01-13-2016, 02:07 AM
I've lurked on this forum and others for some time now, and I'm not sure I've found the answer I'm looking for.
I'm in the market for a fish finder to use while ice fishing. I usually ice fish Strawberry, Rockport, and Fish Lake, if it matters. I have been wavering back and forth between a nice flasher (like a Marcum VX-1P) and a sonar unit (like the Marcum Showdown 5.6). I've never used either type (other than the sonar on my boat fish finder) and I can't find anything definitive about why I should pick one type over the other. I'm looking to stay in the $300-400 range.
Most posts on the topic seem to be heavy on opinion and light on fact. Does it really just come down to preference?
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I'm in the market for a fish finder to use while ice fishing. I usually ice fish Strawberry, Rockport, and Fish Lake, if it matters. I have been wavering back and forth between a nice flasher (like a Marcum VX-1P) and a sonar unit (like the Marcum Showdown 5.6). I've never used either type (other than the sonar on my boat fish finder) and I can't find anything definitive about why I should pick one type over the other. I'm looking to stay in the $300-400 range.
Most posts on the topic seem to be heavy on opinion and light on fact. Does it really just come down to preference?
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