Will a flasher sink?

[nubote]

It comes up once in a while about 8" holes not letting a flasher thru, and 10" will. Has anyone actually lost a flasher down the hole? I just wonder, with the flasher head being somewhat bouyant and the battery being like an anchor, "will it float"? Anybody ever retrieve one with a fishhook?

[Deitz Dittrich]

I have never lost one, but I cant believe that it would float. Its got to sink in my mind..

[NoWiser]

Flashers do sink like a rock, trust me. I can't say I've ever really worried about dropping one down a 10" hole, though. It would take a small amount of carelessness coupled with a large amount of bad/dumb luck to accomplish that.

[creepworm]

My FL-12 pro pack sinks. Had to pull it out with a buckshot one time. It still is working and this was three years ago.

[jwmiller33]

All it takes is one clumsy (or drunk) person in the fishhouse to kick it into the hole and then "bye bye flasher". Think about it, your flasher sits right next to the hole. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often with the amount of beverages some ice fishermen consume on outings.

I don't know for certain if a flasher would sink, but I find it hard to believe there is enough buoyancy created by the head to hold up the weight of the battery, case and ducer. In either case, I don't really want to ever find out

[Jim Uran]

I've got mine in a Genz box and that badboy won't fit down a 10" hole thankfully!! But yes it would sink like an anchor!

[swampbuck]

sinks like a rock Had on go down a 10" hole on walker bay once 35 fow got the aqua viw out and snagged the transducer chord gently pulled it up an was still working fine, still have it and still works but doesnt get used much

(Zercom flasher)

[Ed Carlson]

It comes up once in a while about 8" holes not letting a flasher thru, and 10" will. Has anyone actually lost a flasher down the hole? I just wonder, with the flasher head being somewhat bouyant and the battery being like an anchor, "will it float"? Anybody ever retrieve one with a fishhook?

Like A Rock!

A flasher bag may slow it a tad, might give you just enough time to grab it, but don't count on it.

[NoWiser]

I will say that, in my experience, 3 out of 4 Vexilars will continue to work, like new, after being submerged for 14 hours. And, Vexilar in Bloomington will repair the 1 out of 4 for very cheap. Underwater cameras turn into junk though, under the same circumstances.

[PierBridge]

Flasher's most definitely float. That's if the battery falls out which luckily was the case when we flipped our canoe. The FL18 still works great tho!

[NCLaker]

Flasher's most definitely float. That's if the battery falls out which luckily was the case when we flipped our canoe. The FL18 still works great tho!

If that is the FL18 propack you sold me a few years ago ... I can attest, it is still working like a champ!!

[Rick G]

The round propack's sink right to the bottom through a 10in hole. I fished a buddies out of arond 14ft of water with a rod holder and the extra long rope I have to pull my portable with. The vexi was on when he lost it and never lost total power but did"nt work right after we drained it out. He had to sent in to vexliar to get cleaned up a bitbut it still works great and this was three seasons ago.

[BigDogRob]

Why wouldn't a person take a simple fix to this situation and just put a shoelace tied to the flasher at one end and if you have a portable just tie it to one of the poles... If you have a perm just put a cabinet handle on next to the hole to tie it to? Just a thought since this is what I do. It's cheaper than a new replacement. If you spend all day jigging for your flasher you might be a redneck...

[PierBridge]

If that is the FL18 propack you sold me a few years ago ... I can attest, it is still working like a champ!!

LOL..No you got my mint unit! Plus you stole that from me anyway..

This was my buddies on a lake up by the BW's they flipped there canoe and lost a bunch a stuff but the battery flipped out of the FL-18 and the unit was one of the things that floated and was retrieved!

So yes they can float in a pinch...

[Ed Carlson]

The battery must of detached from the unit and sank though? Otherwise a pro pack case would never float. A home made wood case may?

[PierBridge]

Yes, the battery flipped out or the FL18 never would have floated! Stock unit!...

Unless the airbag deployed? J/K...

[Down Deep]

I don't know if they will float, but they will sure crush when your boot right on top of one. On the bright side I got to upgrade my unit.