11-12-2020, 01:34 PM
I don't ice fish anymore or in air temperatures less than 50. Would not know about water sticking to its surface but figure the rod guides would take care of that as well as a bright sun and an air temperature of over 35 degrees. When I did ice fish, it was quite warm when the sun was out - at least in my snowsuit.
One thing I did do for a few reasons was use a fluorocarbon leader under a float to catch crappie.
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The leader was attached to the bottom wire of the float rather than have the line held by the top and bottom wires at the same time. For some reason most likely because 1/16 oz or lighter jigs are used, the line would wrap around the top of the float when cast.
The other reason was allowing the lure to trail at the deepest depth the leader was set at. Braid might bow more when moving the float/ lure a foot or more. I knew the depth the lure needed to be because I knew the depth I was casting to. Man did that float dive out of sight when a fish was on.
More on float fishing with lures in another post.
One thing I did do for a few reasons was use a fluorocarbon leader under a float to catch crappie.
The leader was attached to the bottom wire of the float rather than have the line held by the top and bottom wires at the same time. For some reason most likely because 1/16 oz or lighter jigs are used, the line would wrap around the top of the float when cast.
The other reason was allowing the lure to trail at the deepest depth the leader was set at. Braid might bow more when moving the float/ lure a foot or more. I knew the depth the lure needed to be because I knew the depth I was casting to. Man did that float dive out of sight when a fish was on.
More on float fishing with lures in another post.