anyone use the humminbird fishin buddy 140c?

[RyanMac14]

I have a small jon boat that I toss in and out of the back of my pickup truck so regular transducer mounted fish finders will not work. Just wondering if its worth it to spend 250 on this or if its unreliable.

[Mikeps326]

I have the hummingbird 500 series for 2 yrs and I'm still trying to figure it out lol when I'm drifting it's great, but when I go over 2 miles you can't really read anything and I can't figure out why I can't ever see a thermocline! Confusing electronic but I know if you learn how to use it, it should be great to find structure and drop-offs.

[justin1982]

I bought one of these last year. It's not the color model but I think it helped me. It was great for depth and surface water temp. It also showed weed lines very well. I'm not on a boat a ton so I didn't really get to work out all the kinks but the mode that shows a "fish shape" is unreliable and the side view was eh. But all in all, I couldn't find anything that resembled this and it is very easy to transport and screw onto the boat. Just remember to remove it from the mount when you move the boat, it gets stuck in the water and could break the mount.

[RyanMac14]

Justin you mean simply when i decide to move spots I have to pull it out of the water?

[justin1982]

Originally Posted by RyanMac14

Justin you mean simply when i decide to move spots I have to pull it out of the water?

Yea just lift it right out

[Polelock]

I use the 110 on my inflatable.. Shows depth and structure just fine...

[Chrisper4694]

I'm in a Jon boat too. I rigged a regular ff to a milk crate with a pvc arm to hold the transducer in the water. I can bungee it to the front of the Jon boat or kayak interchangeable. I even replace the pvc arm with a piece of foam and use it as an ice ff unit. It gets the job done.

[yumasdad]

Check the GARMIN units, they have thru hull transducers. Used them on kayaks before by mounting in a foam block glued to hull. A little bit of water in foam block under the transducer was it needed to work.
Lots of links out there for mounting instructions for this set up.