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Welcome to Fishing Specialties Transducer Mounting For all transducer types

Welcome to Fishing Specialties Transducer Mounting For all transducer types

Welcome to Fishing Specialties Transducer Mounting For all transducer typesWelcome to Fishing Specialties Transducer Mounting For all transducer typesWelcome to Fishing Specialties Transducer Mounting For all transducer types

Outrigger transducer mount assembly!

Deploy in less than a second - stow it just as fast!

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Livesight Systems by Lowrance

Livesight systems are best used with the Deluxe Bowducer systems.   Be sure to add a handle to the system in order to easily tell what direction the transducer is facing 

Deluxe Bowducer System

Livesight on a Bowducer Assembly

Mounted Livesight transducer

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Livescope system shown.  Add an extension tube to raise the handle higher above the baseplate assembly.  Uses a telescoping downrod to quickly adjust the transducer depth.

Build a Bowducer for my boat

Conventional Transducers including Sideview / Downview.

Conventional side view/downview transducers benefit from being located away from trolling motors.  Pinch points on motors ruin cables and create water entry which degrades the signal.  

Delux Bowducer System

Please help us by showing us your Installation!

We are trying to help our customers determine the best mounting.  A picture is worth 1000 words so please send us a photo of your installation to share with everyone (We post them on "Installed Mounts" page).


Send photos to:  MPHFS1@gmail.com


Livescope System users: When removing your transducer from the water, always be sure to turn off the signal from the transducer to prevent overheating.  This is recommended by Garmin and you can do it with either a short press on the power button or by going into the Sonar Menu and clicking the "transmit on/off" button.

Lowrance LIVESIGHT

Information received regarding LiveSight indicates that our Deluxe or Premium Bowducer assemblies will work great with this transducer.  Please note that the transducer is side mounted and a special end will be sent to allow the wire to go up through the downrod and protect the cable from potential damage should the downrod contact underwater obstacles.    


Customers may order immediately for this product line and please tell us under the transducer section that it is a "LiveSight."  Also please note that the transducer uses the black Lowrance connector so using a telescoping tube is possible with the slight modification indicated on our "About Downrods" page:  

About Downrods

Livescope with a Bowducer Assembly

This is a Garmin Livescope deployed while moving.  Speed is about 3.5mph.  Transducer turned at an angle to line of travel.  Note that it is solid and remains so without any knobs or locks.

Stowage of any downrod system.

This video shows how the downrod functions with the baseplate.  Note it is not attached in any permanent way.  It can be easily removed and stowed for travel or even taken completely off the boat for safe keeping.  

Download Assembly Instructions

Bowducer Installation manual (pdf)Download

News and stuff

  • Garmin LiveScope (tm) system now available.  Coupled with the Livescope mount you will see better imaging and it is more precise in its control!  See it in featured products below!


  • NEW!  Bowducers have been modified for use with Flounder Gigging Lights or any underwater  LED light kit.


  • Side Image Transducers can be rotated independently from the trolling motor.  Allows you to scan in any direction! 


  • If your fishfinder is not listed, please call us for pricing on your system of choice.  719-640-4948 (or send us an email using the button below).


  • Bowducer outrigger mounts are an excellent assembly for attaching LED or other lamps for night time fishing (where legal!).


  • Bowducer mounts have many options for securing the baseplate assembly to your boat.  Pedestals to rise above gunnels, angles for Tracker, Lund and Alumacraft, as well as plates mounted under the trolling motor - no additional drilling into your boat (see accessories for motor plates and pedestals).  

Find out more

Stay tuned for special giveaway items.

COMING SOON:  Simply write up our product on your favorite fishing forum or blog.

Send a link to your write up to mhagen@fishingspecialties.com and we will send you a thank you.

Be sure to send your address along with your link!

Thank you to all our customers!

Why utilize an Outrigger Mount

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How to get the most from high resolution fishfinders:

The current generation of fish finder systems are getting more sophisticated every day. Transducers are becoming larger and more sensitive. There is also considerable change in technologies with current generation trolling motors.  Models such as Terrova, Xi5 and iPilot do not easily allow mounting of transducers.


However, the one thing that is not changing, is the ability of a trolling motor to pinch, rip, stretch, and generally ruin a transducer cable.   For example, if you are able to mount a transducer with Xi5, it will either catch the cable in the mechanism, tearing it or potentially spin until the conductors rip.  A transducer on trolling motor is just a bad idea!


In addition, the quick movements of a trolling motor mounted transducer tend to ruin imaging from these expensive units. While the image will be eventually be reestablished, a ruined cable will cost you several hundred dollars.


In order to obtain maximum performance from a bow mount transducer, it is extremely beneficial to separate the transducer from the trolling motor. This helps to improve image quality and will also help lower the potential for electrical interference. 

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Improve Image Quality

Image quality is related to the stability of the transducer. If a transducer is mounted on the trolling motor, small directional changes of the motor result in slurring of the images. The illustration here shows just how much the image may be ruined. A small 5 degree correction of the motor results in the side view distortion of over 2 feet at only 25 feet from the boat.

This image distortion is reduced considerably with the Bow-Ducer Outrigger as all the small angular adjustments of the motor are eliminated. With transducer secured to the boat, the views of fishing structure or depth contours, and baitfish or game fish schools, perpendicular (or any other angle) to the primary direction of boat travel will be more consistently stable and this translates into a more usable image from your system. 

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Additional Advantages for bow mounting

Mounting a transducer on the bow of a boat, separately from a trolling motor is a solution to issues we fishermen have with the questionable joining of a trolling motor and a high resolution transducer!

The Bow-Ducer Outrigger mount (our new product name) is a solution to all transducer and trolling motor issues. The Bow-Ducer Outrigger mounts to the opposite side of the boat from the trolling motor, yet at the bow. It allows fishermen to separately orient the transducer. Keep cables away from trolling motor pinch points, and generally lower electrical interference picked up by todays sensitive transducers.

Fishing Specialties offers transducer to downrod mounting assemblies for all of todays transducers and the extension of the transducer cables through the downrods to make cable management a breeze. 

Warranty

This Limited Warranty covers any defects in material or workmanship under normal use during the Warranty Period.


During the Warranty Period, Fishing Specialties will repair or replace, at no charge, products or parts of our product that proves defective because of improper material or workmanship, under normal use.


What will we do to correct problems?

Fishing Specialties will either repair or replace the Product(s) at no charge.

How long does the coverage last?

The Warranty Period for Physical Goods purchased from Fishing Specialties is 30 days from the date of purchase.

What does this limited warranty not cover?

This Limited Warranty does not cover any problem that is caused by impact, improper mounting, or other damage due to external forces.