Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:31:36 -0500, HK wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:25:00 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:57:22 -0500, HK wrote:

Arrgh...snow and rain. No Virginia Beach fishing trip this week.

Anyway, got a photo of another West Coast Parker with a tuna tower.
Don't see many of these tower-equipped small boats in these here parts.

http://tinyurl.com/2st2wm


Guy who runs her has an Airmar B-260 transducer, an 80-gallon bait tank,
and goes out 75 miles for albacore fishing.
I'd be curious where he has that transducer mounted on that boat.
It is a little huge for a thru-hull on that size of boat, but I
suspect that would be one of the preferred models.

Finding good water at plane, though? Location location, location.....


The owner built up some sort of nacelle on the inside of the hull and
the B260 protrudes, but I've not seen a photo of the install. I suspect
with all the money he's spent on the boat, he doesn't count $100 bills
closely.

The back 1/3rd of the Parker 25-footers don't come out of the water
much, even on plane. Or at all. Even.

This look like yours?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...n/P1010179.jpg


Mine? No.

I have the smaller, much less expensive bronze "tilt" transducer. It
barely protrudes from the bottom of the hull. I've never measured the
distance, but mine is about 2' forward of the transom. I didn't have a
through hull on my 25' Parker. Had two transom mount transducers for the
two fishfinders.