Prayers sent. Good luck Tuck.

WOW you guys are brutal. I was actually going to buy one to buzz the natives as they are netting……….. Now which ones should I look at

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Thanks, Copper not sure if I am going to pull the trigger or not, I will let you know if I do. Everyone can be assured the keys will be pulled if it is used to disturb anyone …………. kid or WIFE!

Settle down guys. I already have a boat. The wife and kid want a ski to run around on a little recreactional lake. This particular lake already has so many skiers tubers that 1 more won’t make a difference. I also have dealt with bad jetskiers, just looking for someone who has experience owning one.

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Miss Kitty

Now I don’t feel so bad for “warming up” the auger in the hotel last year!!!

Amen!! Congratulations. Over 300 posts, give her a hug for each one. I am sure you have already started. Praise the Lord!!

Great news!!!!

It is great to hear how well she is doing. I will keep her in my prayers. May God bless your whole family Shane.
PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Amen

OK guys tomorrow is another big day for kirsten. Lets ALL send some special prayers for kirsten. Lets overflow Gods “inbox”. Shane prayers to the Good Lord for her and your family. May he comfort you and strengthen her through this next step AMEN

Travis, you definitely have a concern. They don’t give those mounts away, make them get it right or refund. There are a lot of good taxidermists out there. Just be civil about it.

Nice crappies, looks like the highs will be in the single digits this week up here. We will be making some good ice to allow us to get out and chase them on the hard water. Thanks for posting. PS come aboard Greg it is virtually painless.

We were in church one sunday with my brother inlaw sitting behind us. My son who was 3 at the time didn’t know how to whisper, was sitting on my lap facing backwards says in a loud voice WAKE UP uncle bob.

At age 4 he was sitting with me as my wife explained that she now has a life insurance plan at work and I would get alot of money if she died. My son turns to me and says dad then we could buy a tractor.

I know a guy just north of Rochester, pm me if you are interested.

20lb 3oz

BF 6lb 3oz

I hope you guys aren’t just talking here, you can post all you want it goes nowhere. There are Email adresses there, tell that city council what you think. I did, I don’t know how much of them will get read but at least the flood of Emails will let them know how we feel!!

Derrick sorry for your loss, she is with the lord now. Prayers sent from my family to yours.

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Here are some sonar facts:

The Vexilar FL20 receiver has more then twice the distortion of a MarCum LX5/LX3 receiver.

The Vexilar Fl20 receiver is more than twice as noisy as that of a MarCum LX5/LX3.

The Vexilar FL20 has half the receiver gain than that of the MarCum LX5/LX3.

MarCum’s transducer is more efficient and more sensitive.

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Thanks for the info Scott. Are those facts true for the fl-18 also?

James, Scott, Matt thanks for the indepth discussion. I think you may have viewed my posts as personnal opinions, thats not the case. I just tried to put out some facts as is viewed them. I would love to be at the GTG but not this year, to many obligations. Make sure you guys get good pics for all of us that can’t be there. Oh and as far as trying out some units and making a decision, that was made quite awhile back………………………….MARCUM I just like to show both sides of the coin.

Thanks for your reply James, but I think you missed my point. Would you by a flasher based soley on peak to peak power? As I stated before I would focus on OTHER aspects of the flasher not just power or target sep. I was not comparing target sep other than to point out that it has been done with less power. I already boasted about the lx-5. I would like more info on the tests on the vexilar recievers that Scott talked about. Also someone awhile back posted that the foil buttons wear out, I have not seen this have you?

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The only true part about this statement is that Vexilar uses less power. I have seen first hand the reciever tests.

Like someone said earlier, buy what you feel confortable with

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Don’t get me wrong marcum products are great. After seeing your response I checked the vexilar website. Under the support heading, subheading tips and articles, it states that it uses the less power/ more reciever method compaired to some competitors inverse method? If you have seen tests to disprove this I will be calling vexilar on their fib. I am also not saying that power doesn’t increase target separation, but compare the vex fl-18 400 watts, 2.65″ target sep to the lx-3 1500 watts 2.15″ target sep (pretty close). Just to show target sep can be achieved with less power. Now step up to the lx-5 and you can count the legs on a waxie. Once again correct me if I am wrong. I just want to get the facts.

Both marcum and vexilar are very good units some better options on each IMO. However I wouldn’t compare an older fl-8 to any of the new units. I am not an expert, I have used both and done some reseach, so correct me if I am wrong. Target seperation is NOT soley reliant upon power. I believe it is part of the equation. I am not going to say one method is better than another, but I believe marcum uses more power and less sensitive reciever to gain the said target seperation. The more power is also used in some other aspects of the flasher like Scott said. Vexilar uses less power and more sensitive reciever. Units from fl-8 to fl-20 all same power. I would not pay much attention to power, look more at target seperation and the other functions that meet your needs.As far as different setups I like the way marcum keeps it simple, Vexilar has to many variations of the same thing IMO.

WOW what an impressive giveaway one that will help many people, thanks Siemens. I sent a vote for you good luck.

Luke, I have also been doing that for years, not just my ice jigs but on all of my jigs. I believe that the little twist adds another facet to my hooksets.

Hang in there, keep a positive attitude, the medical field has some good tools to fight this terrible disease. KEEP PRAYING i will send a few for her.

Thanks Jon I will give them a call

nice gil is that Eric