More specifically does anyone here run this transducer?
What speeds can they read the bottom at? I'm not talking about just finding the depth, I mean see the bottom and not have it cutting in and out. Even better can you mark fish while at speed on the plane?
Does anyone run this transducer on a Buccaneer? Or a Buccaneer 525 Billfisher? How does this work for you at speed?
I have a Airmar P66 Transducer hooked up to a Furono FCV620 on the 525 Billfisher and it is a great combo when drift fishing or driving slowly. Very powerful unit and picks up fish I never could see before - in fact I am still learning how to recognise different marks as different fish. The only problem I have with it is that when I get onto the plane it does not hold the bottom well. It might hold it for a minute, then cut in and out, and then not hold it for a few minutes, then hold it again, etc. It seems that while cornering on either direction it has a solid bottom lock...
I downloaded the Airmar installation instructions and it seemed like it was positioned fine - other than being on the port side not the starboard side - but the fact that at slow off non planing speeds it reads well I figure that the propeller is not interfering and therefore shouldnt effect planing speed either so being on port side should not affect it?
I note there is a chine towards the bow that ends half way down the boat that is close to the transducers line of travel but I think because the chine ends half way up that the smooth hull would sort the water out? It certainly appears that way when I observe the water out the back of the boat when planing - it looks like it is just the chine that runs right to the stern that is aerating the water.
I have tried it with the wedge to angle it forwards - i.e. lower the back of the transducer more to the front. Took it for a test run and marginal improvement but not much better - altho a bigger rooster tail now to before (but not much bigger). My next idea is to try lowering it 7 or 8mm and see if putting it deeper improves things. If that doesn't work I can try putting the wedge the other way to decrease the angle so it is more parallel to the hull rather than angled. Unfortunately the guy who installed it drilled the holes so that the transducer can't be raised any higher then it is so I can't test it in a higher setting without drilling new holes, and I think if I'm going to drill new holes it may pay to relocate it somewhere else anyway?
Really appreciate any advice you can give me as I'd love to get this working to its full potential.
Is it too much to ask to be able to get a solid reading and even better see some fish sign as I am driving?
Photos taken with wedge in (bigger angle than when I first got it)
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