Tell me about this vexilar product

[DTro]

It's called a Zonar. It's a handheld deal with a temp probe that you lower into the water and measures the water temp. I remember playing with this thing all the time when I was a kid. Must be at least 20 yrs old. Anyone know anything about it.

[LABS4ME]

They still sell them through Vexilar, I believe they call them Depth Therms now... I still have one from about 20 years ago, it's in my fishing room with all kinds of other old goodies!

Good Luck!

Ken

[DTro]

thanks, I'll check that out. Yes, this one is going on display with my old goodies also.

[DTro]

In case anyone is curious what it looks like:

[LABS4ME]

That is really a neat piece of fishing history! Not at all what I thought you were talking about... I have an old depth therm from I believe the 60's but what you have is really something! It'd really be neat to find out more about it... Price when new, when manufactured, how long were they made, how many were produced etc... I wonder if you put a call into Vexilar if they'd maybe be able to give you some backround on it. They are a local company so getting in touch with them wouldn't be a problem... can you imagine the conversations in the boat when this little "tool" was 1st pulled out? New technology doesn't even rattle a guy anymore, but I bet there were some guys who scoffed at it, and others who were mesmerized by it.

Thanks for sharing it with us...

Good Luck!

Ken

[DTro]

I have an email into vex.

[DTro]

Here's my reply:

There is no more written instructions for this unit. It's been out of production for at least 20 years. Basically, you drop the sensor probe down and center the needle. Then count how many feet down the probe is. Look at the chart on the unit. It will show you the temperature of the water, where the probe was at and list what type of fish would be in that temp and depth range.

Pat

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