Old School, Fish finder or Flasher?

[perch bait]

What is your method of finding fish on a tough bite?

[saskbucks]

I bought a flasher this year and wouldn't leave home without it!

[rayclargo]

Im a graph kind of guy. elilte 5 chirp

[DR.SPECKLER]

I hunt them down with a vexilar flasher.find them and go thru my jig box till I find the right jig to use on that  day is my tough bite routine.

[VTWoodchuck]

I am still clinging to the notion that my gear shouldn't cost me more than the value of the fish I catch in a season.  (In other words I'm retired and thrifty)  I have a nice little Humminbird 110 Fishin Buddy that I got for $35 on Craigslist a couple seasons ago, and I rigged it up with the factory padded cover I got on Ebay and a hole stopper made from a 1lb propane bottle holder.  Total cost $45+-.   It packs up small and there are no wires or loose transducers to pack.   It works fine for getting the depth and identifying fish presence, plus I use it in the summer on my pond boat.   That's all I need.

[havejigwilltravel]

my vexilar fl8 works like a charm. i wouldn't go out fishing without it.

[Mac Attack]

Im a graph kind of guy. elilte 5 chirp

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I go back to the "Green Box" and have had plenty of flashers over the years.
I feel that I can see far more on a graph.

Each to what works though.

Mac

[matzilla]

Been using graphs for years...had great luck with my new helix and love using it on my boat too

[CPace]

I still rely heavily on "old School" methods, read the topo maps, memory, read the shoreline (when possible), as to the "where I fish".  As for lure/bait/presentation, larger lures for easy bite, keep going smaller and smaller till you find what they will bite on, when they are being picky!  as for electronics, have a Showdown troller, I do use it once I find the spot, helps in locating structure, and then as to 'are there fish around that structure" and at what depth.  I have only used it for the last few years, and now wonder how in the heck did I ever catch anything without it!  Especially if I was fishing a lake  with which I was not familiar.  I still apply the old school stuff, but have found that the addition of the "new school" really helps!  In a way, knowing the old methods helps reduce the amount of bouncing and running to locate fish, therefore, increasing the amount of time I am fishing in leu of amount of time I'm "runnin and gunnin"!  Old ways die hard!!

[frigidaire]

I have two Humminbirds - an ICE55 flasher and an old, cheap Piranha 170 sonar.  The ICE 55 is more convenient to use, but only in water less than about 120ft, MAX.  If you're fishing deep for lake trout, the sonar is the only way to go!

[perch bait]

My Dad and I are a little bit of both. We didn't use a fish finder until we got one this year to go on our boat. Other than using it to figure the depth or finding lakers, we do it the old fashioned way, put a line down the hole and wait. 

[perch chacer]

I use a Eagle liquid crystal ice fishing graph.  It is so easy to see when a fish and what size when it enters the cone and at what depth.  It shows single or multiple fish under me well before they are near my jig.  Can't miss with this unit,  except when they aren't hitting.  Think of it this way - what type of fish finder is most popular in a boat?  Graph or flasher?

[IFF]

Good point on the graph. 

[bigstorm]

I like the Marcums, they give you the option of a flasher or graph or both at the same time

[matzilla]

Most have that feature, not just Marcum

[Chris338378]

I have a Marcum Showdown Dual beam, like it a lot, and no problems with it since day one.  If they still don't want to bite when I find them some depth charges seem to fix that pretty well.