02-04-2004, 06:38 PM
Kent,
I've never put the transducer below the ice. I've fished Fish Lake with over 3 feet of ice and only had the transducer a couple of inches under the water. It does help to have it pointing straight down, but I don't even use a level anymore. I got one with an "Icebox" fishfinder/batttery/transducer holder once. I used it with a puck style transducer with good results, but I've never used one with my X85, and I won't be using one with the X136 either.
A buddy of mine bought an X65 after we had been to Fish Lake and set his unit up with the transducer pointing to the side. It was 90 degrees from vertical, and the X65 still read the depth! It wouldn't show fish, but it did read the depth right. One more reason I prefer the high power LCDs over the 45 year old technology of the flasher.
Fishrmn
I've never put the transducer below the ice. I've fished Fish Lake with over 3 feet of ice and only had the transducer a couple of inches under the water. It does help to have it pointing straight down, but I don't even use a level anymore. I got one with an "Icebox" fishfinder/batttery/transducer holder once. I used it with a puck style transducer with good results, but I've never used one with my X85, and I won't be using one with the X136 either.
A buddy of mine bought an X65 after we had been to Fish Lake and set his unit up with the transducer pointing to the side. It was 90 degrees from vertical, and the X65 still read the depth! It wouldn't show fish, but it did read the depth right. One more reason I prefer the high power LCDs over the 45 year old technology of the flasher.
Fishrmn