Tips or tricks?

[oldmud]

Hi all

Been a lurker for a while- first post. Fairly new to ice fishing and I have read every forum posting on flashers that I can find and I finally dove in and bought a showdown 5.6-- mostly for its ease of understanding..so what I am asking is any of you showdown owners have any first time advice--going to try to get out this weekend- am really excited. Thanks in advance

[gill man]

I have a Vexilar myself and also just ordered an Ice Pack for my Lowrance 520C, but I just wanted to say take your time walking out on the ice and stay safe!

After that good luck and welcome to ice fishing. You'll have a blast!

Tucker

[Might_B_A_Pike]

Just start pushing buttons, that is what I did, they are pretty easy units to learn. watch youtube videos and read the manual. play around with the gain and sensitivity to see what it does. the zoom and rang take a little playing around to really get the hang of it.

[mplsplayer]

When switching holes mine sometimes freaks out. Found out if I just hit the up or down button it locks on the bottom and reads fine. I really like the zoom function after locating fish. Try and keep the sensitivity as low as you can and still see your bait. It has been a good unit for me for 4 years.

[going4it]

The best thing you can do is just go out and use it, have the manual with for questions that you may have. Its pretty easy to use and a great tool.