Sk8man

Any color.....as long as it is BLACK

Sure glad I have held on to my Mag 10A's all these years.... slow yes but in my world that is good. I value stability over speed and I don't need the heavier weights the way I run riggers anyway. My theory is if something works stay with it. Something to be said for "old school" I guess

I think you're going to like it here Welcome!

A couple things come to mind. a) you want to be away from direct sources of turbulence and this depends somewhat on your hull design and the chines and strakes on the hull. The location should be towards the outside of the transom in a "clear" "flat"spot. Can be on either side of the transom and you didn't mention if you intend to have a kicker mounted. If so it should be opposite side of that. b) Depending on the frequency of the fishfinder, it may or may not be a problem locating it near that transducer. The frequency of the Fishhawk is around 70 khz so if your depthfinder is operating near that range (e.g.50khz) it may be advantageous to locate on opposite side. If the depth finder is operating in a range higher than 100 khz you usually shouldn't have a problem with interference.

There are a lot more critical things involved than ice fishing. The sale of perch being allowed is the biggest problem. When money is attached to anything greed takes over. It is interesting how many of the people taking out perch to sell and those taking of all sizes believe that it is an infinite resource that can be hammered day after day without any repercussions or lessening of numbers... it resembles "magical thinking"

Have always used wire Don (since 1975). Have never had any significant issues with it either but again it is a preference thing mostly but they do sing once in awhile too....

A lot of options but I use 30 lb Bloodrun Sea Flee on the riggers (clear), For leaders 20 lb. clear Seaguar Fluoro for leaders. 12 Lb. Big Game mono (clear) for browns (Spring to early summer but have on high capacity reel s for occasional king) with 8-10 lb fluoro leader. For dipsys 30 lb stranded stainless wire both camo and silver versions. Others also use 65 lb braid instead of running wire. A lot of the larger diameter line relates to the waterflea problem.

Might want to include a little more info such as what setups you intend to run e.g. Dipsy divers, downriggers, leadcore etc. and where you will be fishing (e.g. Finger Lakes may be different than Lake O). The "kings" suggests Lake O so narrow it down a bit...

Stan the size designations vary by manufacturer but the closest I have are size 3. The Sutton rings were pretty much all the same sized welded ones (somewhat oval rings). They would definitely be the same size as the #6 or #8. I would go with a size #4 if it were me Stan The size 3 I have look a bit flimsy compared with the original Sutton rings.

Probably the best starting point would be to install a couple real sturdy metal rod holders....then you would have multiple options and not potentially lose equipment Actually one of the better fishing investments.

I think it is usually about the last week in March isn't it?