Marcum vx1 pro

[Huge51]

Just got my first flasher on Wed. a Marcum VX1 pro, Has anyone used this one before. Our plan is to stay mobile. We are not sure were to start as this will be our 2nd time ice fishing it. I would like to get to know the lake more since it is only a half hour a way. I am hopeing that tonight I will have some time to look at the gps and see some starting point. Is a half hour to 40 minutes enough time to try one spot than move on if not catching anything. We figure if fish show up on the flasher we will drop the camera down to see what is down there and if it is worth giving it a try. So any info on the flasher or a good point to start on the lake would be greatfull.

[Craigums]

I had a VX-1 for 4 seasons before buying my LX5, The VX1 is a great unit at its price point and the zoom feature is going to be really helpful on mille lacs. I think if your not getting bit within 45min - 1 hour its safe to move. Otherwise what I usually do is find a promising looking piece of structure and drill holes all around. Ill set up in the shack and if things get slow Ill bounce around through the other holes I drilled looking for action. If nothing is going after a couple hours I will move. I usually stay put though during prime times (dawn-dusk).

Not really sure what info your looking for but I hope that helps a little.

I used to live in mora myself off 300th ave. but since selling my place I dont make it up that way nearly as often as I would like. I will be heading up tomorrow though with my dad

[wingnut38]

ive had the vx1 for 3 years now and love it. i bought both of my sons one as well. the bottom zoom works great. easy for my kids to run and for the money i don't know why i'd buy anything else.

[FutbolGuru]

On top of the good performance, these flashers blow most other model flashers out of the water when it comes to eliminating intereference... you'll be happy with it.

[Bryan81]

thats because they are the ones causing the interference on the other flashers because of the power marcums just dont play nice with others. good flasher for one guy not for for his buddy with a vex

[Esox_Magnum]

thats because they are the ones causing the interference on the other flashers because of the power marcums just dont play nice with others. good flasher for one guy not for for his buddy with a vex

False info, I run an LX-5 and no Vex has been useless fishing next to it with exception to the FL-12, that one was worthless. Unless you are talking alot of units in a small area then you want to be the guy with the Marcum.

[IRISHSOBNO4]

Mine had interference if someone else fired theirs up on the other side of the lake! Apparently I had a bad unit.

I went back to using my old Zircom Clearwater Classic.

[BartmanMN]

I was out this week with my Fl22 and Vx-1 and neither had any interference at all and I did not even need to push the IR on either. VX-1 was turned on first.

The VX-1 is a fantastic unit.

[Huge51]

Well I loved the unit. It did interfer with my buddy's fl8 if he had the gain turned up so he could see his little jig so he just turned it off since we were in a small portable and with the 20 degreee cone in 32 feet of water we were able to see both of our jigs down there until I did the bottom zoom that was a nice feature. If I was to do it all over again it would buy the same unit for the amout of fishing I do the price was right for me. I don't know that much about flashers yet but I don't see the advantage of purchsing something that is another $200-$300 they are not going to get the fish to bit. I did have the camera donw also to see how well the flaser works to the fish comming in to the area it seemed to work just like it is supposed to. The only thing is that were we had our holes there was some pretty good size bolders down there and that when I would jig sometimes my jig would land on top of the bolders and sometimes fall to the bottom so on the flasher it would look like it was up of the bottom and sometimes it looked like it fell in to the bottom and I would have thought the unit was not working right if it were not for the camera. Did not catch a lot of fish but they were down there they just would not bite what we threw at them.