MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
i guess i'm not understanding what you are wanting it to show you and why its not the game changer you anticipated. panoptix will show you fish and structure from side to side when set up correctly you should be able to find fish and structure without having to drill many holes compared to the ole ground and pound lets drill out 3000 sqr ft of fish.
Damn, never had to drill that much ice to find fish. If your good enough and knowledgeable enough you don't need the panoptix. It's called learning where the fish would normally be dependeding on weather conditions and time of year. Also having a contour maps helps too. If your drilling that much ice you should take up another sport or invest in the panoptix to help ya out a little or should I say A LOT
3000sqft Is not that much. Only 30'x100'
I have to say that you're the only one I've heard of being disappointed with it. I had the original panoptix and now have Livescope and can't imagine going back to the flasher. Today I put myself and my friend on top of schools of roving gills and crappies non-stop. It makes finding cribs, brush piles, etc as simple as pie.
It's funny cause I've seen guys get outfished that have the livescope by guys that have just the traditional style flashers. Yikes that embarrassing...
And you know where a school of crappie may be swimming at any given time in a several hundred acre deep water basin that has no structure? It would be nice to be good enough and knowledgeable enough to be able to do that! For some of us mortal souls, the Panoptix is a help.
It also had a 500ms delay. It weighs a ton, the transducer is awkward to haul around.
To the OP. Sounds like you are just going through the learning curve. Good deal you are going to be fishing with someone how uses one, without a doubt will help! I don’t think I will be buying one any time soon. Watched a guy get one setup in an area I could have told him held fish. Not because I know the lake but because he was setting up along a tree line along a channel. I drilled probably 15 holes in an area between the shore and where the twisting line of trees were. Had some marks and started fishing. Went from around 10 fow out to around 16 fow. Found some nice crappie at 14 fow. So the came on the ice right after me. Started drilling holes just as I decided to drop my jig. By the time I saw him drop his first bait I had almost half my limit. By the time I had my limit he was still fiddling with his unit. Maybe he was a new user and going through the curve. To the folks that have them and will never go back to a simpler unit great! Someday I hope to see one in action. To the folks who say don’t need one great! Just another tool to get the job done! An example. I tried an electric knife. Still haven’t learned how to do a good job with it. Still a good tool. Don’t mean that folks who love electric knifes can’t get the job done without one. My main deal is getting out when my back will allow it so going back to a simpler time. Does that mean I leave most of my toys at home? No! But if I can’t see pictures of the fish I have no problem with that. Some folks like the newest stuff some folks are happy with what the have. Sorry for the rambling. Season getting close to being over in most places. Get out as often as you still can and use whatever tools you got to get the fish in the grease!Keep it safe! JDL
Gotta kindly disagree with that statement, you make it sound like you can drill one hole and be on them, all the time, based on year and conditions.If your that good. I'll fish with you anytime Why do most guides and professional fisherman use them??Im sure they know how to fish and they have certainly put in their time, they have their spots to hit, etc...They use them because they work and help them produce fish for clients, which makes them generate more business. It cut down on the time wasted drilling those holes. The technology works. It's a matter of what each person chooses to spend their money on.
someone who tells me a piece of technology is for lazy people better do all their fishing with a hand auger, schooley rod, and nothing that uses a transducer down a hole. otherwise sounds pretty lazy.
Lol i still do, just not all the time. I put a post on hear a while back saying how I still go out on what I call 'traditional' outings. Fishing blind, with a chiseled, not hand augered hole and fiberglass blank with two nails on the handle for my line. Most the time have modern gear out especially fishing with friends but the technology has made it MUCH easier for the average ice fishermen now, can't deny that. Don't consider myself lazy.
Wow! this post starts out with somebody asking for help on figuring out how to run a piece of gear and quickly descends into "Trollville". Yeah I'm F***ing LAZY. Work 60+ hrs a week, get up at 430am to drive 2hrs to haul 150-200lbs of gear out on the ice by hand so I can use my LAZY Panoptix. If you don't have something constructive to say and or real help to offer then Frankly I think you are a disgruntled Troll. Sad. I come on here to help and get help not bad mouth people and their gear. I have seen too much of this from people who respond to a post not to offer help or constructive criticism but simply to dog other people and be a Troll. Panoptix is just another tool. When used properly it can help those who don't have 30+yrs ice fishing experience to get on some fish. I have drilled one hole scanned and my next hole was on fish, it can be done. Does it happen that way everytime? Hell No. Does it make me better than you? Hell No. But if someone is asking for HELP do you dog them, call them lazy, and offer no real Help? If so then you need to take a look at your self and stop pointing fingers at others and dogging people who are asking for help.