Wargofam

The current location for your sonar will likely only work at very slow speeds.  You'd be better moving it down about 1 inch (hard to say from the picture) such that the center line of the transducer is inline with the bottom of the hull.  You might even consider mounting a piece of starboard on the transom (flush with the bottom) on which you could mount your transducer.  This way, you're not constantly drilling more holes in your hull.

Check out the following two installation guides as a reference:

https://static.garmin.com/pumac/Transducer_Placement_Guide_EN-US.pdf

https://static.garmin.com/pumac/GT36_56UHD_TM_Transducer_Installation_EN-US.pdf

Good luck!

Awesome pictures, thanks for sharing.

Just be sure that your son wears a life jacket.  It only takes a split second and everything changes for the worse; especially with the cold water!

Enjoy

For those of you who attended this year's salmon school at the Niagara Fishing Expo in February, the instructors emphasized the importance of logging your fishing trip.  Once you start building up a set of logs, you should continually study them to see patterns of what works and what doesn't for the various conditions and times of the season.  With this in mind, I created the attached PDF template for my boat configuration and wanted to share it in hopes that it would help others too.

Good luck!

Jim

Salmon Fishing Presentation Template.pdf

Here are the Navionics and conventional nautical charts for the same area.  The relief shading shown on your chart offers a substantial improvement over the conventional charts!  Good share and thank you.

The unit has just been sold. Thank you all for your replies.

The unit includes kits for all standard kicker models. I used it on a Merc 15 pro kicker.

For Sale

Troll Master Pro 3+ For Sale

Asking $200

TROLL Master is the world's leading remote Throttle & Steering control for auxiliary outboards. Maintain optimum trolling speeds to maximize your catch-salmon, steelhead, trout, walleye, tuna and more. The PRO3 Plus has all the precision speed and direction control of its predecessor, the PRO3, but everything is now controlled with a sleek, wireless remote that you can wear on a lanyard around your neck, keep in a pocket, or mount anywhere on the boat. No more cables to trip over, and no more having to run a cable from the motor to the helm. It features a back-lit display for those times when you're fishing right up to and past sunset when the bite is so hot, you can't leave the water. The rabbit and turtle buttons increase and decrease speed in small increments and keep it there. The controller will go into sleep mode after one minute of inactivity to save power. A quick press of any button will wake it up, and your previous trolling speed will still be set. Easy to install and even easier to use means less time working and more time fishing.

The chart capture below may help you out (see red arrow).  Just be sure to stay OUT of Canadian water during the COVID crisis, as we Americans are not welcome in their waters right now. They're taking it very seriously.

I recently purchased a Garmin Panoptix LVS32 with the intention of installing it "rear-facing" on the transom of the boat to watch downriggers for salmon and walleye fishing. I contacted Garmin support and they said it's okay to do provided I follow the usual rules (run it in clean water, avoid interference, etc.).  Looking for any advice on tips and techniques for this type of install. Would love to see a picture of an installed transducer where someone did this and find out how well it works. I'd rather do it right the first time.