Ice Fishing Line

[Bow-Dude]

Bob... I read thru the info.. Thanks. Maybe others have been like me and not given a lot of thought to the line stretch. I found that the line my son gave us will stretch 5 inches for every foot. That means that in 20 feet of water, you will get just over 4 feet of stretch. An experiment that was suggested and I want to try is to tie a milk jug full of water to 20 feet of line and then give it a jerk as if setting the hook. The article said you could not pull the milk carton over due to the line stretch. If that is true, no wonder we lose fish as often as we do on the way up to the hole.

Muirco... I hadn't considered fluorocarbon too much but will look at it a little closer. Seems to have some desired qualities I hadn't considered previously.