Flasher vs Fishfinder

[stan55]

For fishing deep water I use the narrow beam 8 degree cone available on the Marcum LX5 and LX7. Solves the problem. At 100ft the usual 20degree cone will show you about a 30ft diameter circle on the bottom. The narrow cone cuts that down a lot and it is also easier to find your jig. The Marcums are more powerful than the fishfinders but it does take some practice to understand what the flasher is showing. Seeing your jig that deep requires fine tuning of your sensitivty and zoom functions no matter what you are using. That said I have a Lowrance fishfinder with the ice transducer that bring along. the real time flasher on the side and the graph mode help newbies figure it out pretty fast.
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