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<blockquote data-quote="snow" data-source="post: 310283" data-attributes="member: 1056">What issues do you have with your FL-8? if ya only get out a few times/year on ice,your 8 will do the job,most rookie ice fisher folks fail to read instructions on our flashers,just charge up the battery and let'er buck,most rookies just crank up the gain so a tiny ice jig looks red (3 colors on target)on a vex,hell your 8 will tell you if you have hard or soft bottom,a bottom hugging walleye using your 8 will display a little red movement along the bottom when gain is set right,Your older fl-8 has a 18 degree ice ducer cone and 2.75&quot;target seperation,making soft bottom hard to detect bottom hugging fish for the novice,the fl-18 has bottom zoom 6' with .75&quot; target seperation which is great for walleyes,20,22 amd 28 zoom has 12' which really isn't needed as 98% of walleye come thru on a belly crawl.I used the garmin live scope last winter,takes icefishing to the next level for $2500 but a pain for guyz to be mobil,not my deal a good gps with updated mapping data in 1' contours a good auger for speed drilling allows one to find and keep on fish relating to structure.this MPO only no offense to anyone intended.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="snow, post: 310283, member: 1056"] What issues do you have with your FL-8? if ya only get out a few times/year on ice,your 8 will do the job,most rookie ice fisher folks fail to read instructions on our flashers,just charge up the battery and let'er buck,most rookies just crank up the gain so a tiny ice jig looks red (3 colors on target)on a vex,hell your 8 will tell you if you have hard or soft bottom,a bottom hugging walleye using your 8 will display a little red movement along the bottom when gain is set right, Your older fl-8 has a 18 degree ice ducer cone and 2.75"target seperation,making soft bottom hard to detect bottom hugging fish for the novice,the fl-18 has bottom zoom 6' with .75" target seperation which is great for walleyes,20,22 amd 28 zoom has 12' which really isn't needed as 98% of walleye come thru on a belly crawl. I used the garmin live scope last winter,takes icefishing to the next level for $2500 but a pain for guyz to be mobil,not my deal a good gps with updated mapping data in 1' contours a good auger for speed drilling allows one to find and keep on fish relating to structure. this MPO only no offense to anyone intended. [/QUOTE]

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