I've never owned or even used a fish finder before but I think I'm going to get one this year and I have a couple of questions.<br /><br />I'd like to mount the transducer on my bow mount trolling motor.<br /><br />How effective is the fishfinder while underway at WOT? I'd like to keep an eye on the water depth while going between fishing spots but I'm worried about keeping the trolling motor down at WOT. I usually always fold it back on the deck of the boat so that the shaft doesn't bend from the motor dragging in the water. Do I need to do this or will it be ok?<br /><br />Will the fishfinder even show me what's infront of me or does it just show what's under the boat? If it does show me what's in front of me, how far does it show me?<br /><br />Are there advantages or disavantages to mounting it on the stern or bow mount trolling motor?<br /><br />Some quick background - I'm looking at the Garmin FishFinder 120 and the boat has a 40 pound thrust minnkota bow mount and a 15 HP Evinrude. I'm not stuck on the Garmin but I've read good things here about them.<br /><br />Thanks!
