Boat Use Navigation; Bottom Content; Vegetation - VEXILAR FL Series Owner's Manual

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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 extremely shallow. It may, in fact, be
deeper than the selected range, but never assume so without checking first.
• Use common sense. Do not trust the flasher as the ultimate source of information.
Use good judgement 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.
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• 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.
Hard Bottom
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Soft Bottom

Vegetation

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.
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• Narrow transducer cone angles will perform better than wide cone angles.
• Keep the gain setting very low. Too much gain will make readings difficult.
• Move a boat slowly so you can identify openings that may hold fish.
Bottom
Bottom will always be the
largest group of red and
orange signals.
Orange within the green
generally indicates
thicker sections of the
vegetation. Although it
warrants watching, as
it could also indicate a
fish on the outer edge of
your cone.
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
Possible Fish
vegetation spread out
Although this red target
could indicate a clump of
vegetation, it could also
indicate a fish just under
the canopy
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