We promote BioBase as an automated “easy-button” solution for creating aquatic maps, but unfortunately, mobile acoustic data collection is not something you can push a button and forget about and expect perfect results. Like using most other sophisticated instrumentation, users need to monitor that the instruments are performing as expected and sometimes make adjustments if they aren’t.
Category: kayak
Mapping Ponds with BioBase
As an addendum to our blog series on rapid, portable applications we wanted to experiment with a “thru-hull” mount of the 83/200 khz Lowrance HDS transducer on a kayak for mapping storm water retention ponds in an urban area of Minnesota (City of Maple Grove). Electrician putty (sold as “Duct Seal”) available for a few dollars at the neighborhood hardware store worked as a perfect medium for this application. Follow the series of pictures and captions to see how this worked!
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Electrician putty or “Duct Seal” available at most hardware stores can be used for shoot “thru-hull’ applications on kayaks or canoes |
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James Johnson from Freshwater Scientific Services LLC gets his Lowrance HDS-5 all set to log data. |