Smart Troll

With a Garmin GPSMAPS system you should be able to put Garmin's "Active Captain" app on your android tablet and have full control of your Garmin Head Unit through it. That way you have your sonar data and Smart Troll on the same tablet.

If you want to upgrade to Smart Troll II I will take the kit you have as a trade-in and give you 50% off an equivalent Smart Troll II kit. We have made some great improvements so I am making this offer to make it easy for you to upgrade to Smart Troll II if you want. If you want to take advantage of the offer then please send me an email stating that is what you want to do and I will send you a code that you can use during checkout to get the 50% discount. [email protected] You can return the stuff you have when you get a chance to take it off your boat.

The original Smart Troll probe bodies were black. Smart Troll II bodies are grey. The probe is the size of your index finger and you can see the grey Smart Troll II probe ahead of the Dipsy in the picture.

This is Darrell at Smart Troll I have a couple of Gen I probes I will give you for free. Or...I will give you a 50% trade in discount to upgrade to Smart Troll II. IM, text or email me if you want to discuss the details.

The mount for your motor sets back quite a bit...but if you put the transducer near the scupper like you described then it should be ok. The probes are deep so the signals are coming to the boat in an upward direction so the signals should go under everything to get to the transducer.

Tyee II That area to the right of the swim platform is a good spot. Actually, if there is a similar spot on the port side...where there is no swim platform then even better. The transducer just has to be a few inches under the waterline...just deep enough so that it stays underwater most of the time in waves. The futher to the outside edge of the boat...the better.

Tyee II, Very few Smart Troll owners have reported having difficulty getting a signal from probes on both sides of the boat. You can put the Transducer above the trim tabs...it just has to be below the waterline enough so that it stays underwater most of the time in waves. The signal is coming from the Probes at an upward angle...when the signals hit the surface they do reflect back down so you may get a signal with the trim tabs down...but it is also possible that for best performance you may have to put the trim tab that is below the transducer down when trolling. If you want to email a picture of your transom I will gladly make a suggestion. Just use sales@ my website domain...didn't want to spell it out because that is what bots look for to send spam.

It is best to mount Smart Troll Transducer near the outside edge of the boat as much as possible and that is especially true with outboards (or an out-drive). 1) There is much less vibration at the outside edge of the boat than there is nearer the center of the transom. The Smart Troll system is very sensitive so that it can pick up the signals from the probes hundreds of feet away. Too much hull vibration can cause the transducer to ring and cause interferance. If there is a kicker then the transducer should definitely be mounted on the opposite side as the kicker. 2) The closer the transducer is to the outboard the farther back a probe on the opposite side of the boat will have to be to get a straight line of site to the Smart Troll Transducer. Imagine if the transducer was right up against the outboard then there is no good line of sight to the opposite side of the boat. The farther the transducer is from the motor the better the angle to get line of sight past the outboard. Please let me know if you have more questions and I am happy to answer...