DIY transducer scupper with hot water? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Fiskadoro · 06-11-2018, 01:45 PM

I did this with an old Fish and Dive I use for hoop netting. I used a heat gun not hot water. Mine has worked fine, with no issues but it's not an easy thing to do, and I would not recommend it. The deal is it's very easy to make the plastic too thin by stretching it to much, and you cant easily add reinforcement. If you are set on trying this I can take some pics of mine and tell you what I did to make it seaworthy, but once again I would not recommend it.

I mounted inset transducers in four kayaks before the commercial ones were available, using four different methods. They all worked but this was probably the hardest way to do it.

06-11-2018, 01:45 PM	#5
Fiskadoro ....... Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,509	I did this with an old Fish and Dive I use for hoop netting. I used a heat gun not hot water. Mine has worked fine, with no issues but it's not an easy thing to do, and I would not recommend it. The deal is it's very easy to make the plastic too thin by stretching it to much, and you cant easily add reinforcement. If you are set on trying this I can take some pics of mine and tell you what I did to make it seaworthy, but once again I would not recommend it. I mounted inset transducers in four kayaks before the commercial ones were available, using four different methods. They all worked but this was probably the hardest way to do it.