Marcum LX-5

[Tupper Lumberjack]

I am a new Marcum owner and have taking it out a few times and really getting to know it, but I was on Lake George yesterday, had my gain only on about 2 and was reading bottom nicely at 30 feet could see my little tungsten jig showing fine, then for about a minute my screen lit up from top to about 5 feet down like a Christmas tree. Has anyone had this happen? I had noone within 100 yards from me. I was fishing Perch was wondering if this could be what an enormous school looks like, interference from another unit or a possible machine problem. Any wisdom would help.

[Whopper Stopper]

It could be a lot of things, ice particles, air bubbles, it could just be interference because of the ice thickness. I certainly wouldn't worry about it as long as you can see your jig good. If it was lit up halfway down then I would say fish or bait is what you are seeing.

Here some times when the ice is 30" thick I just drop the transducer down to the bottom of the hole.

               WS