01-10-2020, 07:01 PM
[#0000FF]Yes. I used that Showdown for the last 3 or 4 years I still drilled and chilled. Not as good for playing "video games" as some of the higher end models on the market today, but suited me fine. I liked the simple black and white vertical column display, with real time readings of fish and your jigs.
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[#0000FF]What I really liked was the shoot-through-ice transducer. If you are on relatively clean ice you can move along, looking as you go...for depth and fish. Just dribble some warm water from an insulated water bottle, set the 'ducer on the puddle and you instantly see the depth and any "targets" down there. There were times on Starvation when I had to cover several acres of ice before I finally found fish. And once I found them it was game on. But without searching them out I could have waited hours for the fish to find me...or not.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I gotta mess with everything. So I did away with the bag the Showdown came in and rigged up a separate bag to allow "run and gun" prospecting while the sonar was still in the sled...and then to hold the display up higher for better view when fishing. I wrapped the display in foam, for insulation and put the battery and everything all in one bag. See pics. Worked great.
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[#0000FF]What I really liked was the shoot-through-ice transducer. If you are on relatively clean ice you can move along, looking as you go...for depth and fish. Just dribble some warm water from an insulated water bottle, set the 'ducer on the puddle and you instantly see the depth and any "targets" down there. There were times on Starvation when I had to cover several acres of ice before I finally found fish. And once I found them it was game on. But without searching them out I could have waited hours for the fish to find me...or not.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I gotta mess with everything. So I did away with the bag the Showdown came in and rigged up a separate bag to allow "run and gun" prospecting while the sonar was still in the sled...and then to hold the display up higher for better view when fishing. I wrapped the display in foam, for insulation and put the battery and everything all in one bag. See pics. Worked great.
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