Could the boat be listing to the right? Like off balanced. I've seen this when I fill starboard livewell and Port fuel is empty and me only on starboard side it tilts the boat to the right a little and the transducer tilt down a little. If you balance the boat it reduces the darkness. Other thing is to raise right side of the transducer so it's more level.

Have a question for you guys. I posted this in the BBC Humminbird forum but I thought I would ask here too ( Doug you probably saw it over there ).

Just bought a 898 and a Ram mount to put it on by the driver console. My question is should I use bolts or screws to attach the Ram mount base to the fiberglass?

Thanks in advance

I went to Lowes and got phillips head stainless steel bolts that fit flush into the Ram mount. For the underside I picked up locking washers and nuts, also stainless steel. I used blue locktite just in case.

I took all the mounts with me because I also needed the short bolts that hold the HB mount to the Ram 11" mount.

Anyone here run a 898 or 998 on the Trolling motor? How do you like it? Any pics on the mounting of the unit? Thanks

I run a 998 on the trolling motor. I'm using the SI transducer, was able to find a thread on how to route the wiring on the notch of the I-pilot. Also ran the Hydrowave wiring on the same spot and it's working perfectly right now. I'm using a Ram mount for the 998. I'll try to post a pic or two in a bit.

Side imaging works well, just expect some zig zag lines when you're moving the trolling motor side to side.

Thanks for all the help I got it installed today

Diel11 I Went to Lowes and got all stainless steel bolts and nylock nuts and we are waitnig on the weather now

I first used a 798ci SI at the bow with a trolling motor mounted SI transducer. Now I have a 1198c SI unit at the bow.
Doug has a 998c SI on the bow of his Skeeter. We use RAM mounts.
This is my setup, Doug has posted his before.
I am looking at this unit about 95% of the time I am on the boat and using this view.

Thanks. No issues with the bouncing on the bow?

This is what I had to do to compensate for my fat arse.

I use a 998c the last 2 Years and the previous 2 years I ran 898c on the bow. I like the smaller height for the way I fish.



Here is an image from SI on the Trolling Motor while I was Hybrid Huntin last week.



Here's the fish in the image

Looks Good

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Whats humminbird fixing to release? Gotta be something with all these discontinued 998 sales going on.