Marcum Showdown 5.6

[mjk]

Just bought a Showdown yesterday, planning on reading the manual tomorrow.

 

Any tips on getting it set up initially (I know all locators have various settings that need to be initialized) are appreciated.  Going to hopefully use it on Monday/Tuesday.

 

I had just looked at a page in the book quickly this morning, and it was claiming that the transducer should only sit a few inches into the hole?  I thought they needed to be down by the edge of the ice ? Also, is it ok to have the transducer at the edge of the hole, or does it need to be centered?

 

All input is appreciated.  Thank you.

[bbfenatic]

Ducer should sit at bottom of the hole or you will get ice clutter on the unit...I always use the arm and bend it so ducer is on the edge not in the middle to reduce the chance of line twisting around the ducer wire...good luck fishing!

[Naturboy]

I love mine and about always run the sensitivity at 2. I use another depth finder in a hole 3 feet away and they play nice together.. Very easy to use and dependable.. I guess that's why you don't see many on CL. I just drape the transducer over the side of the hole I fish out of and just make certain only the cord hits the side of the hole and the puck is hanging below ice.

[mjk]

Thanks..

[ZachD]

I have a dual beam for my backup now that I have a lx6

 

with the show down I almost always run it on some kind of zoom I think I always hit auto depth when I first get in the hole then change it over and manually zoom it... its been awhile since I used it but like any flasher just change the sensitivity until you can barley see your jig

 

since it has no color light gray is smaller things dark gray/black is bigger things the "bar or mark is wider too"

 

The unit is pretty straight forward and easy to use

 

the only things with marcums I don't like is the rubber stopper for the ducer arm tends to let the ducer slide down and change depths of the ducer especially if you are hold hopping

I fixed that by using a depth finder clip just above the rubber stopper

I also put my ducer just below the ice 

[mjk]

Yeah, I had it out on Monday.  Easy to figure out. Tried bottom lock zoom, that was nice (was fishing Lake Pepin).  Kept sensitivity at 3 or 4.

 

It does exactly what I need it to do, and I don't have to stare at blinking lights... 

 

Seemed to play just fine with a Vexliar FL8.