does anyone use power pro line on a panfish setup?

[ZEEK1223]

I use power pro on my trolling rods and my tip-ups. In my opinion it is the best line out there. When I was getting my ice fishing gear ready. I thought of putting the light weight power pro on my panfish rods. so I could fish walleyes as well as panfish and still only lug two poles around. anyone tried this

[Bob Horn]

My advice is no braid for pannies. Have you ever seen any of the top guys that are pan fisherman use braid. I don't use braid for anything ice fishing. Use 2lb. p-line floro or my favorite Sufix Ice Magic 3lb Sufix. It's limp and strong for it's size. Use a spring bobber and you will get the results you are looking for. I use Croix Legends that have a spring bobber and I know Matt Johnson the "King of pannies" uses Thorns Bros rods. I believe a spring bobber with the right balance to the jig is the best way to detect the bite for ice fishing.

[Hooked_on_Salmo_Lures]

I found p-pro e few years ago,...i love the stuff!!! i use the 10# on every thing but my trolling and heavy lure poles,...the 10# will handle just about evey thing trout and even smaller northerns,...so swapping the reels over to the ice poles saves alot of time and money not having to respool,...it does get a lil frustraiting fishing out side of the shack, as it will ice up a lil bit, but for the strengh, imo, there is no equall trade off,....have not tried the line p-pro makes for ice fishing,. p-line floro, but would like to this year along with a couple others,...if you're worried about the fish seeing the line you could tie a berkly vanish or equivelent to the p-line to fix the visability of the braided line,...just my 2 cents

[Jim Hudson]

I am a basic mono or fluoro guy when it comes to panfish, well besides perch, if you want to classify them into that category as well. For those Perch, I will fish Power Pro Ice or Berkley Crystal for deep water presentations a lot.

[Thunderman]

I use fireline crystal on both walleye and panfish through the ice never used pwr pro.For panfish rod I uni-knot a leader of fluorocarbon to fire line.If the water is real clear strickly fluoro .

[Deitz Dittrich]

I have one rod that I use for panfish with the crystal fireline. Its the rod I use for swimming lures like the Rapalas and Nills Master Jigging shads in the small sizes.. Great for bull gills and crappies.. The smaller diam of the braid allows for better action. For all other lures I prefer floro or copoly.. Gamma is my choice.

[Matt Johnson]

Like Deitz, I'll rig up a rod with one-pound Fireline Crystal for deep water pannies when I'm looking to put the hurting on finicky fish Other than that I'm a P-Line Floroice guy...

[reelemin]

I use Power Pro 8# on all rods except my Ultra Light, on that I use Power Pro 5# for pannies. ( I love the braided use it most all year round up to 20# for trolling ). I do use a 12 - 18" Flouro leader when going for walleyes with a extra small barrel swivel.

[MASON38]

Gee thanks Bob, see you and John at the championships in two weeks.

I use 5 lb Power Pro for all but the lightest jigs available for panfish. Even with my TB Power Noodles that I have rigged for tightlining. Specially in deep water where the the combination of the rod and mono loses hookset ability, the Pwr Pro gets some of that back for me, and the rod really telegraphs the hits better than most rods available.

Just like any other line, match the characteristics of the line, to the rod, to the method of fishing you are using. If I am breaking out the 3 and 4mm Fiskas, then its 2 lb yellow stren with a FC leader. 5 and 6 mm, size 10 or bigger on my Northland jigs and spoons, then its all 5 lb Pwr Pro with a Vanish leader.

Sometimes the line becomes stiff, not because it asorbs water, but because it doesnt run off like it does on mono, so the ice actually freezes up around the line. This makes it hard to fish by watching the line. This shouldnt bother those in Perms too much, or heated portables where the cold is not a factor. In the long run you will save some bucks spooling Pwr Pro. Its just different than some of the competitive fishing styles and you spool up accordingly.

Horn is talking about fishing outside, and on the run. Hopping from one hole to another, as soon as the bite slows down. You cannot have all the rods rigged with mono, and the same is true for any braid. I've got more rods rigged for an ice tourney than I do open water ones (18), crazy!

Even my walleye rods have a comination of mono and Pwr Pro rigged on them. I have some rigged with 12 or 15 lb mono because I want my swim baits to slow down a bit on the drop. To get that same line diameter I would have to go with 40 and 50 lb Pwr Pro. Thats the only case though, the jigs and the spoon rods are rigged with the 5, 8 and 10 lb Pwr Pro (to match the size/weights of the lures)

If you like the braid, thats good, for panish, goes as small as you can. My sight rods like the TB Sweet Pea's are rigged with 8 lb, it hasnt worn out yet, and when it does I will switch over to 5 lb. Some perch jigs and spoons (a few crappie too) will take the 8 lb, but most of the time the 5 lb, with its less than 1 lb diameter will be the right choice in most situations.

[Orlip]

I also use PP and I also use a fluorocarbon leader. The PP just seems to spool off the reel much nicer than mono.

[EBass]

I was a berkley 4lb floro all the way guy, which I will have on one rod, but I picked up the 10# Power Pro to try out on my jigging spoons. I just wanted a non-stretch line for my jigs to get a better hook set. So I'm rolling with PP. This is going on my sweet Thorne Bros walleye rod with lil Abu Garcia reel.

I have all my ice fishing stuff all over the living room getting it ready. I can't wait, but I'm also sad to put the boat away.

[cRaPpiEMaN8265]

I havent used power pro since my last trip to lake of the woods in july when i broke off on a 47-49" musky i had up to the boat, the guide was about to grab it then it took of on a run and my baitcaster knotted up and dug into itself and she broke free. That was a double whammy! i lost a 15 dollar topwater and a gorgeous fish! Needless to say i use all Fireline and mono now!

I absolutely love the fireline crystal!

We had a mini tournament at the lodge we stayed at and the northerns were shut down so we fished walleyes over a rock pile and i brought in a 31" northern on 4lb fireline crystal and a light power rod! Power Pro is in the garbage after that! IMO

PS sorry i went a little off track with my story on the main topic.

Ryan

[fisherdog19]

I have it on some spools and will use it at times when the situation fits, but I always use a floro leader and swivel. I don't recommend using it outside in low temps as it holds water and will freeze on your spool much more so than mono. I usually always use it when larger more aggressive panfish are biting so I can sling them out of the hole using a 6lb floro leader.