This will be the last I post for this thread.........I fished this morning with the SHOWDOWN and had a great 2 Hours catching nice sized bluegills, crappies and yellow perch.....How I ever ice fished before owning some sort of sonar is beyond me.......the Showdown is absolutely worth every penny I spent on it........
I took the kids out early afternoon.....a beautiful day ( would have been much nicer if the little ones didn't decide to play by their rules today ).......but each one of them kept asking to have the fish finder in their hole......it was great to place it in the hole, watch them flip the bail and have them watch their jig go down to the bottom....then when at the bottom, close the bail and start jiggling......they both caught a bunch of perch and nice gills and my little girl landed a trout........I let the little buggers fish by themselves--well, they each had their own hole and I wasn't allowed to help.......Zoe managed to catch a nice perch......or, the best was having my little man go: Here they come--when he saw lines coming up off the bottom--err.....fish......that was pretty cool.....bad news is.....once the wife gets to see how awesome it is.......I am pretty sure I won't get to fish with the SHOWDOWN......same goes for the kids.......maybe next year I will get my hands on another one...........
and oh yeah.......the St. Croix Legend Ice Rods are worth every penny also.......I let the kids use them today....they were a little confused when it POPPED up and I said set the hook........they are used to the schooly's rods......so, add a little split for adjustment and they were watching the pink or orange tip to bounce.....my son goes: daddy, I like your fishing rod..........so.......something else to buy for everyone......
The premier rods by st. croix are awesome too........I use them for jigging small spoons and the like......and my other most favorite rod is the Ice Blues......that little sucker has caught so many fish
so, the SHOWDOWN rocks.........
