Transducer placement

[FishEastCarolina]

I need help with my transducer location. I am losing signal at speed but also I think it is coming out of the water if I am in the front of the boat while solo fishing.
It’s a 14 foot alumacraft. The transducer is the totalscan lowrance. In the photos I have marked the 12 inch from the motor mark in black pen. Just left of the bunk. There is also a rib near the transducer, am inch or two towards the center of the boat in its current location. I also am unsure of the depth I have it mounted, I do feel it could be lower but I am scared of knocking it off while running
Any help is appreciated, I am getting decent readings but it’s not all the time.

[FishEastCarolina]

See pics below, thanks for helping with those.

[BRONZEBACK32]

Pics are not working.

[y2k88]

Fixed

[BRONZEBACK32]

It does need to be lower.

The trade off is transducer safety, not sure of your speed but its pretty normal to lose bottom contact while
at top end speed.

[FishEastCarolina]

I uninstalled and plugged the old holes with rivets. I ended up going with a removable arm from cabelas.

[BARRAMANIAC]

needs to be lower and angled down more. when set up correctly they will read at speed.