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What do fish look like on Vexilar?
How do you read a Vexilar ice fishing?
How far should a transducer be in the water ice fishing?
First, hang your transducer roughly 1 ft beneath the ice in your hole. Next, turn the unit on by twisting the range to its first depth. This depth is typically 20 ft.
Can you use a Vexilar in summer?
Your flasher will work as beautifully in the summer as it does in the winter. The only problem is if you wish to see your deep-water panfish jig on your Vexilar, your line will be close to your trolling motor.
How do you find weeds under the ice?
Where is the perch on a fish finder?
Do Vexilars do sales?
I usually see the best sales at the end of the season around March. Compare prices online. By shopping online you can sometimes save shipping and tax costs. If anything the prices could climb toward the end of the year.
What is flasher mode on a fish finder?
The use of a flasher-style display uses a rotating wheel that displays the bottom and other targets in a series of lights on that spinning wheel. In contrast to liquid-crystal displays that show a history of what your boat has passed over, a spinning-wheel flasher displays the bottom and targets in real time.
How does a ice fishing transducer work?
Ice fishing is a stationary form of angling where the transducer – the part of the fish finder that beams the signal down and catches it coming up – is hanging down in the hole. Because of this stationary controlled setting, flasher-style depth finders with an analog signal are extremely popular with ice anglers.
How do you fish with flashers?
How do I adjust my Vexilar?
Who invented Vexilar?
The ice age of Vexilar The company was originally founded in 1960 by John Uldrich and Robert Knutson. One of their first products was a small tube that provided water depth and temperature readings of a lake.
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How deep do you put in the ice transducer?
Set the unit down on the table and hang the Ice-Ducer about 30″ over the floor. Turn on the FL-8, then turn up the gain until you can see your floor as a red signal. THE DEPTH WILL NOT BE ACCURATE WHEN OPERATING IN THE AIR. We are interested in sensitivity only.
Does the transducer need to be below the ice?
How far down should I drop my transducer? – Conventional wisdom has it that for the best reading, you should put the bottom of your transducer just below the ice in the center of the hole.
What depth should I ice fish?
In my experience, I’ve found that most of the best ice-fishing action comes in water from 3-to-20 feet deep. I like to set up my traps so that they cover a variety of depths. Areas with rock piles, weed beds, or dramatic contours are all good spots.
Can you bring a Vexilar on a plane?
I flew last March Milwaukee to Denver with a vexilar. Carry on! I called TSA in advance of the flight and there was no issue. They recommended having it in plain view and separate it from your other carry on items.
Can I use my Vexilar in a boat?
Can you use a Vexilar in open water?
You already know that the Vexilar flashers are the best depth finders around for ice fishing. Now, see for yourself how good it is on the open water. We offer several options depending on where and how you want to mount your unit. There are two types to choose from; High Speed or Puck Style.
Where do fish go late ice?
What should I look for when ice fishing?
Look for points, breaks, weed lines, and underwater humps. During first ice fish the points and bars that extend from shore and the weed lines. Midwinter look for fish around the deeper structure like mid-lake humps and rock piles.
How do you find fish while ice fishing?
- Use a GPS or charts to find gradual drop-offs.
- Drill holes in the ice.
- Hang your ice transducer in the water (if you have one)
- Setup ice fishing tip-ups and/or start jigging.
- If you don’t catch fish, move until you find them!
What is the best bait to catch perch?
Perch fishing with worms tends to produce the best results, but maggots, prawns and lobworms are also amongst the best bait for catching perch. You can also try feeding the perch, spreading some maggots over the area you intend to fish. But don’t go overboard as perch are small and can fill themselves up quickly.
What depth do perch like in winter?
The typical depths are 19 to 36 feet. Shallower mudflats in 8 to 12 feet are used primarily when the vegetation is still green. If plants are dead, perch move to deeper flats.