Marcum..Mark em?

[Cyberfish]

Gemeye complained about not seeing all our jigs good on the vex. I told him he should get a L X 3, then he could Marc um really good.

I kill me!

[Captain B.R.K]

I'd like to spark some interest with this one. I totally disagree with you on the Marcum vs. Vex. I was out last weekend and was fishing an angeleye and a small moon glow. The only thing I had to do is change the gain on the vex-18 and had a great time catching huge bulls and crappies.
NICE TRY WITH THE MARCUM SELL

[Cyberfish]

Actually I was just makin' fun of the name, wondering if the pun was intended! I have never seen one in action myself. If I didn't have a fl-8 that worked just fine for the last 8 years, then mabye I would test them out.

Best fishes

Cyb

[Gonzo]

What do you call a tired, cold, walleye?

Sigh, brrrr, fish

Now who's cracking up?

Happy Holidays Cyb!
Gonzo

[fishtrap2]

Captain,
Where does your experience with the Marcum come in?

[This message has been edited by fishtrap2 (edited 12-23-2002).]

[Captain B.R.K]

Work at the Gander Mountain in Duluth and we had just gotten the Marcum in for the holidays. I never got to test it on the ice, but played with it many times in the store. Needless to say it is exactly like the old colorpoint except that you can zoom I believe with 3 different zoom settings. My 2cents anyway.

[Cyberfish]

Well Gonzo, at least I am a game fish!

Happy Xmas..

Cyb

[WallEYES]

CAPTAIN BRK
I agree totally, I still have the old fl-8 and won't trade it for nothing. I too have been toying around with the Marcums and quite don't know about the differences on the colorpoint, but are the same except the settings on them. The interference factor while fishing around other units seems to be the key? I think it is a take off of the colorpoint units and we all know what happened there.

[Dano2]

Yep, yep, Yep,
this just sold me on the vex. I wanted a vex in the first place, but then started looking at the marcum,
glad you brought up that problem "When fishing around others"
Seems to me I read in a different thread that someone had this problem with the Marcum already, could be wrong, I'll have to go check it out.
But anyway, it doesn't matter anymore,
my mind is made up.

[Dano2]

O.K. sorry, it was the colorpoint he was talking about.
But I'm still getting the FL-18,
sounds like its great for any fishing
circumstance, (deep or shallow)
plus open water.

thanks

[Nicholas_23]

I guess I've never had any problems with my zercom CP. Seems to work fine for me. It graphs fish and my lure. I'm guessing the vexilar does the same or am I missing something??

[Rick]

I fished the marCum and FL-18 right next to each other. With the IR on both interference wasn't an issue once they warmed up.

Don't discount the MarCum LX-3, it has advantages. The FL-18 has advantages too. After one usage, I would give the MarCum the very slight advantage. Of course, the FL-18 user with me now wants the MarCum LX-3, he highly prefers the MarCum LX-3 over the FL-18 now.

I'm a long time Vex user. It will take more than one use to convince me. I need to test it in different situations.

When we're ready we will give our test reports in another thread. We won't do it in this thread right now. Not enough time for me to do the report justice.

[Dano2]

O.K. looks like I am going to have to wait for that,
Or maybe I will flip a coin,, heh, heh

[CNY Tim]

Rick - you cant go wrong with either unit. My Fl-18 with the 12 degree ducer will be getting a work out shortly. My LX-3 thus far has been perfect, I.R., the adjustable zoom window, display, charger and softpack are great. Looking forward to reading your testament. Have a Happy Holiday Season....

[Cyberfish]

I just got some Gander Mtn gift cards for xmas yesss! Mabye now I can upgrade flashers. I use my flasher even more in summer than on ice, so i am thinking of going with the fl-18 for the bottom-lock feature, and the brighter display. Isn't the zoom on both units mainly for icefishing?

what say ye?
merry xmas, and...
Set the hook!

Cyb ><}}}}("< ><>