The old Eagle fishfinder in the kayak is finally going to be replaced with an newer model. I started to get bad water temperature readings; -4°F and the sonar was way off, so I knew something was wrong. Because of the poor readings, I was guessing that the transducer or the transducer wiring was bad. Since I had to replace all the wiring, I might as well spend a hundred bucks and get a whole new unit. I ripped out the old transducer and wiring, sure enough, it looks like the wire to the transducer has gone bad.
I got a new fishfinder; a Lowrance Elite-3x. I don’t believe in expensive fishfinders on a kayak and the Elite-3x fits the bill, it’s about $100. I’m a little worried about Lowrance customer service, they don’t respond to customer inquires or emails. Hope nothing goes wrong with the fishfinder. With customer service concerns, no way would I buy a $500 GPS/Sonar from them, $100 is all I’m willing to risk.
Everything is installed and we are waiting for adhesive to cure before we can get the kayak in the water to test the installation. We used Lexel to glue the transducer to the hull of the kayak, it takes at least a week to cure properly. We are updating the Fishfinder Installation page on the watermanatwork.com website with new photos and information.