Hello
I am located in Southern California and seasonally fish bluefin tuna and then transition in the fall to deep dropping for swordfish. My boat is equipped with two net worked Furuno TZ2touch chart plotters/fishfinders both of with connect to a single 165T-50/200-SS260 transducer. The transducer is flush mounted, glassed into centerline of the keel about a third of the way back from the bow.
I am very pleased with how the unit performs particularly fishing bluefin. Let’s just say not much passes under the boat we don’t see.
Now to my question, when swordfishing we typically operate in the 50 kw mode with the TVG set to the high end of the scale. It works but not as well as folks operating more powerful transducers (2kw-3kw). Would adding the referenced amplifier be helpful in this 50kw, deep water scenario? Typically we are “looking” for bait and/or Deep Scatter Layer (DSL) in 800-1200 feet of water. Look forward to reeding your thoughts.
I am located in Southern California and seasonally fish bluefin tuna and then transition in the fall to deep dropping for swordfish. My boat is equipped with two net worked Furuno TZ2touch chart plotters/fishfinders both of with connect to a single 165T-50/200-SS260 transducer. The transducer is flush mounted, glassed into centerline of the keel about a third of the way back from the bow.
I am very pleased with how the unit performs particularly fishing bluefin. Let’s just say not much passes under the boat we don’t see.
Now to my question, when swordfishing we typically operate in the 50 kw mode with the TVG set to the high end of the scale. It works but not as well as folks operating more powerful transducers (2kw-3kw). Would adding the referenced amplifier be helpful in this 50kw, deep water scenario? Typically we are “looking” for bait and/or Deep Scatter Layer (DSL) in 800-1200 feet of water. Look forward to reeding your thoughts.
