Correction: this appears to be unique to the 4" Striker 4. Striker models larger than 4" have a different transducer that have an entirely different mount.
I have the same yak and finder and did something very simular... great minds think alike I guess lol... only difference i did was turn the transducer around... the flat back actually butts up perfectly to the factory transducer mount and the two 90 degree angles keep the transducer perfectly perpendicular to the boat/waterline without the need of anything to support under it... one might think this wouldn't work cuz the ducer is facing backwards but it doesn't matter as its cone is not direction specific
What happens if you just glue the transducer to that black plastic base and feed the cable through the hole?. Or even better, stick the transducer directly to the bottom of the kayak with jb weld or some hard expoxy? Would that work?
Gluing the transducer to the bottom is an option. However in my case I have two boats and want to move it from boat to boat. In cases where the transducer isn't glued to the bottom I wouldn't rely on cable tension to keep it in place. It might work but that's a lot of tension on a cable that isn't designed for that purpose. The reason this works is it clamps down on the boat hull to keep the unit in place. Of course if you glue it to the bottom of the hull that clamping wouldn't be needed.
hey man, just got a question. It says on navarre kayak page that the bracket won’t fit the garmin striker 4 transducer. Is it a different bracket or the same one?
