how necessary is an iceflasher for icefishing, should I sell or keep my deeper

I bought a deeper fish finder a while back, and I have not used it on the ice yet.

but from my experience with it on soft water, it was a pain to use. it was annoying to connect to my phone and was not useful in locating fish.

I have fished most of my life on soft water without a fishfinder and I have been fine.

but as a new person to icefishing, how necessary is a flasher?

last season i didnt have a flasher and I had very little luck.


so should I sell my deeper fish finder or keep it and use it as a flasher?

i can sell it and use the proceeds to buy a flasher if one is really necessary.

anyone know any good deals on decent flashers for 300 - 350?

thanks

With a flasher you will always know whats going on under you. Will show you every fish that swims under you. Suspended fish you wouldn't know we're there. It will show you how fish react to lures and jigging techniques. It's a must if your serious about ice fishing.

I don't think I could fish without mine would be like quiting smoking! Love watching the big fish come in.

X2! It's night and day! If my battery is dead, I don't even want to fish anymore lol. So I bought a spare battery

Flashers or graphs( some are both) are super helpful on the ice. Knowing the depth is always important for finding the right spots. Also, seeing the fish on the screen helps in several ways besides the obvious. You can pattern what depth the fish are hanging out at, their levels of aggression, etc. If your graph has history you can see the jigging cadence that caught the fish as well. I would sell the Deeper and get a real flasher.
I believe the Lowrance Elite 4-x Ice Machine (flasher-graph combo) is only around $300, it's what we use and it works great. They have more recent models of it too or slightly different models running 250-350, such as HOOK-4, etc. Vexilar's FL-8SE is listed at $320. Some of the prices may be USD unfortunately, so expect to pay more.
Good luck this season

I don't like flashers at all buy find my graph type FF quite useful.

In a nutshell, I would rather leavemy fishing rods at home than to go without a good unit jk!


Any decent ice unit has revolutionized ice fishing.....must have item

Buy a dual and beside which frame you like better from a flasher or graph screen, l prefer the graph scream, but it does take out the guessing game if fish is under or around you!

I don't have a flasher personally but I have almost unlimited access to one. If I don't have a chance to pick it up before I get out fishing I will still go fishing but my tactics change drastically. I will be just blindly jigging on or near bottom for whiteys and hope for the best instead of employing all the exciting laker tactics that electronics allow.

Wouldn't even fish without!! as important as a float suit lol

I would'nt want to fish without mine. I'm the only one in my hut that has one and I continuely out fish the rest. your blind without it. Use one and you'll be hooked..

I got an 4x lowrance love it on the ice. Its got both modes but im not a big fan of the flasher.

A flasher or graph is a great piece of equipment and highly addictive. Try it once and you’ll be hooked for life. Buy the best you can afford, you won’t regret it.

Check the buy and sell section.

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