Tip Up line

[no_bod]

Just wanted to see what you guys use for tip up line. I use some kind of dacron line, which seems to fail me more often than not. Freezes on the spool, not even the biggest fish could run with it if it wanted to. Any line out there that is flawless on the ice?

[RebelSS]

Berkley makes some called "Tip-up". I use a Sufix Ice braid...

[Will]

I use the berkley tip up ice line. It is vinyl coated, water proof and no stretch. Works great, landed a nice 'eye on it tonite.

[KTapper]

I have always used the HI Tech tip up line and have no complaints yet.

[andrew chadwick]

as long as the sppool is underwater It wont freeze. I use the HT in 20-30 lb, coated and uncoated both work fine but you can buy bigger spools of uncoated.

[no_bod]

In the event my flag goes up, the tip up lays on the ice for a couple minutes, rebaited, then back in the water. The time it is laying on the ice the line on the spool freezes for a bit. Even when I pull the line free, it still becomes harder and harder to pull off as time goes on. I thought maybe this was a type of line issue.

[andrew chadwick]

once the line is in the water it should thaw out.

[matthothand]

Usually if the line is underwater it'll come off the spool fine. If you're having troubles with your dacron pull all of the stripped off line through your fingers to try to remove water and ice before you rewind it onto the spool. If it's still a problem then maybe coated line would suit you better.

[Dale08]

The best line I ever used on tip-ups and we even got them on our 12 rattel reals between our 2 permenats is fly line. What is great about this is when you are outside working with a nice eye or chasing big pike and you got this line laying on the ice and the fish desides they are going to take another run the line dosen't get caught on the ice and you can see to work with it. I have showed so many people down here that and I have to order fly line for them usually before the weekend is over. Another advatage you can see it easily laying on the ice so you won't step on it and get it tangeled in your boots. The only thing that I found is you want to use about a 4 to 6 foot leaded underneith that. I like to use 20lb mono and never had I lost a fish on that yet and I know people use fireline and whatever else is out there that is just your prefrence. Don't get me wrong I might have to change the mono once or twice a day if i get in some pike that create havoc on the line but I never had a problem otherwise. Hope this helps you out.

[Quetico]

I avoid anything Vinyl coated. Too much memorial too difficult to deal with when cold.

Go with a heavy braid.

[SDbowhunter]

Fly line all the way. It is limp, strong, sensitive, has little memory, is tangle resisitant, and doesn't freeze up. The texture on the line allows you to easily grip the line and at the same time you can apply drag easily. Braided lines tangle to easily and freeze to the spools and plastic coated lines' memory cause your bait to not sit were you want it to unless you use alot of split shots.

[dfv87]

We love the fly line for our rattle reels too because it is easy on the hands when a large fish runs, we used to use braided and it could smoke your hands if a pike or a big eelpout is on. We attach a flouro leader and it works great. I can imagine it would be money on a tip up also.

[harvey lee]

Western filament vinyl coated line. Its a braided nylon line.

It does not freeze to the snow or ice. I use the 30# breed with a flouro leader.