Northwest Reel Life Jan-Feb 2024 Volume 4 Issue 4 - Flipbook - Page 15
your paddle to turn, you will
use a lever (typically to your
left) that will allow you to
direct your boat.
INTEGRATED
TRANSDUCER MOUNTS
Traditionally, if you wanted
to mount a transducer on
your kayak for your fish
finder, you’d have two
options. The first option
would be to either buy
(or rig up) a transducer
mounting arm that will
mount to the rail of your
kayak and run down the
side and into the water.
This works, though it
creates drag in the water
and could get in the way
of your fishing. The second
option would be to mount
a transducer inside your
hull at the bottom. The
transducer would need
to be encapsulated in
something like plumbers’
putty and then fixed to
the bottom plastic of
the hull. This creates an
airtight environment for
the transducer and allows
the signal to be emitted
uninterrupted into the
water. Both options work
yet are not ideal. Integrated
in-haul transducer
mounts eliminate these
cumbersome and
sometimes difficult-toinstall systems. These
integrated mounts provide
predrilled holes with a
fixed path for your wires
to travel from the fish
finder monitor at the top
of the boat, down through
the hull, and then to a
protected compartment at
the bottom of the kayak.
Here the transducer itself is
submerged in the water yet
protected by a plastic plate
