4" auger

["Just Add Ice"]

anyone know where i can buy a 4" hand auger.

I want to add a four inch hole right in the middle of 4 catch cover holes in my wheel house with all hopes that I will be able to pick up all four holes with one vex and also so I wont get any fish tangle in the vex.

[Ed Carlson]

The StrikMaster LD-5 5" would be the closest match for your needs. Can also be adapted to run on a rechargeable drill with the addition of a Kluge Electric Auger Drill Adapter. A marine circular hatch access cover may be the best bet for the center hole.

Some points to consider that will effect efficiency and performance. Or...How to to avoid the "Quasimodo Effect".

Seeing all 4 lines at once with the various baits from one transducer will be a cluttered confusing affair on a sonar display. It will be difficult or imposable to know with any certainty where that fish is located on the display, and at what hole, tell the float itself reacts.

Even if you run around and pull the lines, like Quasimodo ringing the bells at Notre Dame, every time you see a mark on the Vexilar display, you really will not know where the fish truly is...tell it bites one of them.

Because all things being equal the signal to target range is relatively equal in all directions from the transducer so there is no way to know where that fish truly is in the middle of the cluster. For a single center set-up a wide angle transducer will be a must, a 19 deg to pick them all up and eliminate as much of the Dead Zone under the house as you can.

A more flexible solution would be to add a second transducer (one left side one right side) and a Vexilar "Switch Box". What you would gain on this configuration is with a flick of a switch you can separate the right or left sections of the house and focus on the fish at hand. Placing the 12 deg ducers between the holes on each side would offer better coverage and target identification.

With 1 or possibly 2 transducer extension cables depending on your needs, and a Vexilar Switch Box you can set this up to view from any location in the shack, or easily move the ducers to different holes as needed.

You also could add Eye Bolts to hang the ducers in the hole and easily switch them to different locations as you see fit. With just the ducer and cord in the hole to one side you will have less worries with tangling and you can easily lift them up once the fish is on.

I hope this proves helpful.

["Just Add Ice"]

I had no idea you can run a "vex switch box" this idea would be perfect. Where can I find more info out and where can I get this from. Also can you do it with marcum?

[Ed Carlson]

The Vexilar web site has info on the switch box units in the accessories section. Some retailers may carry the switch box adapters, and if your lucky you may find one on clearance...so snoop around a bit.

Actually they make two versions of the switch box...one switches from 2- Vexilar head units to one ducer...the other from two ducers to one Vexilar Head unit. Each has it functionality and place.

Vex direct from the web site may be the quickest bet to get one. They are not that expensive.

As far as I know MarCum does not have a 2-ducer to one unit switching converter...but I'm not 100% certain of that...I'll look into it a bit.