Portable fish finder?:?

[Ryan11r]

i AM LOOKING FOR A GOOD PORTABLE FISH FINDER. THIS IS FOR MY LITTLE 10 FOOT JON BOAT. i FISH THIS BOAT ON SMALL LAKES AND CREEKS. mOST UNDER 20 FEET DEEP. wHERE SHOULD I START? THANKS RYAN

[jsharper]

I bought a unit that operated on flashlight batteries that I was not fond of and it didn't last but about a year, I have now made one with a 12 volt deer feeder battery, mounted the unit on top of a plastic tool box and use it in my flatbottom, I mounted the transducer permanent. but my friend, that I stole the idea from, just mounted his on a board and clamps it on the boat. Mine is a relatively cheap Garmin unit, but it shows depth and structure just fine.

Jim

[primitive]

I don't know how much those portable units cost, but the low end Hummingbird at walmart is around a hundred and a good unit for the money.

[Pastor E]

Originally Posted by jsharper

I bought a unit that operated on flashlight batteries that I was not fond of and it didn't last but about a year, I have now made one with a 12 volt deer feeder battery, mounted the unit on top of a plastic tool box and use it in my flatbottom, I mounted the transducer permanent. but my friend, that I stole the idea from, just mounted his on a board and clamps it on the boat. Mine is a relatively cheap Garmin unit, but it shows depth and structure just fine.

Jim

Have you got any pictures showing how you mounted the tranducer

[Ryan11r]

Thanks guys Im gonna buy the a small one from walmart and use clamps to mount it to one of the benches