Boat Use; Fishing Vegetation - VEXILAR FL Series Owner's Manual

B OAT US E
Navigation
The Vexilar flashers are great tools for navigation while boating. The instantaneous readings offer the
ability to identify depth changes quickly. Here are some tips to help you navigate safely.
CAUTION:
• Be sure you know which range you have selected. If you think you have the flasher set to a deeper
range than what it actually is, you may run aground unexpectedly.
• Be aware that although the depth displayed may be deep enough to navigate in presently, shallow
water may be dead ahead. Allow yourself plenty of time to slow down if shallow water is encountered.
• If no bottom is displayed, assume the depth is dangerously shallow. It may be deeper than the
selected range, but never assume so.
• Use common sense. Do not trust the flasher as the ultimate source of information. Use good
judgment as well.
Bottom Content
The Vexilar flashers are also great tools for determining bottom content changes. The colors allow you
to easily see when the bottom changes from one type to another.
Hard or Soft Bottom
• Hard bottoms will generally appear as a narrow band with color content of mostly red and orange.
• Soft bottoms will appear as a wide band with more orange and green than red.
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F I SH I N G V EG ETAT I ON
The Vexilar flashers are exceptional when it comes
to reading inside vegetation. With proper transducer
choice, the colors will allow you to differentiate
vegetation from the bottom. Experience will even
allow you to identify fish inside heavy vegetation.
Tips for Reading in Vegetation
• Narrow transducer cone angles will perform
better than wide cone angles.
• Keep the gain setting very low. Too much gain
Hard Bottom
will make readings difficult.
• Move a boat slowly so you can identify openings
that may hold fish.
Soft Bottom
Bottom
Bottom will always be the
largest group of red and
orange signals.
Possible Fish
Orange within the green generally
indicates thicker sections of the
Although this red target
vegetation. Although it warrants
could indicate a clump of
watching, as it could also indicate a
vegetation, it could also
fish on the outer edge of your cone.
indicate a fish just under
the canopy
Vegetation has grown up
to this point. In deeper
water (beyond several
feet) this is known as the
canopy. It's where the
tops of the vegetation
spread out
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