Larger Spools of Ice Line

A lot of people are frustrated by having to buy small spools of ice line. 600 or 1000 yard spools would be great for filling multiple reels. An opportunity for Berkley to fill a market need that is being ignored...

Yes that would be nice.

Unfortunately too few anglers across the ice belt would see the need. Not everyone has 20 walleye rods, and forty panfish rods like myself and many of you.

That said, when it comes to my walleye rods for Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay I don't bother with "ice lines". Every other year I buy I 1000 yd spool of Trilene XL in 8 & 10 lb. If you want a smaller line, go with the 6 lb for lighter lures.

Before I switched over to 3 lb orange Sufix/ with 1 lb Trilene 100% fluorocarbon leaders for the panfish rods, I used 300 yard spools of 2 lb Stren Hi-Vis Yellow/Gold exclusively.

Point is, the ice line pony spools are fine for most folks, but for the diehards, there are many options still available to spool up your reels from a bulk spool.

We should do a poll on this. I am willing to bet. Most folks would want larger spools of line. Maybe not 1000 yards but 300 yards. Come on down to Northern Illinois or South East Wisconsin. Very few people hit the ice with only a rod or two. Most have upwards of 5 rods. Each rigged differently. For when the bite or color of the day changes. By the way i help out at a local bait shop during busy times and you would be surprised the amount of folks that complain about the small spoils of line. We tell them to put backer line on.

I do that with all my panfish rods, and to a degree with the walleye reels. Each Schooley gets about 30 yds, and the spinning reels get a little more than that.