micat, I had this same question late last week. I looked through the forum and found a couple of ideas by typing side imaging I believe. I ended up mounting mine on the bottom starboard side of of my jackplate. I used a small drill bit and made the pilot holes in the aluminum plate and it installed no problem. You will not get a depth reading while you are running on pad, but it works great when you are idling. BASSHAWK91 Pantera 2 91 Mariner Mag II 150