I bought 3 different ones at Vados last night. They had all 4 sizes and at least 3 different colors of each. I bought 2 5/16 and one 1/8. Gonna try them on LOTW this weekend and figured heavier would be better for fishing ‘eyes in the mud flats.

The Ice 55 I had last year’s manual specifically said to keep the puck below the ice. Is there that much of a difference between a MarCum and Bird puck that their recommended depths are completely different?

I’ll be on LOTW next weekend and will be sure to experiment with this.

Thanks silverbullet. We’re staying down by Ernie’s so we’ll likely be taking the wheelers across. Looking forward to the tourney!

Thanks for the info James. I was at the St. Paul show last year and scored a bunch of deals so I plan on attending again this year.

Fished West Rush yesterday about 6 feet away from a Bird 385 with my new Ice 55 in 28 feet of water. Signifigant interference picked up while I was on the 19 degree beam (240 Khz) on my Ice 55 regardless of what the 385 was set to (has 83 Khz, 200 Khz, and 83/200 modes). Only way to get rid of it was to switch mine to the 9 degree beam. 9 degrees was fine for fishing in 28 feet but I may be in trouble if I want to fish in shallower water with my 19 degree beam. I e-mailed Humminbird and will post their reply if and when I receive it.

On the ICE-Birds the narrow cone is 240 khz whereas the wide cone is 455 khz. I believe Vex and Marcum run 200 khz. The Humminbird rep at this year’s ice show said if you run two side by side the best way to mitigate interference is to use opposite cone angles.