Lowrance Eagle Eye Live Sonar Transducer

The Lowrance Eagle Eye transducer (part 000-16368-001) is the OEM live sonar transducer for Lowrance Eagle Eye fishfinders. The transducer that gives you forward live sonar (real-time view of fish moving toward your boat ahead of the bow), down live sonar (real-time view of fish reactions directly below the boat), full CHIRP traditional sonar (the wide-cone bottom and water-column history view that anglers have used for decades), and DownScan high-resolution structure imaging - all integrated into one transducer body running through one cable to the Eagle Eye head unit. The right transducer (and only the right transducer) for the Eagle Eye fishfinder line.

What live sonar adds vs. traditional sonar. Traditional CHIRP sonar shows you a scrolling history of what passed underneath the boat as you moved over the water. The screen reads right-to-left: new returns appear on the right, older returns scroll left and eventually off the screen. That works fine for surveying structure and bottom contours, but it doesn't show you what fish are doing right now in the water around the boat. Live sonar fixes that: the forward and down live sonar views show you fish moving in real time. You see the fish swim up to your bait, you see the fish turn and follow, you see the fish open its mouth on the bait. The screen updates many times per second as the fish moves, not as the boat moves. Live sonar is the single biggest sonar advancement for fishing in the past decade.

Forward live sonar. The forward sonar beam projects forward of the boat (out from the transducer face in the direction the transducer is pointed). On the Eagle Eye screen, you see fish, structure, and bottom contour ahead of the boat in real time - typically out to about 100 feet of forward range depending on water depth and clarity. Useful for casting: you spot a fish ahead, you cast in front of it, you watch the lure intersect the fish's path on the screen, you see the take. Anglers fishing structure (laydowns, brush piles, rock piles) can spot the fish on the structure before they get close enough to spook the fish with the boat.

Down live sonar. The down sonar beam projects straight down below the boat, showing real-time fish positioning and reactions in the water column directly under the boat. Useful for vertical jigging, drop-shotting, and ice fishing: you see your bait drop into the strike zone, you see the fish move toward the bait, you see the fish hold or strike. Combined with subtle rod twitches you can trigger strikes by reading the fish's reactions in real time on the screen.

Traditional CHIRP. The traditional CHIRP sonar runs in parallel with the live sonar, giving you the familiar scrolling history view that anglers have used for years. CHIRP sweeps across a range of frequencies on each ping for better target separation than fixed-frequency sonar. Smaller individual fish that would smear together as a single blob on fixed-frequency sonar show up as separate marks on CHIRP. Useful for surveying water during running and for the bottom-following view at speed.

DownScan high-resolution structure imaging. DownScan uses higher frequencies than traditional sonar to produce a near-photographic image of structure directly below the boat. Wood, rocks, weedlines, dropoffs, brush piles, and any other bottom feature shows up with detail that traditional sonar can't match. Useful for finding and confirming the structure you want to fish, then switching to live sonar mode to actually watch the fish on or near that structure.

One transducer for everything. The integration is the point: one transducer, one cable, four useful sonar views (forward live, down live, CHIRP, DownScan) selectable on the Eagle Eye head unit. No separate transducer for each function. No additional sonar modules to purchase. No additional cable runs to route through the boat. Mount the Eagle Eye transducer once and you have access to the full sonar feature set.

Eagle Eye exclusive. The 000-16368-001 transducer is engineered specifically for the Lowrance Eagle Eye fishfinder line and only works with Eagle Eye head units. It is NOT compatible with other Lowrance Eagle series displays (the older Eagle line that doesn't have live sonar processing). It is NOT compatible with Lowrance HOOK, Elite, or HDS units (those use different transducer protocols and connectors). For non-Eagle-Eye Lowrance units, see the appropriate ActiveImaging or ActiveTarget transducer instead.

Mounting. The Eagle Eye transducer is engineered for transom mounting with the included hardware kit (the standard Lowrance transducer mounting bracket). For trolling-motor mounting, you'll need a separate trolling-motor mounting bracket (sold separately - check the Eagle Eye accessory list for the correct bracket for your trolling motor brand). Through-hull mounting is not supported on the Eagle Eye transducer (the live sonar function depends on a clear forward-facing acoustic path that a thru-hull install would block).

Mounting orientation matters for live sonar. The transducer's forward-facing beam needs to point in the direction you want the forward sonar to look. For transom mounting, that means the transducer faces straight back behind the boat by default (looking aft). To use the forward sonar effectively while at anchor or moving slowly, you can rotate the transducer or move the trolling-motor-mounted Eagle Eye to point in the direction you're casting. The Eagle Eye head unit's screen orientation follows the transducer's pointing direction.

Saltwater compatible. The transducer body is sealed and corrosion-resistant for saltwater service. The cable is over-molded for a watertight cable entry. Saltwater spray and submersion don't affect the transducer's electrical performance. After saltwater use, rinse the transducer face with fresh water before storing.

Cable. The transducer ships with a captive cable terminating in the Eagle-Eye-specific connector that plugs directly into the back of the Eagle Eye head unit. No splicing, no adapters, no extension required for typical installs. Cable length covers the standard transom-to-helm run on a typical center console or bass boat.

What this transducer is not. It's not a replacement transducer for older Lowrance Eagle units (different connector and different sonar processing on the head unit). It's not compatible with HDS, HOOK, or Elite units. It's not a thru-hull transducer. It's not the same as the standalone ActiveTarget or ActiveImaging transducers that Lowrance sells for HDS and other platforms. For the Eagle Eye fishfinder line specifically, this 000-16368-001 is the OEM transducer.

Lowrance limited warranty applies. Same-day shipping before 3 PM ET on in-stock units.