Am I a moron? Putting a big graph on a small boat
TL;DR: should I put a really big graph on a 16’ boat? I’ve included pictures of what that would look like
I’ve got an aluminum 1653 mod v duck boat that I’ve turned into a fishing boat. I fly fish out of it in lakes and rivers. I target smallmouth, striper, white bass, and trout.
Current setup is Minn Kota Ultrex and a bunch of Humminbird stuff: mega 360, DI/SI, and two Xplore 9s. As it is, I can’t see anything useful on the mega 360 when the Xplore 9 is down at my feet as I’m fishing off the bow. And I can’t raise it off the bow because it’ll start catching fly line as I cast. So I’ve got to crouch down and stare at it, then stand back up to cast at any structure I identify.
I’d like to add mega live 2 to help me learn some of the big striper lakes near me. I don’t get much time to fish, and I’m hoping FFS will help ease the learning curve on these big bodies of water. I’d also like to have a screen large enough for me to be able to see what’s going on with the FFS or Mega360 when I’m standing on the bow, with the graph as low as possible on the boat.
I’ve talked myself into a Humminbird Apex 19” for the bow. I could run split screen with mega live and mapping/mega360 with enough screen space to see both. The 19” is just narrower than the duck light on my bow, so I could nestle the graph down into the space behind the light.
My problem is I can’t find a single example of someone putting a 15-19” graph on a 16’ aluminum boat. That makes me wonder if nobody is doing it because it’s a stupid thing to do. So if the money worked out, would you put such a large graph on a boat this size? Am I just a moron?