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Offline winchester 88

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My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« on: Jan 02, 2009, 03:56 PM »
 I have been trying to make a cheap float for my transducer and while I was at the Dollar Store today I saw a bin full of these foam footballs for a buck.

 I sliced half way thru length wise with my filet knife and slipped it on the cord and secured it with a rubber band.

 It floats the transducer and is easy to adjust up and down and didn't absorb water when I tested it....

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #1 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:10 PM »
pure genius!   ;)
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #2 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:14 PM »
looks like it'll work, if its a little too large for the hole you can prob trim it down and shape it with a hack saw blade ...maybe?
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #3 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:15 PM »
 Nice idea. :thumbsup:
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Offline winchester 88

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #4 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:19 PM »
Quote from: stag on Jan 02, 2009, 04:14 PM
looks like it'll work, if its a little too large for the hole you can prob trim it down and shape it with a hack saw blade ...maybe?/quote]

I usually don't put the transducer in the same hole that I am fishing in .
I usually drill 3 holes,1 for the transducer and 1 on either side to fish in.
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From whose womb comes the ice?
And the frost from heaven,who gives it birth?
By the breath of God ice is given and the broad waters are frozen.
The waters harden like stone and the surface of the deep is frozen.

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Offline Madpuppy

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #5 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:20 PM »
And if the fishings slow you can get up a game. Shanty vs. Shanty. First ever ICEBOWL!!!
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Offline johnnyb

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #6 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:21 PM »
That's some mighty fine thinkin! 
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #7 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:24 PM »
Great idea there!!!!!!!! Would help to keep the hole from icing up........
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #8 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:26 PM »
two words-pool noodle ;D
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #9 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:28 PM »
Quote from: Madpuppy on Jan 02, 2009, 04:20 PM
And if the fishings slow you can get up a game. Shanty vs. Shanty. First ever ICEBOWL!!!


SOUNDS LIKE FUN
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #10 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:50 PM »
Gotta love ice fishers...fathers of invention.
Great idea!
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Offline Rat-Man

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #11 on: Jan 02, 2009, 04:57 PM »
I don't use any float at all,  I see no need what so ever to use one.
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #12 on: Jan 02, 2009, 05:01 PM »
Quote from: Madpuppy on Jan 02, 2009, 04:20 PM
And if the fishings slow you can get up a game. Shanty vs. Shanty. First ever ICEBOWL!!!

2nd icebowl. the Greenbay Packers and Dallas cowboys played the first one.

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #13 on: Jan 02, 2009, 05:03 PM »
Good point, I forgot about that, being a Cornhusker and all.
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #14 on: Jan 02, 2009, 06:46 PM »
BRILLIANT!! ;D

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #15 on: Jan 02, 2009, 06:48 PM »
That should work.

For anyone wanting to trim foam like pool noodles are made of, an electric fillet knife makes a nice clean cut. Id suspect it would work well on the nerf material as well.
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #16 on: Jan 03, 2009, 08:00 AM »
They also have a great deal on skimmers - serving spoons with the holes  $1.00 apiece. After you lose about a dozen of the large ones you will want to stock up on these.

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #17 on: Jan 03, 2009, 08:10 AM »
I use a cheap foam cone from a craft store cut a slit and thread wire through then wrap around some black tape nice and light and works great this one is from my old fishfinder To keep the wire from sliding wrap some tape on the wire for the desired depth and it will stay put


                           
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #18 on: Jan 03, 2009, 08:20 AM »
Quote from: Rat-Man on Jan 02, 2009, 04:57 PM
I don't use any float at all,  I see no need what so ever to use one.
does your transducer sit on the bottom?
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Offline xeon

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #19 on: Jan 03, 2009, 08:53 AM »
Well, beats spending 10 bucks on name brand foam  :)
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #20 on: Jan 03, 2009, 09:07 AM »
He may have an arm that extents out over the hole. Vexilar has this in all their packs, most people just dont use it. The cable goes through an eye on the end of the arm and susends it over the hole. It works like a plumb bob and self levels. No need for a float to level the ducer with this method. I personally dont like the arm because id have to remove it each trip or id bust it off. The Genz pack on the other hand has a metal eye bolt though that would undoubtedly be durable...I got a propack, so i use da float. ;)
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #21 on: Jan 03, 2009, 01:02 PM »
Quote from: HIMO on Jan 02, 2009, 05:01 PM
2nd icebowl. the Greenbay Packers and Dallas cowboys played the first one.

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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #22 on: Jan 03, 2009, 01:21 PM »
 great idea thanks
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #23 on: Jan 04, 2009, 09:48 AM »
Quote from: brokenline on Jan 03, 2009, 08:20 AM
does your transducer sit on the bottom?



 I let it hang just below the ice and when I hook a good fish I pull it up quick.
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Re: My Dollar Store Transducer Float
« Reply #24 on: Jan 04, 2009, 12:02 PM »
Quote from: HIMO on Jan 02, 2009, 05:01 PM
2nd icebowl. the Greenbay Packers and Dallas cowboys played the first one.

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Amen to that!! 1967 wasn't it?
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