I've been doing a lot of canoe fishing lately and want to add a fish finder for when I go hybrid or striper fishing. I have a 34T Minn Kota trolling motor and a 12V marine battery. I found a great deal on a used Humminbird matrix 37 but it's a bit more powerful than what I was expecting. I'm wondering if it will be feasible to run this particular fish finder and a 34T trolling motor from the same battery? Any thoughts or advice on whether this is good idea or a bad one would be helpful!

And if it's not a good idea ... does anyone have any suggestions on a particular fish finder for the canoe? Speed is an important factor which kills out a lot of models ... including the Humminbird Fish Buddy series.

Thx

The only thing that would concern me is interference on the fish finder when the trolling motor runs. if you can live with that you should be good.

The only thing that would concern me is interference on the fish finder when the trolling motor runs. if you can live with that you should be good.

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It's not a problemdone it for years

Thanks guys. Very reassuring. I went ahead and picked up the used Matrix and it's sweet! Can't wait to give it a wet test run...

I use a Humminbird 565 portable from a scanoe powered by a 55# TM. It works great, comes w/ suction cup transducer and rechargeable battery.