Transducer through canoe floor

[greatwhitehunter]

Hey guys,

I don't do much for open water fishing but plan to do some canoeing down some local rivers and do some fishing this coming year.

I have read a few threads on here about mounting a transducer (I have a Marcum vx-1p that I will be using) to the bottom of the boat and it will read through it.

Can someone explain this to me a little better and show some pictures of how it was done? I have read a few things but I don't want to try anything until I know for sure what I am doing.

[Duffman]

I just splash a little water on the floor of the canoe and put my transducer in it. Reads right thru the kevlar hull.

Aluminum isn't a problem either.

You might run into issues getting a reading if the hull is made up of different layers of material.

You can see where my ducer has tipped over in the pic after dragging the canoe on shore.

[toddb]

A dab of vaseline will work too and the transducer will stick somewhat to the bottom of the canoe

[jentz]

It does work as long as no air bubbles are present,I have a 3 inch piece of PVC pipe cut about 3-4 inches long then contoured by grinding the bottom to match the bottom of my aluminum canoe.I epoxied it in place.I fill it with water insert the ducer with a small nut and bolt to hold it steady.After the alum canoe worked so well. I also did the PVC pipe on my kayak its material is polypropylene Or something like that the epoxy did not adhere so I used a rubber based chaulk,Got it to hold water and the hummingbird now works on both and installs in minutes.

I epoxied one on a aluminum boat floor once.It had air bubbles and was worthless.I lost that ducer!!!Couldnt clean the epoxy off! Learned a lesson on that one!

No pics till spring.My openwater stuff it stored for winter.

[mrpike1973]

i have 2 aluminum boats and use a marcum. i did like jentz says 3-4 inch piece of pvc pipe. except i use clear silicone put it on the pipe slap it were you want it. let it dry for a day works great fairly strong and if you dont like it there just pop it off. leaves no marks or residue good luck

[OnAFly]

It does work through layered materials like poly. I use mine in my 1 person canoe all the time.

Royalex might be different as I've heard it's a foam core. The foam will not transfer the signal well.