#XTOOLS FISH SCALE HOW TO#
For tubing, a unit with 1600 watts or less should be enough.Īs to how to mount it and the transducer? The majority of the people I know have used PVC. The higher the power output, the more juice it drains from your battery. One more thing to keep in mind is peak to peak power. It eliminates a lot of the guesswork and offers better separation. The movement nowadays though, seems to be color. I can't say enough about the Lowrance X96. There are a lot of good units out there in the $150-$200 price range. Unfortunately, the more vertical pixels also relates to higher price. Which will give you a better idea of what you are looking at. The higher the vertical pixels, the better detail you'll see. If you're looking to get a little bit more out of it, like seeing finer detail, then this is where looking at how many vertical pixels really come into play. Other choices could be the Lowrance X50, Eagle Cuda, or a Garmin 90 or 140. The Humminbird PiranhaMax seems to be a popular one. The next question is: "what do you expect to get out of the fish finder?" If you just want to know the depth and structure, then a simple unit is all you'll need. My first question is: "how much do you want to spend?" It helps to narrow down your choices if you know exactly how much you are willing to spend. With so many choices out there, it's enough to make your head spin for sure. I've seen simple installs like the Fishin Buddy with the strap mount where you just slide the whole unit into the holder to my X510c using a RAM mount and PVC. I have a fish cat 4 and found out (after I bought the fish finder) that there wasn't a lot of room to play with. It does take some thought and creativity, though. In hindsight to my project, I think the thought of mounting it was not as hard as deciding which fish finder to choose.