Hey guys, just put a new (to me) transducer on my boat. I have a lowrance elite 7-Hdi Unit.
The unit reads temperature, depth, and is able to mark fish while drifting. While on plane, we are unable to see depth or mark fish. Even at slow trolling speeds (3kts) we aren’t able to pick anything up.
Although I don’t think it is my problem, I put some de-oxit contact cleaner on the transducer pins, just to cover my bases.
I also gently cleaned it with soap and water today.
It was mounted a bit uneven side to side, so I loosened it and retightened it level. It has a slight angle down. Unfortunately, the boat ramp is about 2 hrs away from me, so it’s been a bit of a pain to make some tweaks, try it fishing and have it not work. I am planning on bringing some tools to the boat ramp tomorrow, but does anybody have some obvious call outs? I’m hoping a combination of the cleaning, deoxit, and leveling make a difference.
It is somewhat near a strake of the hull, but that’s where the previous transducer was. It is angled slightly down and sits flush or just below the hull. It is on the starboard side.
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Mine also does not work while on plane and I think it’s just going to fast and there’s too much agitation to read accurately. But it shoupd work fine at slow trolling speeds.
I have mine about 1/8th of an inch below the hull. Works fine up to about 25 mph. Transducer design and strength matters too. I have a 1kw. It seems to keep bottom a lot better than my 150w transducer did before