Improvise

[FishOn205]

using a boat style unit with transducer is very simple!! I made 2 last year out of old units I had laying around. as long as it has the flasher setting and the matching transducer all you need is a 5 gallon bucket (with lid), small lawn mower battery and piece of pvc pipe. (1"-1 1/2" works best)
first thing you want to do is mount the base of the fish finder to the bucket lid, and put the lawn mower battery in the bucket. drill hole in the bucket lid big enough to put the power and transducer cables through the hole.(hole needs to be big enough to fit the cable connections through the hole). hook the power cables to the battery and put all extra wires in the bucket with the battery. then take your piece of pvc pipe probably 3' worth and screw the transducer to the bottom of the pvc pipe so transducer is below the pipe. electrical tape or zip tie the transducer cable to the pvc pipe.
when you get to the ice drill your holes then put your transducer down in the hole I leave mine just up from the bottom of the ice so the fish don't get tangled up in it. put your bucket by the hole and wedge the top of your pvc pipe between the bucket and the handle so it doesn't move. and youre ready to go.
just as a side note if you drill 3 holes in a triangle you can use this setup with two fisherman and the flasher should pick up both jigs. just make sure you put the transducer in the top hole of your triangle. it might take some practice to get the holes the right distance apart for the unit you have to be able to pick up both jigs.
this setup worked great for me last year and I was able to fish two guys to one flasher unit and be successful doing it.
it might sound a little bit hillbilly or jerry rigged but it works and you don't have to spend the extra money on a whole new flasher unit if you have an extra finder laying around.
hope this helps
heres a picture of one of the flshers i put together last year

[Hoytman86]

using a boat style unit with transducer is very simple!! I made 2 last year out of old units I had laying around. as long as it has the flasher setting and the matching transducer all you need is a 5 gallon bucket (with lid), small lawn mower battery and piece of pvc pipe. (1"-1 1/2" works best)
first thing you want to do is mount the base of the fish finder to the bucket lid, and put the lawn mower battery in the bucket. drill hole in the bucket lid big enough to put the power and transducer cables through the hole.(hole needs to be big enough to fit the cable connections through the hole). hook the power cables to the battery and put all extra wires in the bucket with the battery. then take your piece of pvc pipe probably 3' worth and screw the transducer to the bottom of the pvc pipe so transducer is below the pipe. electrical tape or zip tie the transducer cable to the pvc pipe.
when you get to the ice drill your holes then put your transducer down in the hole I leave mine just up from the bottom of the ice so the fish don't get tangled up in it. put your bucket by the hole and wedge the top of your pvc pipe between the bucket and the handle so it doesn't move. and youre ready to go.
just as a side note if you drill 3 holes in a triangle you can use this setup with two fisherman and the flasher should pick up both jigs. just make sure you put the transducer in the top hole of your triangle. it might take some practice to get the holes the right distance apart for the unit you have to be able to pick up both jigs.
this setup worked great for me last year and I was able to fish two guys to one flasher unit and be successful doing it.
it might sound a little bit hillbilly or jerry rigged but it works and you don't have to spend the extra money on a whole new flasher unit if you have an extra finder laying around.
hope this helps
heres a picture of one of the flshers i put together last year

That's not hillbilly, that's some damn fine American ingenuity!

How much time do you get out of this setup?

[FishOn205]

I fish with this for 2 days then just to make sure I don't end up with a dead battery I just throw it on the charger over night to be on the safe side.
ive never just left it on to see how long it will last.

[Shelly J]

Appreciate your input.That sounded like a great idea.I enjoy making my own stuff and using it like tieing your own harness.Where's a bucket? Thanks and Merry Christmas.

[Rodsabendin]

I use an Elite 5 on both hard and soft water. They make an Ice kit for it so easy to swap.