Lowrance Mark4/ Elite 4 scotty mount tip

[Bulldog]

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Working on some yaks in garage stumbled on something! Berkley boat rod holder $14.99 from Dicks was sitting around when we noticed that it might work to mount a Lowrance fish finder to Scotty mount! It works, take Lowrance mount apart at pivot, the part from rod holder fits in nice , we installed a bolt and wing nut for tension. Works great and mounts fish finder low.......jack

[daolai]

pretty cool i may try that.. trying to figure out how to rig my new 4dsi

[yakersaltlife]

Bull,

So just so i am clear, the Berkley mount will fit into the scotty mount?

[JohnE]

Also wondering...will it fit right into one of those scotty gear head track adapters? I think I have everything but a mount like that that to install mine. Hoping to finally install my 4dsi this week.

[J.A. Veil]

Some but not all other brands of rod holder accessories do fit into Scotty bases. I posted here a few months ago about an unusual rod holder style that I bought through the classified ads. http://www.snaggedline.com/showthrea...ght=rod+holder It looked very much like a Scotty, but turned out to be an aftermarket copy that comes with Dick's Eagle Talon kayaks. It fit into the Scotty base acceptably, but was not as snug a fit as a true Scotty rod holder.

By the way, Scotty does make a U-shaped electronics holder bracket specifically for Lowrance units. I use one on my kayaks and on my center console.

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[yakersaltlife]

Thanks for the info John. I tried that base yesterday, and for the units that fit on a two sided base like yours, it works great. For the Elite-4 units, they are square mounts so that scotty mount will not work, as it only fits on half of it. I saw one that railblaza has that will work, but then I would have to setup a railblaza puck... its just never ending playing until we get it right.