Braid Freezing?

[OntarioFishingGuy]

I am planning on doing some fishing tomorrow, and will be using braided line. The weatherman is calling for lows of -1 Celcius (30.2 Farenheight). Do you think I will have any issues with my braided line freezing?

 

Thanks guys.

[Smokinal]

When I fish in temps like that I have more issues with icing guides and reels than with my braid. I think you'll be ok.

[new2BC4bass]

I am planning on doing some fishing tomorrow, and will be using braided line. The weatherman is calling for lows of -1 Celcius (30.2 Farenheight). Do you think I will have any issues with my braided line freezing?

 

Thanks guys.

 

Good luck.  I don't fish at those temps.  More power to you.    As a side note, it is pretty easy to cast a baitcast reel with leather gloves on.  At least I had no problem the once or twice I used a pair.  I'd imagine a spinning reel would be a bit tougher.

[Crestliner2008]

Keep dipping your rod tip in the water to keep it free from ice. This works unless there is a breeze. Then all bets are off! You might also try spraying your guides and reel spool with KVD Line Conditioners. It doesn't help braid as much as it does fluorocarbon or monofilament, but it should help some.

 

Good Luck out there! Wish we had some open water here. Right now there's still almost 2' of ice on most ponds, lakes and even the Ct. River. Going to be another couple of weeks before we can expect to cast to open water I'm afraid.

[John G]

I'm sweating in W. Central Florida right now. LOL

[OntarioFishingGuy]

There will definitely be a breeze. Casting into Lake Ontario for BIG MOMMA brown trout with jigs and spoons. Might try some harbors to escape the wind though, we'll have to see how bad it is. I'll spool up with braid, but bring a spool of mono just in case.

[J Francho]

Braid is terrible in sub freezing temps. I prefer mono for trout anyway.

[RB 77]

I'm sweating in W. Central Florida right now. LOL

 

Holler if you hear me! It's 85 degrees here right now in So Cal at 6:05 PM, calling for a high in the 90's tomorrow. My hats off to you guys for fishing in those conditions. Frost bite vs. heat stroke! If you do fish tomorrow I hope you catch your personal best!

[EvanT123]

A problem I have had with braid is when reeling ice will accumulate around the line roller. I don't know if it's water getting into the bearing or what but once or twice it has made the line hard to retrieve and i had to putz with the reel.

[OntarioFishingGuy]

Braid is terrible in sub freezing temps. I prefer mono for trout anyway.

I also prefer mono for float fishing, but for jigging, wouldn't I want the added sensitivity of braid?

[Smokinal]

I'm sweating in W. Central Florida right now. LOL

 

 

Holler if you hear me! It's 85 degrees here right now in So Cal at 6:05 PM, calling for a high in the 90's tomorrow. My hats off to you guys for fishing in those conditions. Frost bite vs. heat stroke! If you do fish tomorrow I hope you catch your personal best!

[J Francho]

Never had an an issue with jigs and mono either. It's not like they're subtle bites.

[Bluebasser86]

Braid is awful in freezing temps. I fish all winter long and once the guides start icing up, the rods with braid stay in the rod locker. 

[Oregon Native]

Fished all winter with braid...dipping the rod some days every other cast.  Found the larger line roller on the Daiwa 1300ss froze less.  If you left a wet rod sitting on the deck it would ice up.  But ten pound power pro and six pound leaders were awesome with the smallies.  Usually had only two rods on deck anyway due to what the bite was.

[wytstang]

On a spinning reel it would ice up making it difficult to make long cast. Since braid adsorbed water it would ice up a bit.