Garmin Livescope Mounting Options

[biffdotorg]

thx. i do want to replace both house and starting batteries with lithium just for the weight. Boat still lists a lot unless i have livewell full. Batteries would help a lot i think.

I think those of us that use our Livescope setups for ice fishing have figured out the bare minimum for a full day of fishing. Let's put it this way, you will not burn up a big group 27 with these setups. Your trolling motor will before any LS setup will.

Ice fisherman, out of necessity, have figured this out as we carry the battery with us, and I'm not about to lug a group 27 across the ice or in a shuttle. In fact, I can run my 93UHD and LVS34 all day on one DeWalt 20v 10ah battery. I would bet that it runs more efficiently at that voltage, but most will agree that a 14v 30ah will suffice. So absolutely any big deep cycle will be fine.

Good luck.

 

[EvenParr]

If anyone still monitors this thread, I'd appreciate your help. Please see my original post. Thanks in advance.
Key points:
- 230sx
- don't want to put holes in boat
- removable design
- current Livescope is the ice fishing bundle with lvs34 transucer

https://jetboaters.net/threads/livescope-mount-design-help-please.43298/

 

[OntheWater77]

Here is my setup. I am using a Summit portable shuttle and a fishfindermounts.com LVS pole attached to a Cisco gimbal mount. This allows me to move the pole to any gimbal rod holder on the boat. I also installed a new gimbal rod holder on the front bow starboard side. This extra rod holder install was a great time to also install drain lines for the front cup holders that Yamaha does not include from the factory...

 

[EvenParr]

That may do the trick! I'm going to reach out to them right now, and see what I can figure out.
Many thanks!

 

[OntheWater77]

I ran into another great option for the gimbal mount for the LVS pole: https://cornfieldfishinggear.com/product/handscope/

 

[biffdotorg]

I have been using my Summit Ice pole with the RAM mount conversion in my boat. I had a trolling motor slot in my wave wackers on the transom that is sat in real nice.

I am finding, that I wish it were lined up with my fishing lines though and I may just use it in the bow instead this season. Since it's a RAM mount, I just need to put a ball up front and move it there.

I did purchase a 106SV to go along with my 93sv for in the fish house. One Ethernet cable and I had dual screens. (much cheaper than a GPSmap, just for HDMI out to the TV) But it should work nice in the boat as well. I will use the 93 in back for navigation maps and sonar, and the 106 in the boat with a livescope pole for spotting fish and working them from the bow.

Good luck everyone!