Installing a Lowrance Elite 3x fishfinder in a Hobie Quest is turning out to be more a a challenge than initially planned. The question I have is about the Lowrance 83-200 Skimmer Transducer; can this transducer shoot through a kayak hull or not? I emailed Lowrance a half dozen times asking before I bought it without a single response. When I called them, a Lowrance representative told me that it would work, no problem. I installed the transducer using Lexel, which has proven to work perfectly, but all I get are vertical lines on the fishfinder.
After getting a replacement fishfinder(not from Lowrance, their warranty service sucks) and running some tests, it seems that the Lowrance Skimmer transducer will not work unless it is in the water. Maybe I'm missing something in the settings, I don't know. Lowrance customer service is terrible, no help at all. Every question I've asked them has been incorrectly answered.
I realize that most Hobie kayakers have gone to the custom Lowrance mounts, but if you have this fishfinder and/or transducer mounted in the hull, any direct feedback as to the capabilities and limitations of the Lowrance transducer would be appreciated.