TrophyTracker

I used to have a zercom but I plan to buy and new vexilar ice fishing flasher but I don't know weather to buy the Fl 8 in the Genz pack, pro pack or economy pac, or maybe I should spend a little extra and go for the FL 18. I mainly fish crappie, some walleye and trout thru the ice I am not a pro or tournament angler just a weekend warrior. Anybody have any suggestions or experiences with these units that may help me with me decision.[&:]

Thanks

jlb66

If your fishing mainly 10-15 feet or less then go with the FL8 if you're going to be fishing anything over 15 foot I would go with the FL18 just because it has the auto zoom feature becasue that feature automaticaly zooms in on teh bottow 6 feet of the water colum giving you a much better picture of what's down there. Also the FL-18 is more sensitive since each flash represents 1/2 of an inch and on the FL 8 each flash represents 1 inch. I was going to go with the FL 8 but I figured for about 80-100 bucks more I could get the FL 18 so I went with that one. So yeah I wold suggest the 18 but beware once you fish with one you'll never want to fish without it ever again.

TrophyTracker

Thanks for the tips jlb! Your right they are very addicting and it just not the same fishing without them!

TeeJay

The FL-8 is what i use i fish about every day in the winter through the ice. From sunfish to Lake Trout ive used almost every locator built and i wont trade any of them for my FL-8. It never looses signal in a house with 3-7 other locaters on unlike other brands and models. Its up to you but personally i wouldnt consider anything but the simple reliable FL-8

PikeTipper

Spend the money on the fl18 instead of getting an fl8. I fished deep water with a guy that has an 18 this weekend and that zoom feature really put my fl8 to shame.

Nate58102

i would get the most expensive one u are will to spend the money for. maybe not the one with a lot of useless stuff but the more somethng costs ussually meens the better it is. but that is only if u are really rich . i cant even afford one i am hoping to get a gas auger pretty soon