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Why does anyone need seven frequencies? Why would anyone ever
change the power setting or adjust the color palette? These questions
and many more may come to mind if you simply use the “AUTO”
Mode setting to get the job done.
Sitting at home, these questions are logical, but as you spend time
on the water, you will realize the system can do more and more for
you. The FLX-30 was designed to be the ultimate in interference
rejection technology offering 140 options, a major benefit to having
seven frequencies from which to choose. So in time you will master
and be able to customize the FLX-30 for specific lakes and your style
of fishing.
Fishing in Weeds
Fish love weeds, but can be caught in and around them with great
consistency. Sonar does not “know” what reflected its signals, and
all that raw data comes into the receiver and is displayed as very
confusing lines and colors on the dial. Realize the wider the cone angle
the more weeds you will see. The 160 kHz frequency transmits a 15
degree “cone” and the 300 kHz about 8 degrees. Changing the
frequency changes the cone angle and will reduce the amount
of weeds shown on the display. In this case, wider is not better!
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Dialing back the intensity of the sonar output eliminates weak
signals, but the strongest signals remain. A live fish will be more
sonar sound reflective than a soft weed stem, so reduce the power to
Medium or Low Power and you can see fish in weeds!
Fishing Suspended Fish
Many anglers love to fish 15–18 feet down over 50 feet of water for
suspended panfish or trout. When using the Auto Range setting the
entire display is dedicated to the 50-foot depth you are fishing. By
switching to manual depth range of 0–20 feet, you can ignore the
bottom 30 feet of unproductive water. The signal size and clarity of
the school and your lure below you is greatly improved.
Fishing in a School
Adjusting gain levels and working through the frequency settings,
you will find a combination that “pulls apart the school.” For
example, this will break the “blob” of a tight grouping of fish sitting
at 25 feet into a half dozen key targets that are different in color
from the rest of the school. If you have seen a Vexilar unit working
in the past, you understand that green flashes are the weak signals.
This also applies to the FLX-30, but the strongest color is white not
red. By adjusting frequencies and power levels, you can focus on
only the fish that are directly below you in white! You may see some
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