Hi Jesse, I just had to come on here and thank you for the instruction video for the active Target pole. I had already done one using some jack attacks stuffed camera poles and stuff but just didn't work right and it was too expensive to be sticking that expensive pole down in the water. So I went to Lowe's and found the exact parts and had it all put together in no time at all it only cost $15 not even that I bought a couple extra parts and a Coke. And painted it gray I like the way you did the first one and I had the parts for that and grinding it was not a problem for me so I went that way and man does it work good thank you so much I'm going to try to attach a picture of the pole with the active Target on my Outback it's sitting on a trailer. Thanks again David Deponty.
I am getting a boat in a few months and have been blown away by the videos of livescope but mounting it on the trolling motor did not seem like a great option to me. Manufactured ones are $150+ and I was thinking of a way to donut myself. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Very helpful, NC here too!
Are you sure you have the right link for the Rotating Knob Fitting? I purchased all this and the cap is too big for the fitting… 1” fitting but the cap is 1.5”
Mine came together well after I got the right part… but now I point it the direction I want to look and the wind/waves turn it the transducer,which is annoying. I’m guessing it is because of the Velcro I used instead of Zip ties, it’s a not exactly a tight fit. I wanted to be able to adjust it if I needed to and not have zip ties dig into the cord as someone else suggested… but might have to see if the zip ties make more tension so it does not turn as easily… Does yours ever turn on its own power due to wind/waves? How did you get it to not turn as easily?
Good video. The only thing I would suggest is making a line (Sharpe) or something to show which way your transducer is pointing. Was just looking through youtube for other video's to see what others did. Not trying to advertise my channel, but I built one for my bass boat in kind of the same way only I have a handle which shows me the direction that the transducer is pointing and it is longer obviously to get below my hull. Good deal man and great explanation.
Thanks for sharing this. I'll have to build something similar to this when Livesight becomes available. You just saved me a lot of time trying to figure out how to do it.
Thanks again for another very helpful video, been budgeting for the live scope system for my old town PDL and your transducer system set up looks like a perfect fit 😃
This is phenomenal stuff my man. I really cannot thank you enough for taking your time to put this out. I love it. By the way, what is the actual swivel mount you use that allows to to maneuver the pole in and out of the water? Thanks man, truly great stuff!
Here is how I made of my own, much simpler: use a 33mm whole saw and smooth out about 0.5mm of plastic in the PVC Tee adapter, so that a WHOLE standard 1” PVC pipe can go through without any cutting. That’s it!
Instead of the ram ball fitting, ram makes a clamp to ball fitting that will clamp grap the pipe and just use an arm to your tracking system and its done.
Made one months ago works great. Only problem im having is that it spin to freely. Might add some cuts and Spring to add some tension to keep it in place
Great design but my only concern is the resistance not being strong enough on the pipe design to keep the transducer from turning in the water as you’re trolling. If you’re anchored down it’s perfect because you don’t have the water current trying to turn the transducer
Very True. I experienced this. I later modded it by cutting 4 slits about an 1 1/2 inches long on the top of the outside pipe. Then used and easy adjust hose clamp to clamp the outside pipe down agains the rotating inside pipe to add tension or even lock it in place. Works perfect
Like your setup allot. Wanted to suggest using sheet metal screw for fitting the ram mount into PVC T. Still be rock solid but not JB permanent.... like this for my ice shack also as ram mounts are fast and don’t break at -30 (well mostly).
So I went out and got the parts only to find out the measurements were way off. I got what I needed though. Trying to find a ram ball or equivalent to fit the t- joint.
WoW this is something I might have came up with drinking a 12 pack. But you came up with such a great idea at low cost. You really need to patent this before someone else does. What about V3 with a 90 degree elbow from a 1" to 3/4" with handle allowing you to point your live scope in that direction? Also are you using the live scope using the Panoptix perspective mode mount. Such a great idea man and when I build mine I am going to give 100% of the credit to you brother. You had open my eyes. BTW I like the scout setup while using my live scope to pan out schools of fish in open water. Again Great Idea
Hey Jesse, Awesome help on doing a DIY for the LiveScope. I notice that your kayak appears to have a clamp mount that is different from gluing in a RAM ball into a T connector. Could you put us onto whether you made it or bought it? Keep up the great work. Your DIY videos are fabulous! Thanks!
He said in the beginning it was a "hollowed out H-rail ram ball mount", but didn't show it because not everyone would have the means to hollow it out like he did.
Hey Jessie, great video. I saw a video of you fishing for bull reds yesterday on the boat and noticed you had a pole mount for it also. Did you use the same setup for the boat or something different? If different could you share? I’m going to be building one for my boat also soon. I hope to see you out on the cbbt one day. I’ve been fishing the 4th and 3rd island for the the past 3 weekends.
This is a GREAT Video ! I`m considering following your advice but I would like to see how you put your LS transducer on the bracket without using the extra adjustment "L" bracket. Your looks like you put it right up against plastic bracket .Did you use a different bolt to connect it??
I just plagerized your built and noticed something. The rotation is easy but the size of the transducer on the bottom and the current could easily turn the transducer if you aren't holding it. I think i need to restrict the rotation so the current can't easily turn my transducer. I don't have the Garmin but the Lowrance ActiveTarget transducer, but almost same shape.
I just bought the same system but cant figure out how to wire it all together correctly. Could you please explain how you wired the sonar module to the chart plotter? In detail of the connectors you used to connect to the power source. If you could make a video of the wiring process it self would be a lot of help for many people, me included. Thank You.
What is the actual DO size of the white pipe, I'm looking to get the clamp on rail mount ball from Ram mount but I don't know what size to order, they have 3 different rail clamps.
