Cleaning Jig Rods After Ice Fishing Trip

Video Transcript

"Let's talk, now, about some tips for caring for you jig rod after you're ice fishing. A lot of people go home, they've been using a jig rod or two all day, the reel, the line on the reel's all wet, it might be dirty, and what do they do? They go home, they throw it in the corner and they leave it till the next time they go fishing. When I go, when I come back from fishing and get into the house, one of the first things I do is to take a dry rag, wipe of my jig rod, both the rod itself and the reel, take off any excess moisture. Look it all over, make sure there's no nicks and cracks. Next thing I want to do is go through about the first twenty feet of line and especially the monofilament leader. Feel it between my fingers, feel it for knots and frays. I'm going to check my line guides to make sure, I'm going to put a Q-tip in each of them, rub it around, make sure that none of the cotton comes out, so I know that the guides are good. Then I'm going to put that rod in a corner, or up on a shelf or the top of a bureau and fully let that line dry out. And then, just like my tip ups, I'm going to store this is a nice cool place until the next time I go ice fishing."