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ICE GADGETS
for fish to show up…well, you don’t know
Lefebre! Ice fishing was so simple in the old days.
“Then I grab my MarCum Lithium But with all the equipment used today,
Shuttle plus a hand auger and head out on Lefebre needs a pick-up or cargo van to
my walk-about to search the area for active haul all of it to the lake.
fish. Underwater cameras have shown us that
crappie, yellow perch and bluegill schools so I can charge my cell phone or tablet. Plus
are constantly moving under the ice, either it has a bright light built in so I don’t have to
following schools of minnows or migrating carry a lantern or a pocket flash to charge
up and down in the water column to feed on my fluorescent baits. Furthermore there are
zooplankton. With the Pan-Cam app on my three spots to screw in a flexible arm grip to
phone and Wi-Fi connection, I can watch hold a Go-Pro or Ion Camera when shooting
the water at home base site while I’m out video.”
checking the outer perimeter of the area for The Shuttle has optional adapters in
fish schools in transit or look for a spot-on- order to accept any brand ice-fishing sonar
spot I’ve missed. unit. Dave usually opts for his flasher unit
“The hand-carried Shuttle is loaded with when running-and-gunning on the ice, using
a sonar unit, three or four rods, and a utility of a hand-held GPS to locate secondary sites
tackle. The Shuttle houses a 40-hour lithium he marked.
battery – enough power that I don’t have to “When I’m on my walk-about drilling
worry about charging it for three days. That holes and dropping the transducer into the
battery powers the sonar and two UBS ports hole, if I don’t see a fish on the screen, I don’t
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