tip up

[fishsniffer]

what kind of setup do you put on youre tipup...like treble size and such...i always thought you used just a treble with like a shiner on it but ive seen a lot of different things after i started researching it

[flyman013]

I use a #2 treble for pike on our tip ups. My uncle just uses frozen smelt from the grocery store for bait and I couldn't believe how well it worked, no action to them whatsoever.

[Ice_man_08]

i will run a size 2 wide gap gamagutsu (sp) for main like i use 30lb power pro, build my own wire leaders, i also add glow beads and rattles, and holographic spinner bait blades as well... i run a few diff types of set ups. I also use only pro therm tip ups, they stop the holes from freezing and also block the light from shining down the hole

[fishsniffer]

jay,do you have a pic of that setup?

[DIRTY DOG]

I use 50 lb dacron with a 15 lb florocarbon learder about 5 ft in length, with a homemaid steel leader with ether a florecent red ,yellow or silver colorodo blade and a number 4 red treble.

[Rayman96]

I use a #2 treble for pike on our tip ups. My uncle just uses frozen smelt from the grocery store for bait and I couldn't believe how well it worked, no action to them whatsoever.

Reminds me of how I started out ice fishing some 50 years ago. Dad taught me the same method. We used heavy black dacron fishing line and the pike did not care.

Whole shad, sucker and smelt work very well. The shad I like to brine and they keep that way very well for a long time. Actually the next best thing to a shad for bait is a small perch.

The pike cruise around the shallows looking for any easy meal. Sunny afternoons are always the best time for me, with a lot of action late as the sun is low in the sky.

[Rob]

I use a #6 treble with about 5ft of 20lb florocarbon leader. I started using a vinyl coated line last year and the stuff is awsome. It dose not freeze up or tangle up

[Paulywood]

Most of my ice fishing is on Higgins Lake for lakers and occassionally for browns and rainbows. Therefore most of my tip-ups are set up with 8 oz sinkers and 6 lb flourocarbon leaders down to a very small treble, can't recall the size offhand. A live smelt is the best bait but a grey or blue will work also. I really like the slammer tip-up for this as you are fishing in 80-100' of water and can fight the fish better on a rod. For my pike tip-ups I use 50# mono and a treble hook.

[Ice_man_08]

here ya go.. byw this is just on mono when i came up with the idea

[steeliebob]

I know of a guy who uses parachute cord on tip ups for steelhead. Never actually seen it done but he claims when the trout hits the end of the line the fish hooks itself and can't get away due to the stretch in the cord.