Portable Fish Finders anyone?

[MichaelAngelo]

(07-24-2012 08:20 PM)woolyworm Wrote:  I have an Ocean Kayak Torque. It's very stable, but I haven't worked up the courage to stand in it yet when I'm fishing (I worry about capsizing and losing fishing gear); I have seen videos of people standing and fishing from lots of models of sit on tops without any trouble.

I was thinking of installing a fish finder, but might go for one of these portables instead, since I could easily switch it over to the canoe.

You should tie down your tackle, you never know! I don't have rod holders on the canoe, so I have to use carabiner clips around the reel stems to secure the rods to the boat.

Apparently you can shoot the sonar through the hull, as long as there is water filling up any air gaps. I've tried it, and it works... although not as well as putting the transducer outside the boat.

What I did was take a ziplock bag, fill it with water, and put the transducer inside it.