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I love hard water fishing and I'd like to get a fish finder. But I don't know squat. Appreciate your input.
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Garmin striker plus 4.Plenty of you tube videos on it. Bought one last year and put it in a small cooler bag.Good unit for the money.
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Garmin striker plus 4.Plenty of you tube videos on it. Bought one last year and put it in a small cooler bag.Good unit for the money. What sort of battery did you use and how long does it last?
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I'm most intrigued by the ultra portable "castables", but not their prices. E.g. the Deeper series, the newest of which boasts a 10 hour battery life, seems like the perfect gear for someone who needs to hole hop around a new lake looking for fishing spots.
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Hunt up a used vexilar fl8. Should be able to get one for that price.
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So it comes with the wrong transducer.
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Hunt up a used vexilar fl8. Should be able to get one for that price. I checked Ebay. Vexilars must be made of gold.
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I just attached the transducer to a piece of pvc pipe and glued a piece of pool noodle to let it float in the hole.I drill 3 holes in the the shape of a pyramid and use the middle one for the transducer.
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My brother has one of these and seems to do alright. Bluetooth fish finder
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So why shouldn't I just buy a contour map, use the gps on my phone, and carry a weighted line for measuring depth? I'm starting to sour on the idea of electronics for ice fishing because the cost is so high.
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A Marcum M1 is close but a little more than the $200. I would check the used market for Marcums and Vexilars. Look up some ice fishing buy sell groups on facebook if you are on it. IceShanty is a ice fishing forum similar to this but their classifieds are stupid as you need to be a paying member to use them. There is a NoDak hunting fishing forum that used to be pretty popular and I would bet they show up on there quite frequently.
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I have the Garmin Stryker. Worked good last year. Marcums are good too but ov er your price point
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Hunt up a used vexilar fl8. Should be able to get one for that price. I checked Ebay. Vexilars must be made of gold. The thing with vexilars is that you rent them for 10 years for $50. They are cheap when you think about it. Spend$400 right now, use it for 10 years, sell it for$350.
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So why shouldn't I just buy a contour map, use the gps on my phone, and carry a weighted line for measuring depth? I'm starting to sour on the idea of electronics for ice fishing because the cost is so high.
Because none of them show you in real time the depth that fish are passing through?
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So why shouldn't I just buy a contour map, use the gps on my phone, and carry a weighted line for measuring depth? I'm starting to sour on the idea of electronics for ice fishing because the cost is so high.
Because none of them show you in real time the depth that fish are passing through? You're right of course - I'm just not ready to make that kind of expenditure. I love ice fishing, but I'd rather have money for gas, etc. than electronics.
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