Ice is now well over a foot thick on Kegonsa and the perch fishing is no longer the good first ice action. I had a tip-up out about 20 feet from my Fish Trap (it was below zero this morning) and a big Whitey was on. When it came time to land it, I had a hard time getting him turned up the hole, like he was hung up on another line. I decided to go ahead and pull him up hard against the resistance and when I was taking out the small treble hook with a forceps, the 6 lb line broke against the tension. When I got back to the Fish Trap, one of my ice rods was out of the rod holder, jammed down in it's hole. I quickly (and carefully) snatched it out and breathed a big sigh of relief. I like to put the double paddle handle of the Shimano Spirex on my rear drag Symetres. The 2500 sized Frankenstein didn't make it down the 6 inch hole after the white bass ran with the tip-up line. I wouldn't think it doesn't fit but I am sure lucky it didn't because I only have two of those set-ups.