ice fishing flasher help?
 

With ice fishing hopefully gettin near im thinkin of looking in to a flasher for ice fishing.not sure exactlly how to read it. or how it works? and wondering if its worth purchasing one any info is greatly appreciatted

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YES!!!!!!!! they are a great tool on the ice.vexlar makes some great ones

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Lol. thanks what exactly does it do though?

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I too have been thinking about ice fishing and if there will be enough ice this year to get out. After reading your post I did a quick search and this youtube video seemed helpful enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DELyU_Uih5k

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The vex is good, and so are the marcum and hummingbird flashers. If you haven't used a flasher before the Showdown is the easiest to read. It's a vertical screen that shows the depth, bottom and marks your jig, a fish, or anything else in the water column as a line. It even reads through clear ice if you put a little water on the ice. I'm sure you can watch videos of every flasher I mentioned on YouTube

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I have a portable Humminbird sonar that has a flasher mode and two years ago I bought the ice transducer for it and gave it a shot. It was actually pretty cool and definitely helped me catch a few more fish. They are ridiculously easy to read once you realize what the bars represent. You can watch your jig go up and down and when you see another big set of bars "approach" and then "connect" with your jig...set the hook. I was fishing for pickerel up the in gap and was watching the big sets of bars creep up on my jig on the unit and I would set the hook every time they met. I never felt the hits, but I hooked every fish.

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Definitely a must have. I can't wait for ice season. It has to come and I hope it sticks around into March. Just went through my jigs the other day. Really fired up just to get out there. TIGHT LINES!!!

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Ice is a coming boys.......pond in front of my house has a cove iced over already and on my way to work the little island cove on cranberry lake had a sheet over it too. I might give the lake a shot this weekend for prob the last time this year, its been slow and Im prob gonna look forward to the ice this year

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NJF MEET N GREET!!!! Let's set it up boyz. Budd lake or the North side of Monksville usually have safe ice first and plenty of parking. Who's in???

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I'm in. You should start up a thread for it

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If it's on a sunday i'm definetly in!!!! Starting to get a severe case of cabin fever already and just didn't fish the last two weeks! Don't know what the hell I'm gonna do when it really sets in. Haven't been on the ice in a long time but the auger is ready to go! Been going thru my stuff for the ice and for next year already Uggggg! Look forward to meeting some more of You Guys hopefully SOON or the wife's gonna strangle me! LOL Got an old hummingbird portable hoping to try out this year as well not a flasher it's a fish finder so we'll see how it works out. Main thing i guess is bottom depth and if you see some fishies I guess it's all good.

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If anyones looking for a flasher , I have an original Lowrance 300'
Great For portable use such as ice fishing, easy to read!
Works like new , excellent shape!
$50.00
PM me for details !

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The good flashers will display a upper @ 0 thick solid band , @ bottom they will display basically same type band but thickness will vary in accordance with depth & bottom makeup! Soft bottom flasher will display a wide band indicating a absorption , while hard bottoms will show a
Ugh finer lines.
Fish will be noted in a band between bottom & top, larger bands indicate bigger fish , while a series of thin bands could be a schoolboy bait etc.
Drop offs will show as a series of vertical bands for the length of thedrop.
Flashers are excellent shallow water machines & most have that portability factor for esse of use!

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Thanks guys great info! Eddie im in so is duck or bleed madman and jimmy live bait lol. hey lou any pics?

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Ok Saxmatt and Mikey, Ill set up a thread within a week or so. We need to have a safe zone for ice anglers that are a little scared of thin ice. Im pretty sure the majority of HARD WATER anglers on this site will agree that 6 inches of safe ice is sufficient. Hopefully we'll have that 6 inches in the beginning of January. What day is better for you guys, saturday or sunday? Its going to be a good time with some fish caught. Lets get em fellas. TIGHT LINES!!!

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I'll be out there as soon as I can find 2" :D

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Eddie ,

Your all set , call me when ready. I'll go Over how to best understand the machine , I have hundreds of hours on this model!

Best,
Lou

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Eddie , got your PM you all set! Call me when you can & we'll
Meet!
Lou

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Eddie - Mikey your all set, if this is redundant sorry , sending recent messages not showing up!
If you gotta call 610.360.8202

Lou

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Yea man, ill be out there somewhere. I usually go on an ICE HUNT between Christmas and New Years just to check things out. Its kind of a ritual of mine. I drive around the entire day looking for the safest ice depending on temps during that time

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6 inches? we'll be waiting til february lol..... 3-4 is all you need we may not get 6 if it doesnt stay cold for long enough in between. Im def in but I wouldnt bother on budd lake, its cleaned out from what I hear. Monksville u got a chance for some eyes amongst other things. Shallow lakes freeze up first usually theres alot of them around

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We'll see how thick the ice is in January. Some guys, alot of guys are nervous when the ice is less than 6 inches. Ill be out on 2-3 inches of ice but cant invite everybody to a meet n greet on 2 inches of ice. Budd Lake has plenty of Pike to go around and Golden Shiners to catch and keep as bait. Monksville has alot of different species to catch but it takes a while for the South side to freeze. South side holds most of the Walleye on Monksville although I have seen a couple short Eyes pulled up right in the channel. Ive definitely been on 6 inches of ice in January. I was on 28-30 inches of ice at Swartswood 2 years ago in the beginning of February. We'll just have to wait and see what MOTHER NATURE brings!!!

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The Hopatcong Boys Are In!!!! Bring The Ice.sounds Like A Great Time Eddie.

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dude, 2 years ago was an amazing ice season, on the ice way into march, i loved it. it was such a letdown with last year as a follow up.

here's to hoping we get a chance for a meet and greet this year! another few weeks and i will be out looking around for 1300'+ elevation for 3"+ of ice.

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AbsoluteLY EPIC 2 years ago. My favorite moment was standing in front of the north tower at Round Valley catching Lakers in 90+ feet of water on a 1/4 oz Kastmaster!!!!

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Eddie i remember that me and the boyz were there. It was a big deal it hasnt been frozen like what six years prior ago. jimmy live bait looks at me says how deep is it? and i tell him and his face turns white ahaha. lets hope we can get back out there this year