Take a look on utube Stern Saver is the name of the product. This is a kit.What is the preferred epoxy most use to mount a poly transducer mount to the transom. I would rather not drill into the hull. I've read 3M 5200 will not hold over time.
I used marine grade epoxy on my aluminum boatIt is a fiberglass boat. I purchased a poly mounting plate from Angling Outfitters. The staff recommended using epoxy to secure it to the hull but didn't say which brand is best. Has anyone used Marine JB Weld for this purpose?
haha...have not been down yet! Just crazy busy with my full time business and my part-time business that should be my full time business 100% no mater if its a glass haul or an aluminum hull defiantly make use of an auxiliary and sacrificial mounting board!!! A mounting board has multiple advantages over just a piece of plastic to mount a transducer too!@RyTek Marine ... willing to provide an opinion here or are you busy up on Squinty?
WOW where were you when I was setting up my boat in the spring, I bought some transducer mounting boards from a Quebec online retailer... cost me over $100 for 2 large ones that are about the size of your small....Hope that helps.
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Yea I was thinking the same thing. I am sad the dealer made holes in my new boat for the transducer mount. Next time I make any changes it will be on one of those mounting boards.WOW where were you when I was setting up my boat in the spring, I bought some transducer mounting boards from a Quebec online retailer... cost me over $100 for 2 large ones that are about the size of your small....
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@RyTek Marine Maybe you can suggest something for me for this. My Helix 9 DI doesn't show anything on the port side unless I tilt my engine up significantly. Obviously the engine is blocking it. Is there anything that can be done?
Yea I was thinking the same thing. I am sad the dealer made holes in my new boat for the transducer mount. Next time I make any changes it will be on one of those mounting boards.
@RyTek Marine a couple more questions. What would you suggest to fill existing holes in the fiberglass transom? I was thinking fill with JB Weld, screw in a long stainless screw, hacksaw off the head and any protruding screw, cover whats left with JB weld.
Also ever seen a mounting board fail on a quick boat? I push 60mph so it needs to be on there strong.
Proper transducer placement and fine tuning is key! And having a decent graph to begin with sure does help! so many guys or worse yet the marine they bought their boat from just throw their transducers on the boat and say go!!! unfortunately people struggle and blame the MFG of the graph for it not doing what they want! Again, fine tuning is KEY and I will adjust and tune until they beat my expectations! I only have a few pictures and screen shots on this laptop but here is my current setup and some screen shots from last December on Quinte when I caught my PB walleye
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