Making a fish finder "portable"

[Dfish]

Any ideas on installing an Eagle fish finder up front on a Crestliner? It has a quick release bracket, but I want to power it off the cigar lighter and probably mount the transducer on the MinnKota up front. I remove my trolling motor after every outing as I store the boat in a one of those rv storage yards so "quick connect" options are important.
Trying to do this on the cheap and I'm pretty handy with soldering/wiring. Any do's and don'ts would be appreciated. Thanks all.

Ps sight fishing for pike and walleye at CVR was tons of fun this weekend. Head there soon if you can. 8 ft deep clear water was the best.

[RapStaff]

I mounted my Lowrance on an old Coleman lunch cooler.
Good luck trying to mount the transducer on the trolling motor. You are probably better off getting a minkota bow mount with a universal transducer.
As for power just extend the power cables that came with the unit and run from the battery.

[TJG]

These do work, makes mounting easier.
http://www.transducershieldandsaver.com/home/

To be portable, solder a cig lighter end on instead of the aligator clips,
and by a transducer extention cord to un plug from,
and find yourself a portable box mount.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=717&ra=true

Or u could make one
http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=209834.0

This is the one I have for my icefishing trips
http://www.eaglenav.com/Products/Fishfinders/FishMark-320-Portable/

[ALBTUFF]

I mounted my Lowrance on an old Coleman lunch cooler.
Good luck trying to mount the transducer on the trolling motor. You are probably better off getting a minkota bow mount with a universal transducer.
As for power just extend the power cables that came with the unit and run from the battery.

Very easy to do.

https://www.thefishinhole.com/index.cfm?action=product&se=21180

[Dfish]

Hey All,
Thanks for all the tips. I will go to work on it tomorrow and go fishin Monday!