Is it just me or is it hard to get your bait to appear on the screen. I�m pretty good with my electronics and and have become pretty familiar with them so I�ve played with sensitivity and other settings but it seems like if my line isn�t a foot in front of the trollling motor head then I can�t see it. Even with a one oz slab it�s hard to get it on the screen. I have my live scope on and the transducer is mounted in the trolling motor. Does it have to be 100% directly under the trolling motor or should I be able to see it when the bait is a few feet to the right or left in 20+ feet of water?

I�ve noticed I need to be pretty much under it. But for me is just knowing the depths I can see the fish. You get pretty close seems good enough for me. With wind or waves moving you around it�s hard to stay right under.

Yep. It is frustrating. That is about all you are going to get. This is why I tell guys; do not keep circling your spots looking for fish. You are just going to run them off. Make one pass from deep water side scanning; if you see one or two fish stop and fish. They are there. We spend $5k for depth finders on today's market and I caught more fish back in the 80's off ledges with depth finders that would lock on immediately on a depth change from 100 ft. to 20 ft...

If you have an external transducer you can twist it to the right a little bit and you don�t have to have it directly under the trolling motor anymore. Obviously would not work so well with a side imaging transducer though.

I�ve heard that you can lean your transducer off to one side just a little and it will help