best ice fishing line

[Mr. Sheephead]

I have been using vanish 2lb test and have been noticeing that it is quite abit thicker than other 2lb test. I think it is time for a change. What else is out there that I don't know about. Looking for something with low stretch. What are the tournament guys using?

thanks

[BartmanMN]

I personally order Gamma ESP ice in 2lb test for panfish from Black Knight industries. If you are looking for a copolymer that is extremely thin, I would recommend this line.

I like it better than Pline Fluoro ice (used that last year)

[CJH]

I used to use Gammma CoPoly.......thought it was no longer available.

[Get'n Jiggy]

I've been using P-Line Ice 3# for the first time this season with great

results. My son caught a 30" plus Northern on it last outing and I was

quite honestly amazed he was able to get it up the hole.

[BartmanMN]

I used to use Gammma CoPoly.......thought it was no longer available.

I can't find it in stores, but you can still order it from the new owners for the company.

[OnAFly]

Suffix is pretty good.

[hoggs222]

Wasn't there a thread a while back about how "Ice" line is just a gimmick and how it's the same as summer line?

[fishnhuntnboy]

I'm using vanish right now and I love it. Another brand I used, relatively inexpensive too was vicious ice line. It's a co-poly and always had good results from it

[Slabasaurus]

Not sure if there was a thread on that or not, but I use these three lines primarily:

P-Line Flouroclear 3#

Vanish: 6lb and 10lb depending on the application

Trilene XL: 6lb for walleye, 25 or 30 pound for tipup rigs.

[Jmeyers]

You guys change your line out every season?

[OnAFly]

No, I change mine when it needs changing. When it gets too twisted, faded, nicked up everywhere, or if it's been a couple seasons. No need for me to change up every year. Maybe some guys fish more.

[BartmanMN]

I change mine every year, however this year rather then respooling the entire thing (no need when I fish 30 ft or less most of the time) I just peeled off a bunch of old line and used a uni to uni knot to add new line to all my reels. I always start with fresh line since it will have less coils (less jig spin) and likely not be as brittle

[Eric_Kruger]

vanish flouro in 2,4, and 6 has been getting it done for me this year. I also use the trilene micro ice in 2 lb solar with really good results.

[TruthWalleyes]

My favorite by far is Pline Flouroclear 4# or 6#. You can get less # if you wish. Flourocarbon coated copolymer. Very little stretch, doesn't coil up like monofiliment.

[Al.Wichman]

I use suffix ice in the orange color usually 2 or 3. I even went with their metered tip up line black to white every five feet kinda nice.

[dan z]

dont really use much lono these days but I do like P lines co-poly i have on my bobber rod.

[Pat Burch]

I use the co-polymer Lindy Ice Line

[Chris Barlage]

Gamma ESP all the way. Black Knight just baught them out last year. Starting to see it come back to stores/ more bait shopes than retail stores or you can order it online. I have tried a lot of lines and found this to out perform the others.

[PerchPounder]

Im glad to hear that gamma is becoming available again im almost out of my stock pile and I was struggling trying to find somethine capable of replacing it.

[Stick in Mud]

I got some of the Lindy copoly line for free this year after I bought some lindy flyer jig spoons....I've been happy with the line, but I frankly can't tell much difference between it and my usual Trilene XL.

And I change line every year....frequently more than that if I'm retying a lot and doing a lot of fishing. I hate coiled line, and I hate line twist, and one big fish on my light line will twist it full of rabbit ears pretty quick. I don't know why it does this--I don't real when the drag is going out--but it seems that, on two or four pound test, one pike or bass will usually twist up a good portion of the line. maybe I'm just putting it on wrong?!?

[Zoobert]

I used to keep my reels in the shack - and it made my monofilimanet lines have to be changed out *frequently*. The cold/hot would lock in the coils in the reel, and the line was useless.

I switched to a thread line this year (black, 20#) - and absolutely *love* it. I don't keep my reels in the shack anymore - but I love how this line handles.

[goosemafia]

is that true that fireline gets brittle when it freezes?

[Mr. Sheephead]

I use fireline in sub zero temp and have never had a brittle problem. We would spray silicone on our spool to keep from freezing. This is when I was casting for walleyes in the river.

[mattpaumen]

I use Lindy co-polymer Ice Line as well. It is my second year using it and I have been really happy with it. Very little memory and it is the best line I have used for my outside rods. Unless it is extremely cold out, I don't have issues with water freezing to the line.

[slipperybob]

Gamma ESP ice 2# is same line diameter as Berkley Trilene Microice 1#.