vexilar interference

[karma]

hi guys one last question for you on LOW fishing. as you can tell im pumped and the countdown is on for our departure on sunday morning. when in the day shacks of the resorts do you get interference from all the vexilars in the shack? last year we fished big green lake in wi, and because of the interference the vexilars were useless. we were fishing in 100 feet, so im sure that makes a huge difference versus 30 feet. thanks again for all of your replies!

[KJB]

I fished an FL-8 in the same portable as a Marcum last weekend and with the IR button I eliminated all the interference on the softer bottom areas (Zipple Bay) but did get a very little over hard bottom, but not enough to hinder the fishing. That IR button has about 10 different modes and just keep pushing it until you find one that eliminates to most.

[Shallow Runner]

I have an FL-8. When looking at it, how can you tell if you are getting interference? Hopefully this is not to much of a "dumb" question!<P>#5 silver/black

[karma]

probably the easiest way to tell is that there will be a color (usually red) appearing to spin around the screen. for the most part you can still see the bottom and your bait easily, but it does make it hard to distinguish fish coming in and is a real nuisance. a buddy of mine has 4 marcums (he's a guide) and those things kick butt! he put all four in holes side by side and had 0 interference, wish my vexilar could do that...

[Doc Madison]

We used an FL-18 next to a Marcum on LOTW last year and found no interference either. 31-33 ft of water.

[Reefer]

We normally fish two 8's and an 18 out of our house. The 18 is pretty much bulletproof, the one 8 is a little bit stubborn, and my 8 with the 9deg. ducer is pretty close to the 18. It seems you have to let them almost warm up 15-20 min before you can work with them, don't ask me why.. I can't believe you don't have the narrow ducer if you normally fish that deep of water, it would be worth the $ I would think. It's worth it to me on LOW. Play with the gain and your I.R buttons til you have a happy medium and don't fuss with them after that.

[rs8chip]

the marcums do give and recieve int. fished with 2 marcums and one FL18 got int. down to min. on all three units

[bturck]

I have an 18 my son and nephew have 8's. The 18 will definitley do a quicker job of eliinating the interfernce than the 8's but it is possible. Be sure not to over power the gain on any of the units as well, we use just what is needed so that we are able to view the jigs. Bill

[orngruffee]

Vexs are funny.We fished three guys in one house one day,no problems.The next day nothing but problems.Two of the boys were first timers with them. I think that was part of the problem.When it was slow I would hit the RF button a couple of times and make all of dials NASCAR!My buddy had the smarts to bring his manual and caught me in the act.It can be done, its all in the tunning.

[kingr]

We had 4 FL8's in our house in 30ft. It worked the best if we turned them on one at a time and fixed the interference as we went. We eliminated probably 95% of it that way. We were even able to see the suspended fish.

[karma]

anyone have an experience with 2 or more vexilars?? i know the marcum will not receive<BR>or send any interference.