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TJones · 08-07-2015, 08:22 PM

On my revo . I mounted transducer every which way possible . First I glued it in hull before I realized it had to be in water . Next I used the mad frog to get the tranducer in water , which was lame . It creates a lot of drag . So much so , that it is noticeable . Let alone the fact that it will get hung up on kelp or debris . The arm is not stable enough to support such a big transducer either. Lastly I hacked off the mounting tabs that look like ears , and I glued it to bottom of yak . Which made transporting a little delicate . Forget about dragging it on rocks . The unit is incredible , but I got tired of the headaches associated with the mounting and sold it . The helix obviously supercedes the 898 and is probably that much better . I am pretty sure it still uses the same transducer and in my opinion it will not fit in lowrance ready bay . This unit will give the lowrance lss2 a run for money , but these transducers are really made for boats . Unless you get a little creative and are putting it on back of pro angler , I would stay away from it . Scotty makes a arm that mounts to back bar of pro angler that will deploy the transducer . It could probably be modified to accomidate the hummingbird . Any other kayak I wouldn't even bother with . Keep in mind the side imaging beam is a razor thin beam that needs a direct line of sight to target . And it need to be below the hull of vessel . Hope this helps.

08-07-2015, 08:22 PM	#2
TJones Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,526	898si On my revo . I mounted transducer every which way possible . First I glued it in hull before I realized it had to be in water . Next I used the mad frog to get the tranducer in water , which was lame . It creates a lot of drag . So much so , that it is noticeable . Let alone the fact that it will get hung up on kelp or debris . The arm is not stable enough to support such a big transducer either. Lastly I hacked off the mounting tabs that look like ears , and I glued it to bottom of yak . Which made transporting a little delicate . Forget about dragging it on rocks . The unit is incredible , but I got tired of the headaches associated with the mounting and sold it . The helix obviously supercedes the 898 and is probably that much better . I am pretty sure it still uses the same transducer and in my opinion it will not fit in lowrance ready bay . This unit will give the lowrance lss2 a run for money , but these transducers are really made for boats . Unless you get a little creative and are putting it on back of pro angler , I would stay away from it . Scotty makes a arm that mounts to back bar of pro angler that will deploy the transducer . It could probably be modified to accomidate the hummingbird . Any other kayak I wouldn't even bother with . Keep in mind the side imaging beam is a razor thin beam that needs a direct line of sight to target . And it need to be below the hull of vessel . Hope this helps.