Any reel capable of handling 20 colors would be absolutely no fun to use spring fishing in ME. I personally own 4 lead rods of various action and lengths of lead for various seasons.
I like the snubbers on the ball for shock absorption when the ball is along side the boat and its easier to grab the snubbers when the ball is coming in the boat.
I would be more worried about the blacks though the blacks should not break. Some on here have mentioned running the same blacks for years. I do run two snubbers to the ball. You can take all the precautions you want, sometimes the lake just takes things away. good luck!!!
Been fishing the Oak for a few years now. A few times it would have been nice to be able to communicate with other fishermen. Do you want inside or outside? Things like that. Thanks for your time, Matt
When I first got my hawk I tied to match the gps speed to the probe by similar methods as hard knox. Ended up with a mess, called fish hawk and they gave me the same advise as they gave you. I listened and things have turned out ok. Good luck!!!!
I run a 2016 Lund Sport Angler, love the boat. Now the bad, sent it back last summer to get the transom replaced. Brought it to the dealer the first week of July, picked it up the first week of January. That's right seven months, wasn't all Lund's fault with the time, the dealer was to busy to re-rig my boat but seven months? Not sure I would buy Lund again. There are a few good Facebook pages concerning Lund. Lund transom group and Lund boat owners group. Read and enjoy, good luck with your purchase.