vexilar through the ice?

[Cheeto_66]

I recently read that you can pour water on ice; set your ice-ducer on it; and it would read like it would through a hole. As the ice is unsafe where I am at, I have not been able to find out if this is true or not. One person told me it would only tell the depth. I also heard it only worked on lakes where the water was very clear. Does anyone have an answer for this?

[bogeyjoker]

  The vex will read through the ice as long as it is solid (not honeycombed) and has a thin layer of liquid on top to shoot through.  Some people use squirt bottles filled with salt water, windshield washer fluid, or antifreeze (which I don't recommend for obvious reasons) to shoot through as regular water often freezes too fast.
  And no, the body of water doesn't have to be clear in order for this to work.  It takes more power to shoot through the ice so although it can still mark fish, they either have to be shallow, right in the middle of the cone, very large or all the above.
  Hope this helps

[Cheeto_66]

thanks bogey

[fishingking]

sometimes i can get my vex to read throug hthe ice sometimes i cant the less honeycombed/white snow ice there is the better it will read through theice turning the gain up ussually gets it too read

[pot-belly-perch]

I can do the same thing with my eagle pro Id  fish finder
with the water trick
 tight lines
 8)

[fishinnutinwis]

its clearity of ice that makes the diffference..+crank up the gain
check out vexilar.com--theres actually some good info there

[P Gottshall]

I carry along a small jug of salt-water.  This keeps it from freezing.