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Sonars?
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To the original poster, if you go back in the archives you will soon realize that these flasher/finder discussions are like Ford/Chevy/Dodge debates. However, the comment below deserves a reply.


[quote dubob] Using a boat sonar on the ice will work, but the wide screen filled with fish marks from fish that are no longer there is confusing at best. Flashers are real time only; if there ain't no flashes, there ain't no fish.[/quote]


Many mid range to good LCD "boat sonars" ,if you will, have a real time sonar function that works exactly like a flasher. You do not need to even have a top end unit to get this. My 11 year old Fishmark 320 has an excellent real time function. You can see the jig and the fish in real time, all the time. As for the lines on the screen from the previous 10-15 seconds (the history), these can be used to your advantage as well. When fishing medium depth to deep lakes, and you have a suspended fish come through well away from your offering and then leave outside of your cone of reception, you can still match the exact location where the fish was when you reel up to it and very frequently, the fish will come back and bite. I can't tell you how many fish I've caught this way, especially at Strawberry and Fish Lake. But to each their own and I hold no delusions that I will convince flasher lovers that their finders aren't the best thing ever produced by humankind.

To the OP, my old fishmark still serves quite nicely on my float tube. You can indeed get a good boat finder that will work very well on the hard deck. Just make sure it has the "real time sonar" function.
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Sonars? - by spinmaster21 - 12-27-2015, 10:58 PM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by jacksonlaker - 12-27-2015, 11:14 PM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by albinotrout - 12-27-2015, 11:14 PM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by Outside - 12-27-2015, 11:44 PM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by RonPaulFan - 12-28-2015, 08:13 AM
Re: [RonPaulFan] Sonars? - by Dog-lover - 12-28-2015, 09:04 PM
Re: [Dog-lover] Sonars? - by RonPaulFan - 12-28-2015, 11:42 PM
Re: [RonPaulFan] Sonars? - by Deepwateroff - 12-29-2015, 12:28 AM
Re: [Deepwateroff] Sonars? - by Deepwateroff - 12-29-2015, 12:32 AM
Re: [RonPaulFan] Sonars? - by Dog-lover - 12-29-2015, 01:13 AM
Re: [Dog-lover] Sonars? - by kj - 12-29-2015, 03:53 AM
Re: [Dog-lover] Sonars? - by RonPaulFan - 12-29-2015, 04:05 AM
Re: [RonPaulFan] Sonars? - by Dog-lover - 12-29-2015, 04:35 PM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by dubob - 12-28-2015, 05:35 PM
Re: [dubob] Sonars? - by albinotrout - 12-28-2015, 06:30 PM
Re: [dubob] Sonars? - by doggonefishin - 12-28-2015, 08:48 PM
Re: [doggonefishin] Sonars? - by Fishrmn - 12-28-2015, 09:04 PM
Re: [doggonefishin] Sonars? - by dubob - 12-28-2015, 09:22 PM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by KarlTime - 12-28-2015, 06:42 PM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by Deepwateroff - 12-29-2015, 12:36 AM
Re: [Deepwateroff] Sonars? - by Berg - 12-29-2015, 12:51 AM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by jacksonlaker - 12-29-2015, 01:00 AM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by FatBiker - 12-29-2015, 07:17 PM
Re: [spinmaster21] Sonars? - by El_Matador - 01-08-2016, 11:42 PM

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