bull81

I’m about to have my boat re wired and while it’s in the shop i want to add a thru Hull transducer. My current set up is a simrad nss12 evo2 with a tm185 and a furuno gp1971f with a p66. I mainly bottom fish the Gulf of Mexico out to about 300’ what would be my best option and which screen should i run it with?

semperfifishing

Are you bottom fishing...or bottom and midwater?

Are you going to keep the TM185?

bull81

I bottom fish 90% of the time. I’m not sure if I’m going to keep it or not. If i hook the new one to the simrad I’ll get rid of the tm185

abbor

For bottom fishing, a B175H connected to Evo2.

bull81

thanks. I’m debating on selling the furuno and getting a 9” simrad

Mexican Gulf

if I took a second Simrad maybe a b265lh would be better than with the tm185 it guarantees you the 3 chirp bands

abbor

I can't see what value Low CHIRP would bring for you. B175H and TM185M would be a great setup.

Mexican Gulf

having all 3 chirp channels available certainly enhances the boat as a whole. A low chirp channel can be useful in deep drop for example. I think the low frequencies of the low are optimal for fishing over 200 feet

iFishMD

Add a B260 with the Furuno 1971F and keep the Med band CHIRP transducer you have with the Simrad so they dont interfere with each other.. This will give you the bottom discrimination feature with the Furuno so you can easily see bottom density changes and a 1kw narrow beam for excellent bottom fishing. The white line feature on the Furuno is excellent too. It doesn't look like a 2nd grader was trying to trace the bottom.

bull81

I keep my boat on a trailer. Will the b260 be ok?

iFishMD

do you have a bunk or roller trailer? Bunk trailer should be no problem. A roller trailer is more complicated. You just noted you wanted a through hull. You can also go transom mount TM260 or in hull M260.. All the same elements

mattology

in hull M260 will not provide accurate bottom discrimination, the feature is not officially recognized by furuno as working.

SS264N 50 and 200 thru hulls can be wired together and will simulate a B260, all the same features technically should work.