use a depthfinder. I put the transducer at the front of the boat barely underwater. does anyone ever use the fish ID or fishtrack? i used it for a little while then switched back to the regular arches. I never actually saw a real arch. they were more like slightly curved lines. Can anyone give me some tips and suggestions for using a dpethfinder, particularly a portable one, that aren't included in the directions?

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The front of the boat is fine as long as the transducer stays under the water.

Position the tranducer interface so the leading edge is about 1/16" higher than the trailing edge (assures good water pressure).

If mounted dead parallel or tail-up, the transducer tends to cavitate at higher speeds and may obliterate readings underway.

You may alternatively mount the tranducer inboard, provided the interface is surrounded by a pool of water (shoots through the hull)

I personally would not bother with the fish ID icons (fool's gold), but learn the look-and-feel of those arched lines.

Roger