Hummingbird transducer question

[Welch251]

Do any of you use that support for the ducer or just let it hang on its own with the foam?   Just curious because on friday i was having a hard time picking my jig up on narrow beam i looked at it tonight and with using that support it tilts the ducer quite a bit and am guessing this is why i wasnt picking it up .  And what beam does everyone generally run on when fishing ?

Thanks

[Agronomist_at_IA]

Do any of you use that support for the ducer or just let it hang on its own with the foam?   Just curious because on friday i was having a hard time picking my jig up on narrow beam i looked at it tonight and with using that support it tilts the ducer quite a bit and am guessing this is why i wasnt picking it up .  And what beam does everyone generally run on when fishing ?

Thanks

Take the support for the float off. buy a vexilar rubber knob. put the vexilar rubber knob on the ducer cord and use the rubber stop above the float. Problem solved. or have a ducer arm made if you aren't going to use the float. Here is a pic of how we did it to my buddies.



Use the widest beam you can without picking up clutter. Narrow beam is for deeper water or to keep a buddies lure off your screen if you fish next to him in a portable.

[Welch251]

How much are those arms? those are sweet!! How hard is to attatch to the base?

[Ihawkangler]

Good question and good recommendation.  I have had a hell of a time seeing my jig on my Ice 35, but see it clearly on my FL-8.  Maybe it has something to do with the beam or transducer cable, so I will try the float and rubber stopper.  The Humminbird design with the extra cable is odd.

[Agronomist_at_IA]

How much are those arms? those are sweet!! How hard is to attatch to the base?

Um I think a member made them.  shane123 maybe? also made showdown arms. He made them up they were $50 and a simple screw was used to hold them in on a spot where the base has a hole for the screw.

Once you have a ducer arm you wont use the float hardly if at all.

[jrjach75]

I just lower the transducer until it is below the ice, then secure the cord in the base. Never used the float or the extra cable, it only takes a few seconds to adjust it if/when I move.

[Shane123]

i made those.  however I no longer make them for that size of bulb.  it sucked trying to keep some in inventory for each different model, so i standardized it.  now you must use a stopper, but those can be had from bomgaars for 90 cents.  I charge 25 dollars shipped for a set of arms. 

Also, i never made any for the showdown, as they have a different mounting system.  there is a guy that makes them for showdown units, but they are powder coated and not engraved. 

to mount the arms, you will have to drill a 1/4" hole into the base.  i include a riser and hardware with them to mount it. 

another note, they are no longer polished.  my polishing guy got transferred from the machine shop to the water jet/laser department.  so i refined my clamping technique and have improved the machined surface to a very very fine micro finish.  another advantage of this is not having to keep them super clean, since the water marks really show up on the polished units.

[Welch251]

I had a few people tell me that the design was a way to get around the patent on the vexilar float.

[toofuss]

^^^^ I was told this flat out by a humminbird rep

[Buckshots]

The support cable can go straight in the trash. Put the float directly on the transducer cable. The support cable does turn the transducer a little. Do away with it.

[Agronomist_at_IA]

Once I started using transducer arms, I never use the float. To easy to get the fish tangled. I just hug the ducer cord along the ice hole iso it is harder to get tangled in.

Does anyone really use the float?