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looking into getting one for ice fishing and toon fishing.
what is your opinons.
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I have had one for the past couple of years and have really liked it. My Dad also has one. I have never had any problems with it, and I wouldn't trade it in for another unit.
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I like mine and for the money they are a great buy.
I keep mine in a plastic ammo box that carries everything in the one box including the battery.
The only problem that I have had with mine was when hawkez was too close to me at Fish Lake and his unit interfered with mine.[]
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[cool]Like these guys, I have one too, and really love it. I got it for Christmas last year. I really need to get out the owners manual again and study up though. I need to learn how to read and interperet that split screen thing where it has realtime to see your jig and stuff, since ice fishing is again almost upon us...

I believe that T.D. has one too, but not sure if he still has it, since his recent photos have shown his old Cuda finder on board...
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[cool][#0000ff]Hey Red, I have one and like it. The split screen takes some getting used to and is more valuable for ice fishing than for tubing or tooning. I prefer the simpler screen of my Cuda 168 EX for my tube. But, the real time display of the 320 is better for vertical fishing in deeper waters and for ice fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Here is a writeup, with pics, that I put together while I was getting the 320 set up for both tubing and ice fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[size 1][#0000ff]I wanted to do a splashdown at Utah Lake today, to get in my first tube trip of 2006 and to test my new Eagle Fishmark 320. Below freezing temps and 30 mph winds around noon kinda put a crimp in my optimism. I stayed home and put the finishing touches on my combo tube/ice setup. Here's the pics.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Basic tube setup, with transducer shaft mounted to the left rear, behind the rod rack.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The transducer shaft is secured with a bungee cord, top and bottom, and rotates around the tube for protection when launching or beaching.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The transducer unit is screwed to a "T" connector on the bottom end of a 1/2" PVC shaft.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A piece of bungee cord is looped to fit over the "T" connector at the top of the transducer shaft.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The bungee cord is knotted around the shaft at the bottom, just above the transducer.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The transducer shaft is easily rotated down after launching, and rotated up before beaching, to prevent damage by rocks, etc.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The system easily converts to ice fishing, by adding a couple of lateral supports in the holes of the top T connector, to prevent the shaft from going down the ice hole.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A waterproof and insulated two compartment picnic bag works great to hold both the sonar system and assorted lure boxes, etc. The battery goes in the front, wrapped with a towel for extra insulation.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The two stabilizer pieces are not glued into the connector, so they can be easily taken down for transport in the bag.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When moving, or leaving, everything stows neatly in the picnic bag.[/#0000ff] [/size]
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hawkez, dks, 04t, td
thanks for the info and write-up. i will probably be going too the fishing temple on sunday and picking one up.
thanks again. [cool]
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td, i picked up my eagle fishmark 320 on sunday. i have it all ready to go except the transducer. i will get it done by sunday. we are going to hit either scofield or the berry on sunday.
those pictures are invaluable for the set-up. again thanks a million
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[cool][#0000ff]Glad they helped.[/#0000ff]
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