In an earlier post I had indicated that I am going to really try and ice fish this year, I brushed off some older equipment from a few years back and purchased some other stuff recently. So far I have the following:
1. Large Bucket with Internal Styrofoam Bait Bucket and built in Seat.
2. 2 Ugly stick ice fishing rods with cheap spinning reels
3. HT Polar Ice Tip Up with Dacron Line
4. Plano Hip Tackle Box mounted externally for gear such as jigs
5. 3 Sleeve type rod holders mounted externally to hold the rods
6. Mitchell Brusch N Rod (Stiffer for Walleye/Pike) w ABU 6500 C3 reel
Now for the last items I am looking for a cheap snowmobile and fish finder. From what I can see the "Vexler" is the one to go with?
I am going to go to Le Baron's for the Mazda Ice Fishing Seminar on November 16, 2006 to find out what the "Pro's" recommend as far as lures etc... but if any of you have any suggestions would love to hear from ya.
Ice Fishing Gear Update
hi kenny
nice to see your going into ice fishing big time,,,
way to go bud......
will see at the seminar...
for sudgestion..........there tons off info in all the ice fishing tread.....
lures.....rappala jigging rap...glow and not
swedish pimple.......mr champs...etc...
look in the tread i start 3 days ago...or do a serch,youw ill find tons off info....
one thing.if you think your going into ice fishing a lot,ask santa for a flasher....
but you can go realy basic to..............wood tip up.hook lines weight minnows and somthing to do some holes...and there you go,,,,,your ice fishing...
but you will see.its addictive.you will want all the ice toys..
joco
nice to see your going into ice fishing big time,,,
way to go bud......
will see at the seminar...
for sudgestion..........there tons off info in all the ice fishing tread.....
lures.....rappala jigging rap...glow and not
swedish pimple.......mr champs...etc...
look in the tread i start 3 days ago...or do a serch,youw ill find tons off info....
one thing.if you think your going into ice fishing a lot,ask santa for a flasher....
but you can go realy basic to..............wood tip up.hook lines weight minnows and somthing to do some holes...and there you go,,,,,your ice fishing...
but you will see.its addictive.you will want all the ice toys..
joco
Alright, don't want to start a big discussion on this but I would compare the vex and marcum units. I thought the Vex units were the best out there but I have researched a bit and read a bunch of reports on these units and now i'm not sure what to get. I might actually be leaning towards the marcum units now. Try to find something comparing the two so u can see what the differences are and what will suit your fishing needs. Either way I'm sure you will be happy with your purchase.
JFish
JFish
matcolecat........
its kind off personnal....it depend what you want in a flasher.
if you want a movable zoom....in the water colon.........marcum lx5 or 3-2-1....or the new aqua vpg is your unit..
if you want just a flasher,,, to see fish,,depht,, they all do the work...but some might have probleme in cold condition,,,like some off the lowrance unit...( but this is what other people said in some ice fishing site)...could have change in the new models...
the majority around here have a vexilar...work great.
now we start to see some marcum unit...great to plus a movable zoom,,plus some little extra..
and this winter there a new unit call aqua vu vpg,,,,,,those the work,,,movable zomm,,,small,,supose not to freeze in colder weather,,,,and so on.
there is a lot off discution in some off ice fishing forums,,,that explane why that one more then an onother ones..etc...
and there is a lot off info in the new in fisherman ice fishing edition..
for the aqua vu new model...look here..
http://www.naturevisioninc.com/shop_nvi ... t=4&page=1
for those great vexilar look here
http://vexilar.com/
for the marcums great units to...
http://marcumtech.com/
for the lowrance unit....by the way lowrance those have some nice features,,,gps and all kind off stuff.but that is the one that might freeze in winter,but like i said before.....mabe they did change that,,i read about it and some people never did have a probleme,,,
just look at all off them,,,or better try some off them,,,and you will see what you want...
.good shoping
joco
its kind off personnal....it depend what you want in a flasher.
if you want a movable zoom....in the water colon.........marcum lx5 or 3-2-1....or the new aqua vpg is your unit..
if you want just a flasher,,, to see fish,,depht,, they all do the work...but some might have probleme in cold condition,,,like some off the lowrance unit...( but this is what other people said in some ice fishing site)...could have change in the new models...
the majority around here have a vexilar...work great.
now we start to see some marcum unit...great to plus a movable zoom,,plus some little extra..
and this winter there a new unit call aqua vu vpg,,,,,,those the work,,,movable zomm,,,small,,supose not to freeze in colder weather,,,,and so on.
there is a lot off discution in some off ice fishing forums,,,that explane why that one more then an onother ones..etc...
and there is a lot off info in the new in fisherman ice fishing edition..
for the aqua vu new model...look here..
http://www.naturevisioninc.com/shop_nvi ... t=4&page=1
for those great vexilar look here
http://vexilar.com/
for the marcums great units to...
http://marcumtech.com/
for the lowrance unit....by the way lowrance those have some nice features,,,gps and all kind off stuff.but that is the one that might freeze in winter,but like i said before.....mabe they did change that,,i read about it and some people never did have a probleme,,,
just look at all off them,,,or better try some off them,,,and you will see what you want...
.good shoping
joco
Last edited by joco on Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:56 pm, edited 2 times in total.