Ice Fishing Line

[nancur373]

What types of line you guys using for different species?

[irishfield]

I found the "ice" fishing mono to be a nuisance and just spool with 6 or 10 lb Trilene... blue box. Seems to work well.. my PB laker last year was just shy of 19 lbs and it peeled drag over and over again on that 10lb line.

Edited November 23, 2008 by irishfield

[trapshooter]

walleye - 8lb XL or XT mono

perch - 2- 4lb XL mono

Pike, lakers, whities - 10-14lb XT mono

specs - 4-8lb XL mono

 

Not much of a fan of brain through the ice since it freezes up. If you're jigging deep water in a hut though it is deadly.

[Dabluz]

Ordinary mono for water up to 30 feet deep and then I switch to Fireline when the water is deeper. For trout I use 4 lb test mono and for walleye I use 6 lb test mono.

 

I sometimes fish in 450 feet of water for salt water fish in the Saguenay.

[gone_fishin]

for most applications in southern Ontario, 6Lb mono is a good all-around line... if you've got your drag set properly, you shouldn't have a problem bringing in even a big lake trout. i don't remember ever going over 8Lb mono for ice fishing, unless it's on a tip-up, then i'll go heavier. i'll go lighter than 6 if i know i'm only gonna catch perch or crappie.

Edited November 24, 2008 by gone_fishin

[bigugli]

I've spooled the ice rods with whatever we won last winter. Had a bunch of different spools. Some 6lb berkeley. 4lb. yellow stuff?, 10lb. Polecat. Never heard of before. Mustn't forget the black cord.

[Sinker]

P-line fluoroclear.....love the stuff!

 

Most of my set ups are rigged with 4lb test, but I jig with 8lb.

 

Sinker