Kayak Fishing - How to install a Fish Finder on a Kayak

[Manboyno5]

Sonar pulses from a fishfinder will fire straight through a plastic or fiberglass kayak hull as long as there's no air between the transducer bottom and the kayak hull. I use a foam well like this but I just fill it with water instead. For those using glue, take care to avoid trapping bubbles in there.

[vintage1art]

I know that this is an old video.. but you DONT have to make a hole in the kayak? that would be great!!

[wrecks1984]

ok..so the transducer goes right in the hull!?! the only thing you wont get is water temp but the rest will work, depth fish and drop offs and all?? if yes i will be getting a portable sonar

[kyhiker55]

You can get foam at Michaels or craft store. Cut with drywall saw, works great.

[mackles]

GREAT IDEA! THANK YOU!

[MORPHEUSou812]

Capt.Dick

I followed your instructions exactly the way you said and it works perfectly and it even picks up the water temperature.Thank You again for your expert advice:) 5-11-2011

[MORPHEUSou812]

Lexel is a super clear adhesive calk ,it takes 2-4 days to cure " Harden" and 1-2 weeks to completely cure and costs about 8 or 9 dollars a tube. True Value hardware store sells it or you can get it at a home depot or lowes. I hope what capt dick says is true because I did exactly what he said to do yesterday 4-11-2011 I'll keep you posted on the results.

[screamindemon6x]

From what I heard the transducer is supposed to be submerged into the

water in order to pickup wave differences/vibrations. What is lexcell, probably your market I'm assuming.

[ouird]

what is lexcell? (im unsure if i spelt it correctly)

[redbuttedmonkey]

@ouird

Lexel

[288bassbrat]

what do you use for the battrey

[pojhmongyang]

Bought a kayak from Stan Great guy...that looks like an OK Trident. it has a rod pod.

[Gissur37]

Isn't that a Prowler Big Game? Those are designed to accept scupper hole transducers. Is there a reason why one shouldn't?

[commontrol]

MAN! I want that knife!

[jslong36]

@commontrol looks like a kershaw leek

[offshore1987]

Very nice vid :)

[gangstaofhamster]

nice simple vid :)

[biggma46]

thanks grate vid.

[1LSUredneck]

It is very important not to have any air bubbles in the goop. This will cause the unit not to read. I also mount mine in the rear of the yak. That part of the boat is always in the water.

[WereAllThatBored]

Nix: You are correct as to why your transducer didnt work. The slightest bit of air between the bottom of the boat and the transducer will give you an incorrect reading.

[NixNext]

i installed my transducer in-hull and it doesnt work. I suspect it may be because I pressed my transducer to the bottom of the hull instead of making it float in the adhesive.(as mentioned in the video)

[bragnrelease]

Great instructional video....A lot of good information and very easy to understand. Well Done.