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This is my 5th year using a Fish Cat Scout for stillwater fishing and my experience is 100% in line with Divad's. I just got back from a very windy 3 day fishing trip in Manitoba and I definitely would have been off the water earlier 2 of the 3 days if I hadn't had the oars. As others have...

I had my Striker plus 4 out earlier this week for the first time. Last night I went through this guy's YT channel and found some interesting suggestions, including the A-Scope. He does provide some recommended setting for some of the features that I modified on my unit to try next time. He...

I have glued two of the Scotty patches to my Fish Cat Scout with Clifton's 4123 Urethane Adhesive. One of the inflatable raft/kayak shops in Calgary recommended it since I was a first time user - they felt the 1 part adhesives were easier for a novice to deal with. There is lots of addition...

I just finished the setting up my new Garmin Striker plus 4 yesterday on my Fish Cat Scout. I bought the same non-powered, tube mount package as Wanative. I liked the idea of the transducer arm easily rotating up out of the water for launching and landing. Based on discussions with Ronbow...

I used one of these voltage converters , to reduce the voltage for a backup camera I added to my Honda Ridgeline. The converter gave out after 5 years of slamming the tailgate. However $16 later I was up and running again. Amazing how cheap electrical components like PWM controllers and these...

That should remove your fins from the equation!

Absolutely - priorities!!

Yeah, mine is mounted inside as well. As I mentioned in another thread, I did shorten the transducer leg on mine. Before shortening it, I did get annoyed with when I would kick the transducer leg with the fin. Now I get annoyed when the depth goes wonky when I go underneath it! 117' is a...

I've had similar occurrences on with my 120 when I confused it's depth reading by sweeping my kick fin under the transducer. The end result was a much deeper reading. It seems to me that on one occasion I even had to restart it to clear the erroneous depth.

As mentioned above, the basis of my steering is a direct copy of the kayak steering hardware in this video. Although the uneven lighting makes it difficult to pick out the details, the picture below is the current rigging for my steering lines. I am using very thin 3mm paracord. The one...

I like the DC breaker as well. I think I got that idea from a kayak forum. The last thing I do before launching is close the breaker and the first thing I do when I land is open the breaker. That functionality is more useful than the overload protection in my mind. While the WTP hand...

Yeah, I think it is a nice "fit-for-purpose" package. Two wires to the motor and two to the battery and you're done. Nice, functional hand controller with a generous amount of cable. The bulge on the back plate is a heat sink. I just put the heat sink side towards the outside of my battery...

Yeah his marketing and product naming selection left something to be desired. I think his original controller may have been a wireless model, but he quickly expanded to making both wired and wireless models. My hand controller is indeed all hardwired as you correctly surmised from the photo...

I started out with the smallest battery box (shotgun shell box) that would fit my SLA battery. I used a couple of pieces of plastic in the sides to keep the battery from moving around. I was lucky that I didn't have much choice and had extra room. When I added a PWM controller, I was able to...

Flyrig, I basically followed the directions that Ive was generous enough to share which are as follows: ********************************** Ken, thanks for writing. When I cut the shaft on my Fishin Buddy I did it on a band saw. I clamped a stop to the table that allowed me to cut into the tube...

I personally haven't seen any offered for sale for 3 or 4 years. My only suggestion would be to keep an eye on EBay or local Buy & Sells sites. When I bought my Fishin Buddy, I remember seeing comments on a couple of different forums recommending the Humminbird one because of the snug fit...

By the way, the inspiration for shortening the shaft of the Fishing Buddy came from Iveoflone and his Mickey Rooney model Fishin Buddy. Mine has been going stronger since 2018.

I'd forgotten about the vibration with the longer shaft. For inquiring minds, the cause of the vibration, or wobble, is caused by a fluid flow phenomena known as Vortex Shedding. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge failure in 1940, less than 4 months after the bridge was open, was at least partially as...

This is exactly the approach I take with the Fishin Buddy 120, the Humminbird strap-on mount and my Fish Cat Scout. It's works well for me although I have shortened up the transducer leg on the Fishin Buddy. It is possible to use the Humminbird hard mount and a Scotty rail mount without any...

If you don't have any luck finding a Buck's Bag transport wheel, the Launching Gear is a very well made alternative that can be adapted to most framed pontoons. I used one on an older Outcast Fish Cat Streamer XL that I owned for a couple of years and found if very convenient. Ken