MILLE LACS, MN – Every year, Christmas forthcoming, guide Tony Roach begins his now notorious “walleye walk.” Setting out across frozen, massive Mille Lacs Lake on foot, Roach marches over six miles, power-drilling holes and checking ice and water depths with his favorite first-ice toy.
 
Early ice can sometimes mean tenuous ice, and that’s why safety always comes first. It’s also why trailing Roach on his pioneering quest are several companions on 4-wheelers, staking a safe path for the mass of anglers who will eventually ice fish these heralded walleye waters.


 
Of course, the main motivation behind Roach’s perennial trek is catching fish—perhaps more big walleyes and perch than anyone else on the 132,000-acre natural lake. He strives to be first to arrive on his favorite spots. So to stay light on his feet while discovering winter’s freshest secrets—hot structure and the big ‘eyes that live there—Roach carries a depth-finder in his pocket. Literally.
 
Last year, the professional guide caught wind of the remarkable ShowDown Troller—a smartphone-sized digital sonar unit with high-level fish finding features. Troller quickly became Roach’s cherished scouting tool. He drills a hole, slips the Troller from his pocket and immediately gets an accurate portrayal of the underwater terrain—digital depth, bottom content, baitfish and bigger fish. All of which takes mere seconds.
 
“With a Troller and an auger,” says Roach, “I can make quick work of locating walleyes, even on Mille Lacs’ vast structural elements. Getting on fresh, biting fish is always my goal; nothing is more exciting than drilling the first holes in your hotspot, and catching the first fish of the season. For these reasons and more, I believe the ShowDown Troller has carved out its own category of critical ice fishing gear.”
 

Features & Specifications

LX-7 SONAR SYSTEM:

•   Optimum blend of “DNA” from MarCum LX Flasher and Digital Fish Finding technologies.
•   8-inch LCD (800 x 600px) display
•   Four user-selectable color palettes (3-color R-G-Y, 3-color R-O-G, 6-color R-O-Y-G-LG-B, Grayscale)
•   User-defined on-screen “Dashboard” displays digital depth, battery voltage, range, gain, interference rejection (IR), target adjust, or any combination thereof.
•   Target Adjust feature magnifies target signals without increasing gain.
•   “Multifaceted Sonar Display” LCD windows - “water column vertical,” vertical zoom, flasher-dial and traditional widescreen graph displays.
•   Industry-exclusive Sonar Footprint technology displays a 3-dimensional area of bottom coverage at any depth, with either 8o or 20o transducer cone angles (ex: 20o – 32-ft depth - 11.3 ft ‘footprint diameter’).
•   Classic MarCum sonar features—
o   Patented Infinitely Adjustable Zoom and Bottom Lock Zoom
o   Patented 12-level Interference Rejection (IR)
•   Fully user-defined “Dashboard” displays digital depth, battery voltage, range, gain, IR, target adjust, or any combination thereof
•   USB compatibility for web-friendly software upgrades
•   Ultra-fast sonar response time – less than .02 seconds between the echo reaching the transducer and when signal appears on LCD screen
•   Dual Beam 8o Narrow/20o Wide Transducer with 8-feet cable
•   Internal LCD heater for use in extreme cold
•   Adjustable Night-Vis backlight
•   Includes rechargeable 12-volt 9amp battery, charger and deluxe padded softcase
•   Snow Shield Faceplate included
•   Intelligently managed sonar engine, driven by 4800-watts PtP (600-watts RMS)
•   Made in the USA


Price - $699.99