Ice Fishing Line Discussion

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone had any preference on ice fishing line. Right now I have a neon lime green fishing line on my rod which I didn't have much luck with and I am thinking of going with a more traditional line.

I really want to catch some Lake Trout this winter . Any suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated

I use berkley fireline. Lb of test depends on species. 6-10 for trout. I tie on a flouro leader. I had my best success on white and smoke for line colours.

Dave.

Thanks Dave I will definitely give the fireline a try.

Tried it last year.
Take the line and run Vaseline before spool onto the reel. Water will freeze but will get scraped off at the eye easily. After the ice season over throw the line away and re spool again.
Vaseline stays on the line and won't spook the fish.

Why do you have to throw the line out after one season?

for perch i use 6 lb powerpro with a 2' 4lb mono leader

for bigger fish 10lb pp with a 4' 8lb leader

my line only sees one season as well

I use the power pro ice line as well. With 6in floro leader.

my line only sees one season as well

I use it for 2 seasons defore i change it ...

I've never had fireline or powerpro break on a fish. Hell I've hauled logs with that stuff. The only reason I change it, is when it starts getting frayed and discolored, even then I don't think it would break. That stuffs crazy expensive I get my monies worth.

I use 10-20lb Suffix braid with 10lb floro leader on 2 rods and 6lb Powerpro braid with 6lb mono leader one another. On my 4th rod I'm trying out 8lb Suffix braid ice line with 8lb floro (came as a 2 pack).

Line is cheap and after vaseline it tends to corrode the line and I don't want to lose a laker or a whitie

Line is cheap and after vaseline it tends to corrode the line and I don't want to lose a laker or a whitie

Blaster50 are you using mono or braid?

For my first two outings this year Ive been using berkley micro ice line. 4lb on my perch rod and 6 pound on my walleye rod. Im loving it!

I go with 10 x 10 x 10. 10 lbs power pro braid main line followed by 10 feet of 10 lbs flouro leader.
No backing line, my main line is tied right to the reel.