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Correct me if I’m wrong, but would a beam bender, aka turning your ducer sideways, even work?As soon as the ducer cone hits the top of the ice or the bottom, isn’t it going to show up as the bottom on the flasher?I can see it working somewhat in 20+ fow. The deeper the better. But I would think anything under 20’ wouldn’t be worth it.
I can't afford Panoptix. But I was wondering if you could angle your transducer to the side if you could see what is around your hole. I've seen people swing their ice transducer around their hole to see outside of their standard cone angle. I plan on using a boat transducer mounted to a pole using a Garmin EchoMap 73dv unit. I was thinking that if I angled the bracket sideways I could detect fish off to the side. I know just not true Panoptix but would it work? Thoughts?
What about the helix with the 360 transducer? Pop a hole, see 300' diameter, go to fish. If you see nothing, walk another 300', repeat!
Fish don’t pop on the display like it does with panoptix, but it does show them. it’s really good for scanning for structures and getting the big picture of the bottom. But it’s also in the same price range of the panoptix, and not nearly as portable. If you’ve already got the humminbird units I get it, but they really excel in different uses. Also, you can’t jig using 360.