I got tired of my transducer moving aroundin the hole when the wind blows and any of half dozen things that effect it because it hangs below that chunk of foam float. I used a few pieces of 1 inch pvc and a couple elbows and a "t" to make a 1 foot x 16 inch by a foot (depending on the thickness of the ice) and put the 3 elbows facing down on the ends of the tubes to stableise the contraption. I painted it black so the Sun can warm it up. I taped the transducer on a down tube about a foot long into the water.
With the power turned down low, I run my standard jig a foot or so off the bottom in about the 50 feet I usually fish. I then rotate the contraption a little at a time until the jig shows up the strongest signature on the screen. I do drill a second hole for the transducer so I don't have to pull it out of the hole every time I get a fish on. I pull it out when I get a nice fish on just to be safe. By painting the gadget black, on most sunny days, the transducer hole stays thawed out even when the wind is blowing minor snow across the hole. My being a cobbler like most ice fishermen, I get great satisfaction from sucessfully making something that actually works well.
Sorry, photobums stole all of my pictures.
