Flasher carrier/ box

[TooTallTom]

I know lots of you have carriers for your flashers, and I am wondering what you like or dislike about them? What would you change? Do you have a float for the transducer, or is it suspended on the cable from an arm? Does anyone use the small tackle box holder feature? Rod holders? Can holders?

I have a 788ci and I'm going to be making an ice carrier for it this fall, so I'm just wondering what features to include in/ exclude from it.

Thanks.

[BartmanMN]

I have 2 rod holders on my Fl-22. Never had those with my Marcum. They do actually come in handy.

[TooTallTom]

Thanks BartmanMN, I thought of rod holders, and really had no idea whether I should put a couple on or not...

[NCLaker]

I have a vexilar propack 2. Love the 2 rod holders, wish others had that option, or some of the other optional features that this system has avaialable. The tackle box that comes with it is handy.

[CrappieAttitude]

Another vote for the propack. I only have one rod holder on it and it has come in handy. Making it small enough to fit in a 5 gallon bucket is also a necessity. The bucket really helps protect everything in transport. I typically put extra gloves/hats for the kiddos on top of my flasher before loading other misc things. The tacklebox is nice, but I tend to just take it out and use it as an additional box. With the soft cover on it as well it kinda makes accessing the tacklebox a little more work. Good Luck!

CA

[Rippinlip]

Have just a soft sided blue bag for the Vexilar FL-8 and is not the best set-up. Have to open zippers constantly to mess with the float or if I want to use the arm, have to plug the battery in, make adjustments, etc. I usually just take it out of the bag when fishing.

Looks nice when it is in the bag though....

[polarsusd81]

I love the blue box from Vexilar. My old one was set up nice. I had two pvc tube rod holders on the sides of it as well as a mini ram mount for my H2O gps. I called it the blue box hot rod. Now I am running a FL-22 on a new style blue box and will be adding rod holders and a tackle box storage to it. I like to run and gun, and the way I set it up I can drill my holes, grab the vex and go. Two rods in holders, one in hand, plus plastics and extra jigs. Everything I need.

This is the old one. Before I put the GPS mount on it.

And in use... This one has the GPS mount, but it is difficult to see.

[TooTallTom]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I think I'm going to skip the bag to zip everything up in, and just make it sized to fit in a five-gallon pail for travel. Definitely rod holders. I'm also thinking an arm for the transducer so I can skip the float and keep some clutter out of the hole.

Anything else?

[Moose]

Please post pictures when your done I just bought an Ice troller and would like some ideas for a carrier.