My long lost...........1st fish finder

[JFR]

I have a neighbour who after 25 years has decided to sell his home. He is doing the obligatory clean up of sheds, garages, cupboards etc. He calls me over and asks me if this belongs to me. Why yes I told him, somewhat indignant. I haven't seen this for about 23 years, and now it shows up. Apparently he asked my wife if he could borrowed it to go fishing, and "forgot" to return it.

 

Anyway, this is my very first fish finder. A man call Al Lindner and his then In Fisherman staff were using the Lowarance "green box" flasher and this was becoming the in item to have. I think I paid about $200, at LeBarons when they were on Yonge Street, north of Finch.

 

 

 

Shortly after when I was really into Salmon fishing on Lake O, I bought a Sitex paper graph recorder (paper you say), yes thermo paper and a hot stylus moved across the paper and etched the images on the bottom of the lake. I still think the imaging was superior to the liquid crystal that came later.

 

Anyway, think I'll see if I it still works, and who knows use it for ice :Gonefishing:fishing

I think the vexilar units are based on this technology, No?

[Clampet]

I agree about the Sitex. I used one a while back. It was good resolution.

 

Have a look at this thing.

 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2007 by Clamp-It

[camillj]

Cool

 

Mine was a Raytheon ... it had paper and sparked ,.... had a neat smell to it when you were marking fish

Edited July 24, 2007 by camillj

[Rizzo]

I had some old humminbird, no clue anymore what the model was. Bought it used off some guy, cost me a fortune. carrie it in a milkcrate and ran it off a car battery!

[Seaweed]

Wow

 

That unit is in amazingly good shape. I think I would put it back in a safe place and break it out in another twenty years and sell it on Ebay.

 

You are correct it would be a great ice fishing tool for sure. Awesome find thanks for sharing it with all of us.

 

I bought my first flasher for ice fishing this past winter. It gave ice fishing a brand new dimension for me. And my catch rate picked up substantially also.

[Headhunter]

My Buddy still uses a flasher when searching out fish at high speed. They work great at speeds that a regular finder just can't do! I'd keep it and use it as described!

HH

[Clampet]

I think the old ones didn't have enough power. The old green box couldn't read through a 1/2 foot of ice, when ice fishing.