Nowadays, many fishermen do not want to fish in the old fashioned way, blindly and at random. Going fishing, they stock up on modern appliances that make this process more effective. One of these devices is a flasher for fishing.
Product Description
What is a flasher? This is a special device designed to search for fish in a pond. With its help, you can also determine the depth of the reservoir and the nature of the bottom. Initially, a flasher for winter fishing was developed, and later it began to be used in the warm season. And if at first this device could only be found among professional anglers, athletes, nowadays it is more and more often purchased by ordinary amateurs.
The principle of operation of a flasher for fishing is based on the use of ultrasound, as well as on the more famous device - an echo sounder. However, there are a number of differences between them.
Distinctive features of a flasher
A flasher for fishing is a later development. It takes into account all claims against echo sounders:
- An echo sounder is used to search for fish from a sailing vessel. The flasher was originally intended for stationary fishing.
- Information on the fishfinder screen is delayed. The objects that are visible on the sounder monitor may no longer be nearby at the moment. The flasher shows on the screen what is nearby at the moment.
- In the echo sounder, the image is displayed on the LCD monitor. On the flasher, the image looks schematically, fed to the indicator using LEDs. They are arranged in a circle, divided into sectors with graduation.
Some modern fish finders have a flasher mode. In them, the image on the liquid crystal monitor has the form of a sector ring.
Advantages and disadvantages of a flasher
Using a flasher for fishing in winter is much more effective than a traditional echo sounder. Besides the fact that it does not delay the signal and reflects information in real time, the flasher signal does not scare away fish, as it happens with echo sounders. Therefore, the device can work throughout the fishing without shutting down. It withstands low temperatures well and works flawlessly even in severe frost. The very high brightness of the indicator allows you to clearly see all the details of the image, even in very intense sunlight.
In addition, the flasher has high sensitivity. With its help, you can observe the movement of not only large bait, but even mormyshki.
The disadvantages of a flasher are its large mass (together with the battery it weighs about five kilograms) and a high price in comparison with an echo sounder: the cheapest model costs about 18 thousand rubles.
What the flasher shows
Everything that happens under the ice, the device shows in the form of multi-colored stripes. The ultrasonic signal is reflected from various objects under water that are in the beam area. Using it, you can determine the depth of the reservoir and the nature of the bottom (the presence of snags, algae on it), the position of the bait, the presence or absence of fish and its reaction to bait.
A red bar on the indicator indicates the presence of a hard bottom or that there is a large fish nearby. Green indicates the presence of not very large fish nearby or that trophy specimens are available, but far from the place of fishing. A yellow signal indicates a muddy bottom and / or small fish nearby.
Detailed instructions for the device will help to easily understand its device and principle of operation.
Using flasher
After the emitter with the sensor is lowered into the water, a wide red strip - the bottom and a thin green strip - the moving bait will appear on the screen. When the bait sinks to the bottom, these lines merge into one orange strip. In this case, it is difficult to see the fish that is near.
If you raise the bait, you will notice that between it and the bottom there is another green stripe. She shows what fish to eat. Approaching the bait, this strip turns orange or red. The larger the fish, the wider the strip marking it. The closer the prey comes, the brighter the color of the red strip becomes. When the lines indicating the bait and the fish are almost connected, you need to follow not the indicator, but the nod.
It is very convenient to use the flasher in deep water, in which the fish is located at different depths. Having seen the presence of fish on the indicator, you can raise or lower the bait, placing it at the same level with the intended prey. If the fish has not pecked, you can change the "game" of the bait or the bait itself, achieving bite. The main thing is that the angler knows for sure that there is fish in this place, which means that it’s worth the effort to “play” with it to achieve a result.