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[Fatso]

I have a portable fishfinder and I tried putting my tranducer in the boat sitting on the bottom of my aluminum tin boat instead of outside the hull and it worked.   Why didnt they tell me that in the first place???

It makes things a whole lot easier. 

[DanL]

Definitely convenient though you will potentially lose some sensitivity but may not be a big deal depending on your needs. It seems those that go this route will use something like silicone to seal any air gaps for the best transmission of signal.

Of course you lose the temperature data, which may or may not be important to you.

I've gone the magnetic transducer mount route, which so far seems to be the best compromise of convenience vs functionality.

[Fatso]

I just use it for depth information and it works well.

It always lies about fish! Lol

[Hike_and_fish]

Do yourself a favor just toss that Humminbird in the trash. Garmin and Lowrance are the only two worth looking at. Since Humminbird pays a licensing fee to Navico for the high rez imaging, you're always going either 1,) pay more or 2.) Never have the latest in high rez imaging. Lowrance and Garmin have partnered in a licensing deal to allow Lowrance to certain Panoptix patents and Garmin to have Navicos high rez imaging. This truly leaves Humminbird in the dust for the foreseeable future. As a Garmin Livescope owner I can tell you forward live facing sonar is the future. When you can scan the water in real time without even moving the boat and have the ability to see a clear image of fish big and small, it ups your catch count and saves you all that time looking for fish.

[Fatso]

Thanks, but do they have portable?

I will check, thanks. 😀

Edited to add:

The bullhead better be scared....very scared! 🤣