Marcum LX2 interference

[SP180]

Spent the morning on the lake with no other flashers with in 5 miles and had constant interference in the bottom 5 foot. I was able to see my lure, but it always looked like interference around unless the gain was turned down till i could not see the lure. Does anyone have any idea what that might be? I am using a Marcum LX2.

[FISHINGURU]

my guess would be no interference but you were marking baitfish.

[LaXCarp]

vegetation...brush...maybe move off a bit and find the sides and fish those hard!

[SP180]

No fish, it just jumped around. the only thing that was consistant was the lure. I moved around and had the same problem in every hole. The lake has no vegetation. Brush yes, but not where i was at.

[mww24]

I was just reading an article in the 2009 ice fishing guide. And theres a deal about plankton moving up and down the water column at sunrise and sunset, and that the movement can show up on a flasher if theres a big enough cloud of them. Maybe that was it. I've never experienced that. Just another theory.

[FISHINGURU]

that just happened to me the other day but it was just the bottom foot or two...i think it was baitfish but plankton could of been possible or some other living insects or something down there lol.

other times i pull out my transducer and rub it a few times with my thumb to clean it off then drop it back down the hole....or turn it off and turn it back on...check the connections to.

[LaXCarp]

Its possible the timing of the unit is off. I've owned an LX-2 for 3 yrs now, after the 1st year I was having trouble maintaining bottom readings but would still get signals through out the water column...maybe give nature vision a call, if its still under warranty they will fix the unit.

[TheIceFishingKid]

I had this happen about a month ago. I was fishing and about 2 hours in I started to get what I thought was interference. About 30 or 40 mins later it stopped, than about 2 hours later it started again. I had my underwater camera with so I put it down, it was a school of hundreds of bait fish. About an hour after that I caught a 26 1/4" walleye, my pb.

[dan z]

I have to say is my bro has a LX3 and is having the same problem. I use a vex and some guy said you cant run a vex and a maccum at the same time in the same house. So i turned off my vex and there was no diffence the interfence was still there.

He just bought a new batt to see if the batt was going bad. All

So my bro turned off the maccum and i turn on the vex and there was nothing down there. No weeds or bit fish.