Thanks to all of you for helping me decide on a good fishfinder to buy.

One thing I'm wondering is the difference between the 565 and the 575 and if it's worth the extra money for it.

I plan on mounting this up front on the trolling motor. I bought the mounting kit for installing it on the trolling motor. I have several questions on how to do this.

1.) Do I just tape or strap the wire leading to the transducer up the shaft and if so, what is the best to use to attach it?? Tape or pull ties or????

2.) Should I mount the monitor thru the fiberglass right on the front of the boat or should I mount it to the floor just behind and below the front of the boat???

3.) Which battery should I connect this to?? The engine battery or the trolling motor battery????

I'll snap a picture of the bow where I'll be mounting this later today so you guys know what I'm talking about.

Perhaps some of you could show a pic of how you mounted yours????

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

                 

Thanks to all of you for helping me decide on a good fishfinder to buy.

One thing I'm wondering is the difference between the 565 and the 575 and if it's worth the extra money for it.

I plan on mounting this up front on the trolling motor. I bought the mounting kit for installing it on the trolling motor. I have several questions on how to do this.

1.) Do I just tape or strap the wire leading to the transducer up the shaft and if so, what is the best to use to attach it?? Tape or pull ties or????

Zip ties are your best bet.

2.) Should I mount the monitor thru the fiberglass right on the front of the boat or should I mount it to the floor just behind and below the front of the boat???

Where ever you prefer.  I have mine as high as I can get it.  Some people mount on the front deck beside the TM pedal.

3.) Which battery should I connect this to?? The engine battery or the trolling motor battery????

Cranking battery

                 

Why on earth would you hook that to the cranking battery? Imagine if you forgot to turn it off... your out on vacation... no electric.... you jump in your boat day 2..... blub blub blub.... BLAAAAH!

Why on earth would you hook that to the cranking battery? Imagine if you forgot to turn it off... your out on vacation... no electric.... you jump in your boat day 2..... blub blub blub.... BLAAAAH!

If you hook it to the TM batteries it can and will cause interference. Every time you touch the TM button the finder will go crazy.

I have never left mine on and even if I did I don't think it will run the battery down in two days. Anyway my Skeeter has a master switch that kills everything.

I was wondering if the trolling motor would cause interference. I figured it may but I have no background with these things hence the question.

I don't have a master switch on my old Trophy bass boat but even if I ran the engine battery down, if I am at the lake, I carry a set of jumpers in the boat so I could just jump off the trolling motor battery.

Problem solved.

Why on earth would you hook that to the cranking battery? Imagine if you forgot to turn it off... your out on vacation... no electric.... you jump in your boat day 2..... blub blub blub.... BLAAAAH!

If you hook it to the TM batteries it can and will cause interference. Every time you touch the TM button the finder will go crazy.

I have never left mine on and even if I did I don't think it will run the battery down in two days. Anyway my Skeeter has a master switch that kills everything.

My fish finder runs off the TM battery along with everything else. Ive never seen a problem but then again, its not mounted to the TM either.

Where would you mount it if this were your boat???

Why on earth would you hook that to the cranking battery? Imagine if you forgot to turn it off... your out on vacation... no electric.... you jump in your boat day 2..... blub blub blub.... BLAAAAH!

I'm on vacation with no place to plug in to charge my batteries, my depth finder is connected to my cranking battery and I forget to turn it off. Cranking battery is dead so I jump start my outboard with my trolling motor battery and let the alternator charge my battery.

If my depth finder is connected to my trolling motor battery and I forget to turn it off its S. O. L.  

Where would you mount it if this were your boat???

To the right of the bow light plug.

I have mine there and it isn't in the way, easy to see.

Austin, Is that an Eagle FishMark 320?

If yes, How do you like it?

Austin, Is that an Eagle FishMark 320?

If yes, How do you like it?

Yes, and I don't.

Hey Bass Chump, did you consider using Humminbirds transducer exchange program? I recently installed a 585c on my bow and I sent the standard transducer to Humminbird in exchange for a trolling motor transducer, its alot more lower profile. I did hook up the 585c to my boats electrical system which has a master power switch.  My main graph is run off of the trolling motor batteries.

I would mount it just right of the light plug, but I would get a RAM mount, well worth the $30-$40 and it make seeing the DF alot easier.

I ended up mounting it on the floor just to the left of the plug. The right side of the plug is usually where I have the foot controller for the trolling motor.

It's only a 17 foot boat so there isn't as much room as those newer, bigger bass boats but it works for me.

I didn't have to drill any holes so if I find that I don't like it where it's mounted, I can easily just mount it someplace else.

What's a RAM mount?????????

What's a RAM mount?????????

http://www.ram-mount.com/