Ice fishing with Nanofil

Anyone using Nanofil on the ice? If so how’s it performing? Does it get stiff or freeze up? I’ve had great luck with it in the spring and summer, but am curious about winter.

Fishes great until the line gets warn. Then it will bring lots of water back. I will brake off a 25ft section 3 or 4 times during the ice season. With fresh line little ice build up.

Mixed results here. The very light lines, 4 pound and under, seem to do well until it gets really cold and you’re on open ice. Then the lighter the jig the stiffer even the light stuff seems to get. The previous comment on scuffing is right on too. Nano likes to slough little fibers when it gets run across the edge of the hole a couple times with a fish on and then those little fibers make a real good wick for carrying water. I’ve noticed them ball up and ice favors small things like that.

Nano is a sensitive line and it has no stretch to speak of. For the panfish spoon angler I think it is a great line, but can’t speak for it on behalf of the bait anglers.

I use nano for tossing small jigs/plastics on a couple rods during open water. They never see a float and the line performs well there too. The same issue with line scuffing is apparent during open water too if you cast to rocks much so the issues around that are no unique to winter fishing.

Been wondering the same thing myself. I fish a lot of deep water perch (up to 70 feet) where I consider no stretch line a mandatory. I’ve been using fireline crystal for the last few years and it works pretty decent, but it will freeze up pretty bad at times. Judging solely with my experience using nanofil in open water, it might handle slightly better. I’d hate to spend 20 bucks to find otherwise though…

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Been wondering the same thing myself. I fish a lot of deep water perch (up to 70 feet) where I consider no stretch line a mandatory. I’ve been using fireline crystal for the last few years and it works pretty decent, but it will freeze up pretty bad at times. Judging solely with my experience using nanofil in open water, it might handle slightly better. I’d hate to spend 20 bucks to find otherwise though…

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its only a buck or two more than fireline. 50 yards for ~6 bucks of fireline or 150 yards for ~19 bucks for nano.

Ive had mixed results as well. Im running 3 pound on a quiverstick and 6 pound on a perchsweatheart. The only time i dont like it is when its really cold out. Inside a shack or even outside during decent temps (20*-30*) its been pretty good.

More than water absorption, I think Nano will get stiff just from the cold. I was jigging open water from a dock late in the fall last year with a 1/32 head/plastic with an air temp at 13 degrees and the line seemed real stiff. When the wind blew a bow in the line it was hardly enough weight with the small jig to take the bow out of the line. I think inside aheated shelter the nano will work very well and also if its above say 25 degrees on open ice.

In open water I have used Nano down to 60 feet and had superb sensitivity.

I use 12 lbs with flouro leader depending on species. Haven’t had the breaking issues the smaller diameter lines have had. I even tried to break it when “frayed” on big catfish and carp, never did break.

I have some tied on for my Laker applications. Going to be using it this weekend with a 5ft Flouro leader! It seems to work well for me, it will begin to fray a bit and soak in more water (as others have said) but I’ve enjoyed it for deep water fishing.