Ice Fishing Line

[Loft]

P-Line or Power Pro for Pan 2-4 and walley 6-8. Last year was the first year that I used P-Line and did not have any issues.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Anyone give the Gamma Ice line a try? If so how did you like it

I have been using the Gamma line the last 3 years and have no complaints at all.

[OnAFly]

I used 6lb trilene and 6lb fireline crystal. I didn't like how the fireline would hold coils with very small jigs and make it difficult to get a good motion at greater depths.

I think I'll be giving Gamma a try this year I think. Everyone has seemed to have great things to say about it.

[rugbymn]

What's the difference between copolymer and flouro?

[Boar]

Heres is my deal, i need line that will pull walleyes throu dead air, by that I mean, in my ice camper, I have about two feet of dead iar in the pvc tube from the ice to the floor of my camper, 99 percent of the time if it's a good fish I reach down an grab it, no problamo, but my kids keep pulling up an out, an some times when i'm not there they have lost a fish cause of dead weight an flopping throu the hole, I use to use Power pro in the 2lb diameter 8lb strenght zone but with the dead weight issue is has snapped from flopping. Now I havent lost alot of fish to be overly concerned but when the kids loose one in the tube because I'm outside, they bum. I recently went back to 6 lb stren an love 6 lb stren but thinking i should go to 8 to combat this dead air issue. Any other line recomendations in mono where 6lb diameter has a larger strenght capacity. Low mwmory is a plus. Thanks boar

[DTro]

sounds like you could use a fish elevator

[Boar]

Got one, just gets in the way with kids, I like it, but not for me an a camper full of kids. good thing he gave it to me for returning his vexilar on LOW after he help load my snocat an drove of with out it. Boar

[Boar]

should try it again this year kids are older. But then I'd need five more. Oh well what five more pices of equipment. Boar

[DTro]

yeah it's kind of a catch22

You can use stronger line, but probably catch less fish

[Boar]

yea....I dont think 8 on LOW would matter to much, samedays maybe but if their that finicky 6 wouldnt help much. Boar

[Deitz Dittrich]

rugbymn

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What's the difference between copolymer and flouro?

Quite a bit actually. A floro is just that. Done Deal.. its 100% Florocarbon. A line that doesnt stretch as much as any other mono/copoly it sinks(copoly floats), its stiffer(copoly is more limber) but floro has a very similar reflective index to water(its almost invisible under water)... So it has advatages and disadvatages.

Co poly will sit on the spool better, less memory, more stretch.Floro is more invisable, worse on the spool, more sensitive.

Pick?

Boar

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Heres is my deal, i need line that will pull walleyes throu dead air, by that I mean, in my ice camper, I have about two feet of dead iar in the pvc tube from the ice to the floor of my camper, 99 percent of the time if it's a good fish I reach down an grab it, no problamo, but my kids keep pulling up an out, an some times when i'm not there they have lost a fish cause of dead weight an flopping throu the hole, I use to use Power pro in the 2lb diameter 8lb strenght zone but with the dead weight issue is has snapped from flopping. Now I havent lost alot of fish to be overly concerned but when the kids loose one in the tube because I'm outside, they bum. I recently went back to 6 lb stren an love 6 lb stren but thinking i should go to 8 to combat this dead air issue. Any other line recomendations in mono where 6lb diameter has a larger strenght capacity. Low mwmory is a plus. Thanks boar

Boar.. hate to say this.. not sure it is there for you. I would say braid, but it would cut both yours and your kids hands.. I suggest you use a bigger mono and just deal with it. Stay away from Florocarbon as it will make you deal with even more memory issues.

[Boar]

Thanks deitz, Like I say not overly concerned, I delt with issue for five years since I hade the camper, so I just learned live with it,cant catch them all, i probabley just try 8 in mono stren. boar

[fisherdog19]

Go with the braid and a flouro leader, it's tough to break braid slinging fish out of the water. You can also go with a stronger flouro leader since it's pretty much invisible underwater.

[Bob Horn]

Try a spool of 4lb. Suffix. I have been using it since it came out and love it. I'm sure you will to. I have not had one person say they didn't like it once they gave it a shot.

[OnAFly]

Deitz - You say Copoly floats...

How much does it foat? Does it have a effect on ability to use small jigs in deep water?

Thanks for the input!

[Deitz Dittrich]

OnaFly- Yes, or at least all copoly that I have ever used floats.. Most of the mono lines on the market these days are a copoly. All it really means is that there is more than one type of filament used to get the desired feel of the line. Some companies add Floro to their line, but for the most part its some other type nylon.

To answer your question, it does not float enough to keep you from fishing deeper water with tiny jigs, but that also would depend on how tiny, if you were to use 1/100 oz then you may have a hard time getting that into deep water without any type sinker.. Like you mention, my deep water panfish rods I do use Floro to help get the jig down quicker.. and as I said, its slightly more sensitive as well. and has the advantage of being nearly invisible underwater. Its drawbacks are it has more memory, and less knot strength. So I tend to use at least 1lb more strength than I would normally.