All I ever ice fish with is a stick.
Cut a piece of 1x3 spruce about 10" long, saw a big v in each end and wrap 17lb trilene around that. measure how much one wrap is so you can count and know how much line you put on and when you let it out you can figure the depth by counting. You can adjust the length to make it exactly 2' if you want
Get a nice willow branch, stick it standing up in the slush from drilling the hole, put the line down, wrap it on the willow branch and put a bell on the end...poof, you're ice fishing...can't beat hand lining a 5lb laker or whitie out of 80fow.
If you're in a hut, unbend a wire coat hanger and stick it somewhere and it replaces the willow gad.
For smaller fish, use a lighter leader line..I like heavy main line because when the hole freezes you give it a boot and don't need to worry about hurting the line. Don't use braid for a hand line