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Marcum transducer arm

hamms-scooter

By hamms-scooter
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yep, I've seen the i-bolt on my buddies vex and i used to like it a lot but man, get it by a 10" hole and you could possibly knock it down the hole if you were't careful when placing it. The marcum arm is ok but flimsy for my LX-5 dualducer vs my bro's lx-3's lighter singleducer.

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Sir I would slap some electrical tape on the cord, or some kind of cord sealant if they have that? Like most electrical things once the cord is compromised you could either have huge issues or no problem.

One time we were sanding the paint out of the bottom of a pool for three or four days with the same cord. All of a sudden we looked over and the bottom of the pool had a big burn and the cord was on fire. Same cord, but something must have compromised it causing a short.

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I just use it in my jiggin hole, maybe have 1 out or 50 hang up is all. And the fact I dont want to see my partners lines or my 2nd line or the wifes camera if shes using it. Thinking about it that would mean 8 holes in the shack at times for 2 people..... I got a castle but not that roomy of one.... grin

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Ya thats true. I fish alone and dont have a shack. I was fishing out of my car today, only used one hole but kept having my bluegills getting tied up in my transducer. I started just pulling it out. My friend has a camera and has to put down two holes anyway.

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One trick to saving on getting the fish wrapped up in ducer is to have the transducer down the hole only to bottom of ice not balow it.The line doesn't wrap up then when the bluegills doing the ring around the rosie on the way up. wink sure you might have some clutter on the flasher but you know your not seeing fish where ducer is anyway.

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One trick to saving on getting the fish wrapped up in ducer is to have the transducer down the hole only to bottom of ice not balow it.The line doesn't wrap up then when the bluegills doing the ring around the rosie on the way up. wink sure you might have some clutter on the flasher but you know your not seeing fish where ducer is anyway.

The transducer doesn't even need to be to the bottom of the ice. It works just fine up higher but it should be centered in the hole.

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My point exactly but I know some guys can't function with the extra clutter on screen.

What brand unit are you running? I don't get any clutter on my LX5 and I only drop my transducer down about 10" from the top of the ice.

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If you want a longer eye bolt, a good hardware store will have longer ones. If they still aren't long enough for your liking you can buy a length of threaded rod and a rod coupler and make it as long as you want. I just started to hang the ducer so the top of it is just touching the bottom of the ice and secure the cord on the cleat on my flasher. I seldom get tangled, even when I catch fish.

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