I have a lowrance hook2 5 splitshot I'm really new to this the transducer is a long 1 where do I mount it on my 16 foot john boat so if you can anyone please tell me where to put transducer thanks
Jesse, great build. I just got into livescope for my PA14 and the transducer mount is all your idea! Question on one of your video's it seems ( watched many on this subject), the PVC cap used for aiming I thought I saw two different aiming marks, if so why? My system isn't installed yet so looking for clarity.
One mark is the center of the view in forward mode, the other mark is the center of the view in perspective mode. All I do is pivot the bracket up from one mode to the other and I dont have to rotate the transducer any. It's hard to explain but it makes it easy to switch modes
Do you worry about tipping over with your electronics on board? I did subscribe although I have a professionally built transducer mount on board my 18’ center console boat. Very informative video.
Thanks for sharing. So you just shaved inside of h-rail mount/inside to make it a larger inner diameter correct? I finally added electronics to my pro angler. I'm going to add the lvs34 system this month. But I need to make a pole mount. I already have H-Rail ram ball & 6" ram arm. I was looking at the ram tough claws. What length ram arm did you use??
Did you make this bc the alternatives suck? I bought a yakattack switchblade for my HDS live transducer and it always surfaces in fast current. Im running out of options. Will this build do the same with a ram ball? I fear that pivot point will also have trouble holding firm in the same conditions i am facing. Please advise kind sir
I built this becuase there were no options at the time. This was the first pole mount that I saw and built it our of necessity. I still use it to this day with just minor modificaitons. The ram ball is fully capable of holding it. If you have problems still just go up in ram ball size
You're welcome! And since this is kayak setup there is no trolling motor so that is not an issue. Now, if I point it in the right direction I can see the fins of my pedal drive moving in the live feed so maybe that is what you mean. But since you mentioned a trolling motor I am assuming you mean a boat application. I do have this setup on my boat and the same holds true. If I point it at my trolling motor I can see the shaft and motor unit clearly in the live picture. Of course it only shows at the true depth of the motor which is around 3 ft at the most when fully deployed. There is no interference other than that, just actual live feedback of where it is at the time. Something my uncle understands I'm sure...
So the scanner is on the right side of the yak, I'm assuming that you do turn the transducer to the left side of the yak as well and if so do you experience any issues with the livescope sonar hitting the bottom of the yak or it doesn't?
Do they make a longer black pipe? I have a 360 pro and I need it to be longer. I am talking about the inner pipe. I can’t find a longer one on the website
Bravo! Liked. Q: Is this stiff enough so that when you moving at 3-4 mph, it is still aligned and pointed forward properly. I realize that you can swivel this 360 degree horizontally in a circle. However, if you put it in perspective mode, can this thing also swivel 'vertically' when scanning in perspective model? Thanks again.
I have this problem in which is rotated too easily and won’t stay forward at any amount of speed. What part you referring to ‘tightening down’? Mine rotated freely with no way to tighten.
@@SouthernReelsFishing hmm, probably won't go that route then... I'll probably just do the PVC version but try and cut the bottom half of the cap off and seeing if that works.
Would you be willing to build one for my kayak? I'm actually here in NC also. I would attempt to do it myself but I'd rather pay to have it built. Let me know.
great video. 2 Q's 1. what provides enough friction so transducer doesn't swivel too easily and turn when paddling kayak? 2. could you clarify what you mean by "8 TRAIL MOUNT". (your original mount)
A couple wraps of electrical tape around the top of the inner pipe provides friction. And the original mount is an H rail mount. Its proprietary to Hobie. Definitely not something cost efficient, I had a bunch of them laying around and it was something I could modify quickly and use.
Are you sure you have the right link for the Rotating Knob Fitting? I purchased all this and the cap is too big for the fitting… 1” fitting but the cap is 1.5”
The correct part at Lowe’s is #22715 (1 1/2” x 3/4”). Correct me if I’m wrong but I doubt it cause the one above fit the rest and the link you gave for that part gave me a smaller sized one…
Mine came together well after I got the right part… but now I point it the direction I want to look and the wind/waves turn it the transducer, which is annoying. I’m guessing it is because of the Velcro I used instead of Zip ties, it’s a not exactly a tight fit. I wanted to be able to adjust it if I needed to and not have zip ties dig into the cord as someone else suggested… but might have to see if the zip ties make more tension so it does not turn as easily… How did your friend get it to not rotate as easily? Mine basically spins freely whenever I move! Saw that you gave that one to a buddy…. Thanks a million of you answer for Pete’s sake 😂
@@SouthernReelsFishing i figured so. I took your idea and some comments below and came up with another solution. Saddle Tee as the holder of the 1" sched40. so there's no inner pipe, and the outerpipe would just rotate inside this saddle. I hope it works well. I'm also using the saddle for suppporting the transducer end during transport. Thanks for your ideas. www.lowes.com/pd/LASCO-1-in-x-3-4-in-90-Degree-PVC-Sch-40-Tee/3371266
Have you tried to address the mobility of this system? I went out got the first time and it is a bit flimsy. Hard you considered tripoding the portion that is below the mount?
I know this is an old post, but what schedule was your White PVC? You want at least Sch. 40. If you used Sch. 20, that may be your problem. Frankly, sch. 20 should be outlawed!
@@SouthernReelsFishing Thanks for your videos on how to do this. That link is for the B size Double Ball Mount combo. I did not find the C size combo (metal) version on Amazon, but individual pieces would be about $49. The C size combo (metal) is $49 on RAMs website and since I needed the PVC mount I just bought everything there so I would have only one S&H charge...which BTW is ridiculous, specially when they say it will ship w/in 7 days if they have it in stock. There is a composite C size combo for $35 but I need the metal for my situation.
