I am debating what would be best. I am an entry level ice fisherman. I will mostly be fishing smaller lakes, farm ponds, mill ponds, old rock quarries and a small river. I do have a couple trips planned to some bigger water, but the majority of my fishing will be smaller water.
I am really leaning towards the Marcum, but wanted to hear some other’s thoughts.
Hawkeye
I own a number of Marcum sonars including a Ice Troller v2 and I have owned a FL8. Based on the type of fishing your doing.The troller should work well. When I am in shallow water I will use the zoom feature to see the bottom 10 feet when I am in 10 feet or less of water. This allows me to use the whole screen to view the water column. When using a conventional flasher you may only use a small portion of the screen. I originally purchased the troller to use as a scouting tool it was a version 1 but I upgraded to Version 2. Which is another nice feature of digital Marcum products they can be upgrade-able.
I have the performance pack with mine which adds a battery and case. You can pull it out of the pack and be very mobile and travel light. Much easier to hole hop then using a heavier or larger unit.
If you decide to later invest in a different unit the troller is a good back up or can be used by a friend.
Good luck
Bob
Would you recommend getting the performance pack? I like the idea of a stand.
Definitely go with the performance pack.
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Definitely go with the performance pack.
Yes!!
Thanks for the input guys. I am excited to try this unit out.
Saw a showdown 5.6 a few days ago on the c list for the same price…..just a thought.
I had a troller version 1 and it was fun! I would get the 2.0 with pack. Just remember to upgrade the fuse to a 5 amp and plug it into the unit then the wall for charging.
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