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Vexilar Basics

Ol' Lund

By Ol' Lund
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Ol' Lund

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Hey-

By next year i want to purchase a vexilar, either the FL-18 pr the FL-8. I have never used a flasher, none of my buddies have one, so i was wondering if you could explain some of the basics. One question i have is that, I know that the jigs show up on the Vexilar. Waht if i am fishing like this?

O -Hole with Vexilar

O O - 2 Holes with lines in the water

Will the vex show both jigs on it? Please explain anything basic you would like, cause i no virtually nothing about Vexilars!

Thanks

-Jordan

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L_Cappo Proficient

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it does come with a book that tells you the basics and shows them.as for the lines depending how close the holes yes it will show both lines.as for which 1 you want i would go with the fl 18 it has the split screen 1 side shows the bottom and the other side shows everything.which the fl-8 does not have the zoom.

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CNY Tim Grand Master

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It depends on what depth your fishing? Holes side by side in 10' of water may work but will reguire more gain, but in 20' or so you should be absolutely fine. If you remember the formula that from the bottom on the transducer in 10 of water with a 19 deg. transducer you will see a 3 to 3.5' circle off the bottom so if you fish 20' that circle that the transducer will read of the bottom will be 7' and so on... What I like to do in my Fish Trap when I'm fishing perch in 30 - 36' of water is run two hole rods where the two fishing poles wil be so they are about 2' apart on center and the middle hole which I would put about 6" back more than the the parallel fishing holes, that would be where my tranducer is. Set the transducer as close as you canto including cord touching the side of the hole in front of you but make sur your ducer is below the bottom of the ice. What I like to do in this situation because two rods are legal in NY is to have a flash spoon like a Hali or LA Knacker in the left hole to call them in and a small 3 mm YBD in the other if they don't like the spoon., you will have to experiment with your hole placement to achieve a comfort level for you and your guest. Hope that helps...

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CNY Tim Grand Master

CNY Tim

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 Originally Posted By: Ol' Lund
So 1/2 of the Fl-18 is just the bottom?

Left side of the flasher displays the bottom 6'

and the other half is the to the bottom?

The right side is the entire water column...

Is that come in handy alot?

I have a MarCum LX-5 and and have run the LX-3. The larger zoom is definitely something that once you have you won't want to give back. The zoom on the MarCums are the very best...

What you have to really tell us is what species do you like to fish for and what would be a max depth your fishing.. That would be a start.

I would like to know anything you guys got to say, casue i know virtually nothing about flashers.

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Like someone mentioned before....I would look at the Vexilar HSOforum. There you will get a chance to read some informational articles and you can also watch some videos on each unit Vexilar makes. One thing is certain.....once you fish with the Vexilar.....you'll never fish without one again.

Chad

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If you can $ wise go with the auto zoom. FL12,18,or 20. It defines the bottom hugging fish much better. I have a fl-18 I got a few years ago. Didn't know diddle about it and read the book and watched the video then went out the first couple times and couldn't figure it out. Apparently no fish went by and the next time I got into the fish and it was very evident and learned quickly then. Wouldn't leave home without it.

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Bite the bullet go buy one and spend hundreds of hours in front of it. the basics will take 15 minutes, the science will take countless trips and targeting all species on all 3 basic lake types. Some one should start an advanced thread on the subject for all us freaks that go home with vexlar eyes.

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Ol Lund, what helped me most was time with the unit. I read the book, and talked to people, but ya just got to sit in front of the thing and play with the buttons to really understand how awesome a flasher is.

I see you're in SW MN. So am I, and a lot of other good FM'ers. I have 2 flashers. If we ever hook up on the ice this winter I'll show ya what I know and if we're fishing together, you can use one of mine. One of my flashers has bottom zoom, the other one doesn't. Once we start hitting some fish that are hugging the bottom you will see why you want bottom zoom.

My e-mail is in my profile. Drop me a line. I'd be more than happy to spend some ice time showing ya the ropes.

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(we lost some good info...)

Anyway, I run

o,@,o

The middle @ is the hole with the flasher in it so I can see two jigs.

Sometimes it's more like

..@..

O...O

Kind of triangle. Heater in one corner and lamp in the other corner. Flasher in hole at top of trianlge. The other two holes for lines.

When there's two of us

..O....O..

.@......@.

Two holes, flashers are usually closer in same hole as they actually would be in corner, while heater and lamp goes in between upper two holes.

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