Fishing shallow water w/ Marcum?

[ShawnK]

Hey everyone, I am new to this forum and would like to say Hey. I have a question for all you Marcum flasher users. I recently purchased a Marcum LX-3 reconditioned w/ true color display and I was just wondering if anyone knows if the LX-3's have trouble fishing in shallow water since they do have 1500 watts of power. I fish in 10 feet of water often so I was just wodering if it will work for me. Thanks a lot

[Ron Anlauf]

I've used it in water that shallow and less and have had no problems, just back the gain off a little. The unit is designed to handle the power even in shallow water.

[BDR]

Yes mine (lx-3) has worked very good shallow. And in shallow weeds also. Looking forward to putting the new lx-5 down this week.

[CNY Tim]

Brian - From one Rogers to another You will be loving that LX-5 in shallow and it absolutely excels in heavy weeds. Be sure to play with that NBT 8 degree transducer it's incredible shallow or deep...

[Ray Esboldt]

I like my LX-3tc in the weeds better than other models I have used. It has some decent look-through abilities. The weed clutter still shows up, but I can find my bait in the mish-mash and see moving fish. Just back the gain down as far as you can stand. I seem to remember just a bit over 1 worked well.

[Northlander]

In shalow water like under 5' a few guys have noticed the ducer noise will scare off trout species. It doesnt seem to bother, panfish and eyes from my experiences.

[BIG DS]

They are awesome in shallow water and weeds. As mentioned, just back off the gain a little and you will be fine. The target seperation will simply amaze you. I have had mine for 3 years now and had the TC update installed last year and just love it. I sell 'em every day and my customers have never complained. Have fun and good fishing.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I'll echo what everybody has already said. You will be fine! Enjoy the new flasher!

[augernaut]

I have an old LX-3 (non TC), that I have not upgraded yet to TC (procrastinator!) - Prior to owning this flasher, I had an FL-18, and an FL-8 before that. The LX-3 is much better than either Vex IMHO at defining targets and your jig in the weeds. Even in LP mode, the FL-18 just did not give me the definition that the LX-3 does. Have no worries, you will be fine. As suggested before, play with the gain, fine tune it, until you are happy with what you are seeing.

[Hotspotter]

What's really cool for you LX-5 guys out there is when you put the X-5 into SFL or SuperFineLine Mode, the individual stalks and shoots from weed growth are separated. This gives you a "window" into the weedgrowth should you choose to jig through the jungle. A common problem previously was that fish (and your jig) that were mixed in with the light green/yellow signal from the weeds, were ultimately lost in the clutter.

When working in weedy shallow areas, I usually zoom into the weeds, then kick it into SFL for any even better picture without any of the junk.

Joel

[metrojoe]

I've got the LX-5 which is even more powerful and I use it with great success in shallow water.

[ShawnK]

Thanks everyone, it sounds like I got a good unit to fish with this ice season. I was just a bit concerned about fishing in really shallow water with the LX-3 since it has 1500 wats of power. I have never fished with a flasher before so I am really excited to get out. Hopefully it will be soon! Thanks again...