Thread: Fish/Depth Finder

I ended up selling mine to someone after I got married. I got about 50 bucks for it. Wish I had it still. It still worked great when I sold it. The guy that purchased it may still have it. They were pretty rugged and consisted on a single circirt board that made contact with those two 6 volt dry cell batteries.

Hang onto that thing Cane pole as it will be worth a lot of money someday.

A flasher will show all the echoes and not cut off 90% of the return echos like a graph recorder does these days.

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

I still have my green flasher. Just like the one with you in the picture. It still works. It has a hand held cord with the transducer attached, and runs off a 6 volt lantern battery. The first portable, and also advertised that way. Wow! What memories.

Originally Posted by Redtick

The new Hummingbirds are supposed to be waterproof and are even supposed to float. I would reckon that a unit that would hold up for over 20 years would have to be considered a good one. I am leaning towards Hummingbird more and more every day. I am a coon hunter and plan on spending some of my fur money to buy a good fish finder. From the ads, Hummingbird also have a very easy quick release feature which makes taking them in/out of a boat easy. I live on a lake so I leave my boat in the water some but I wouldn't want to leave my electronics where they could possibly be stolen.
As for cane poles, my wife uses one I found at a yard sale. I use a fiberglass pole but that is because these days, they are easier to find than a good cane pole. I rig some of my fiberglass poles exactly the way I used to rig cane poles. I like to daub crappie fish and you can't beat a good cane pole for daubing. :D

my brother-in-law still cuts his own bamboo poles and they work great
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