12-08-2009, 01:44 PM
Welcome to the site and congrats on your 1st post.
If you have the money and are willing to spend it, flasher. There is no question that a modern 3 color flasher performs better than almost any pixal type of finder.
One thing you will not get with the flasher though is history.
The time it takes for the pixals to work their way accross the screen is history. If you happen to be looking away for a minute to pour a drink or rig another rod and a fish swims through, a flasher will not thell you what you missed. They operate in real time only.
I hae not eer used a color pixal type of finder on the ice, so I'm not sure how well they can seperate what is happening next to your lure, but with a flasher you can see the fish come into the cone, then if the signal changes color, know that the fish is coming closer to your lure and watch as the two different color flashes (one being your metal lure) come together. An instant later you see your spring bobber twitch.
Big question for most is do they want to put out $300 or more for the flasher.
Most like the Vexilar, but Marcum and Humminbird also make them.
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If you have the money and are willing to spend it, flasher. There is no question that a modern 3 color flasher performs better than almost any pixal type of finder.
One thing you will not get with the flasher though is history.
The time it takes for the pixals to work their way accross the screen is history. If you happen to be looking away for a minute to pour a drink or rig another rod and a fish swims through, a flasher will not thell you what you missed. They operate in real time only.
I hae not eer used a color pixal type of finder on the ice, so I'm not sure how well they can seperate what is happening next to your lure, but with a flasher you can see the fish come into the cone, then if the signal changes color, know that the fish is coming closer to your lure and watch as the two different color flashes (one being your metal lure) come together. An instant later you see your spring bobber twitch.
Big question for most is do they want to put out $300 or more for the flasher.
Most like the Vexilar, but Marcum and Humminbird also make them.
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