I just stocked up today on $1 fleece gloves at the Dollar Store. They’re plenty warm for most days, and I cut off a couple of glove finger ends for added dexterity on the ice. I always have a couple of pairs on me in case they get wet.

I bought a pair of Norfin Yukons off of http://www.anglingproshop.com a couple of years ago. They’re comparable to the Norfin Klondaiks (sold by Thorne Bros.), but they don’t have a built in spike. These boots are extremely light (each boot weighs just over a pound) and extremely warm (down to -58 degrees Fahrenheit). I highly recommend getting a pair!

I just keep my Vex FL-28 hooked up to Battery Tender Jr. and forget about it until ice season.

Try putting a Frabill Titanium bobber on your pole. Adjustable, durable, sensitive, and easy on/easy off. A cheaper alternative would be using a Bic Lighter spring with a piece of shrink tube.

I’m a tightliner and have been using 2 lb. hi-vis crappie stren for the last couple of ice seasons. See no difference between this and former ice stren. Durability is good and is easy to detect bites under water.

I’ve been very pleased with my Striker Ice Transporter. It has lots of storage space and comfortably holds 5 rod and reel combos. In reality, though, I can fit at least 15-20 more rods (most of which are 20″ tightlining rods and some palm rods) in the top compartment. There were many days last winter where I used the backstraps on the Transporter to carry all my gear as a backpack when taking the minimalist approach in fishing area lakes. Lastly, two big criteria for me when looking for a rod case was that it was durable and snag-resistant. I felt like the Striker Ice Transporter passed the test in these two areas last winter.

Cbrunick:
If you’re tightlining, you want a fiberglass, light action rod that is fairly short. Some of the best tightliners around, Dave Young and Mike Boedeker, use rods no longer that 20″. An easy way to get started with a decent tightlining rod is to buy an HT Blues 24″ UL or 18″ UL and just cut off the orange tip. Put on a #3 guide and you’re all set! You want to actually want to watch your line as far down the hole as possible, looking for any movement that is different than the movement your imparting it. When you get a strike, drop your rod tip. If the line collapses, you know you have a fish on and set your hook.
I have never attached a fluoro leader to my hi vis line and have never had any dropoff in the amount of fish caught. A classic tightlining ice line is Hi-Vis Stren Ice Gold; however, it’s no longer made and becoming increasingly more difficult to find. I have found good substitutes to be 2 lb. Cortland Hi-Vis, 2-3 lb. Suffix Ice Magic (tangerine), or 2 lb. Vicious Hi-Vis.
There are a couple of great videos out there that explaining the tightlining technique in greater detail.
1) About half way through the video the Godfather of tightlining Dave Young shows you how it’s done. Even shows in slow motion a bite. Just make sure have the most updated quicktime to watch.
http://www.davegenz.com/Dave_Genz.com/Vi…ampionship.html

2) Mike Boedeker talks about the tightlining technique in the following video:
https://www.facebook.com/110941820776/videos/10152739863255777/