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Old 12-30-2019, 08:58 AM   #1
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Flasher

Does anybody here have a recommendation for a flasher for jigging? Looking at Marcum but lowrance has a good looking unit also.

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Old 12-30-2019, 12:17 PM   #2
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Does anybody here have a recommendation for a flasher for jigging? Looking at Marcum but lowrance has a good looking unit also.
I have an older( 5 years or so) Marcum( don't remember the number) it's been an excellent machine,its easy to use and it will mark the knot on your line between braid and mono leader.. I also have a travel pack for my garmin striker 7 that is the back up on the boat, honestly, I like the flasher better for jigging..

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Old 12-30-2019, 01:13 PM   #3
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Thanks Joe, that’s what I was looking at. They have a nice big screen for my old eyes and most reviews favor that brand. Anything hard up near Conway that you recommend? Either that or it looks like Schroon lake!
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Love my Lowrance hook2 ice bundle!
You can watch them refuse to eat.
Also mounts on my skiff with the included skimmer transducer.

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Thanks Joe, that’s what I was looking at. They have a nice big screen for my old eyes and most reviews favor that brand. Anything hard up near Conway that you recommend? Either that or it looks like Schroon lake!
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I've been fishing a little south of there ...ice thickness varies greatly, not just lake to lake, but within each lake,the one I fished Saturday went from 7 to 3 then back to seven...kind of freaky...
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Love my Lowrance hook2 ice bundle!
You can watch them refuse to eat.
Also mounts on my skiff with the included skimmer transducer.
I had one, not one of lowrance's better machines. ..
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Old 12-31-2019, 08:39 AM   #7
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I have a marcum lx 7 coming today. Leaving for Schroon tomorrow morn.
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Old 12-31-2019, 04:33 PM   #8
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You’re nuts, good luck Capt.....
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Old 01-01-2020, 04:22 PM   #9
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You'll like it.. nice machine.
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Old 01-15-2020, 10:31 AM   #10
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I have been using a Showdown Ice Stroller for a few years.
Being a bar graph display is relatively simple to understand.
It uses 6 AA batteries but has the option of using a 12v battery.

Although it's designed to be carried around your neck on a lanyard, I got the "performance pack" which has it mounted in a carrying case which can hold a 12v battery in its base.

Regardless of what type you get, make sure you understand the basic operation and limitations of the model you get.

I love mine and it's made jigging a whole lot more fun!!!

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Old 11-24-2020, 04:19 PM   #11
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Look into Vexilar as well. Very good units.
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Old 11-29-2020, 03:43 PM   #12
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My serious ice fishing buddies way up in Maine recommended the Humminbird Ice 345. It can be used as a flasher or as a fish finder and can see a medium jig at 200 feet. I should have bought the one with GPS so it could remember spots for me. I'm sure there is a newer model by now as mine is 3 or 4 years old.
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