Vexilar Flasher Family 2013 - Manual (Page 53)

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Understanding the Tri-Beam
Advantages
The first thing you will note about your Tri-Beam Ice-Ducer as you switch from one crystal
to another is that you will be required to adjust your gain setting. Fishing in 30 feet of
water with the Tri-Beam set at the 20 degree option will require you set your gain at about
a 2 setting, and this would be “normal”. As you go to the 12 degree or the 8 degree you
will find the signals get too strong and too blurry to see individual targets. You will need
to reduce your gain downward as you go with a narrower beam setting. This is because
the Ice-Ducer is outputting the same amount of energy but to a smaller area of coverage.
The need for using all three settings on the Tri-Beam has really opened the world to
a new set of possibilities when fishing specific applications. One example would be
fishing shallow waters of under 10 feet. When most anglers are fishing shallow, their first
reaction would be to use only the wide angle 20 degree option on their Tri-Beam. While
it is true that you will be able to see more of the area below you, in many shallow water
settings, the weeds grow very thick and tall. A single stalk of weed could make seeing
your lure very difficult. By switching to the low power mode option on your sonar or
using an “S” cable or suppression cable, you will be able to dial down the power of the
narrower beams and the system will ignore the longer stalks of weeds on the outer edges
of the 20 degree cone and allow you to see a 30 to 50% clearer signal with less clutter
and confusion, thus making it easier to see and catch the fish below.
The Vexilar Tri-Beam Ice-Ducer will be a great benefit to the ever growing number of
traveling winter anglers who are no longer content to fish one lake or species. With the
Tri-Beam, your Vexilar can be used with greater effectiveness and far less interference
from other sonar than ever before, even when compared to single crystal Ice-Ducers.
At one particular fishing event where anglers were fishing deep water perch in 40 feet
of water the advantages of the Tri-Beam once again becomes obvious. If you try to fish
around a dozen anglers, all fishing in deep water for perch with a 19 degree Ice-Ducer,
the odds of using the IR button on your Vexilar to remove this level of interference is
impossible. With the use of the Tri-Beam you can literally dial out the interference by 80%
just by shifting to a smaller transducer cone option.
There is little doubt in the years ahead, winter anglers will discover more of the advantages
of the Vexilar Tri-Beam IceDucer to help get even more from their Vexilar sonar systems.
To Order, go to Vexilar.com/tribeam
or call 952-884-5291 during normal business hours.