Anyone ever seen a transducer mounted on the Jack plate? I know how I can get it on there and maintain the swing up motion if I hit something. But not sure if it best place for functionality.

That's where mines mounted. No issues at all.

It depends on why you want it there and what performace you expect it to give you. That is a common location for an imaging transducer but no other type.

I've hung a transducer from one. Did just fine.

Its just a plane ole 200khz xducer. just trying to keep from drilling holes in the boat.

they work fine, been mounting mine there for years. do yourself a favor and buy a transducer cord extension to run from the console to the back so if you break the transducer off or it goes bad all you have to do is mount a new one and run it in the steering boot and hook it back up. you can change it out in minutes.

That's where mine is, no issues at all.

Funny you should ask. Just today I received the jackplate mounting bracket and shield for my HBird SI transducer. I'd ordered it from these folks Transducer Shield/Saver I run a Champ 203 and have lost 3 SI transducers in the past year, all of which were transom mounted. Not sure if that was due to the deep Champ transom design or if I've just been unlucky, but I do know I lost one transducer that hadn't hit any object in the water. This bracket/shield looks pretty stout and I'm hoping it's the solution I'm looking for.