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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dean nelson" data-source="post: 86583" data-attributes="member: 1305">Well I'm pretty sure I just went nuts because I'm going to be picking up a sonar for my boat. The reason this is nuts is my boat I'm getting the electronics for is an 8.5 foot sun dolphin. I run the boat with a small minkota tiller and a big marine battery. I'm looking at either the humminbird helix 7 or possibly the 9. So yes if your doing the math I'm looking at putting a $700 to $1,000 side scan sonar on a $500 boat thus the Ridiculousness of the situation. Joked about doing it for years but now am going through with it. The question is with mounting the transducer sense if it's put in the back it will only be about a foot-and-a-half from the trolling motor and I'm wondering if that will get the bottom of the motor into the cone and cause a problem. Also weather or not I need a second battery for the unit to limit electrical interference? I've run the little cheap ones on there before but am new to the more high end equipment so just looking for some pointers and if anyone has the 7 or 9 what you have thought of the unit. The 9 is tempting because I could mount it on my four wheeler and run the 360 for ice fishing if I choose to pick up the probe. This is the style boat I'm talking about. They don't look like much but they are by far my favorite boat of any size to fish out of. If any of you were down at cattail back in 09 you may have seen me and my buddy out in the main pack of boats with a couple of these. Couple guys gave us crap till they saw that because we could get right in on the flooded treeline trolling we were slamming them well they had to stay a few yards out and had a slower bite. So if you have any advice would love to hear it.[ATTACH]4169[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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