are you rigged up yet?

[robert aldrich]

I use snaps on all of my poles.I all ready riged up my two walleye poles and my two perch/panfish poles. The walleye poles are two medium power poles and they have a buckshot rattle spoon and lindy slick jig. The perch/panfish poles are the dead stick and a light power pole and they have a copper spoon and a perch color rapala jigging rap. my friend waits until he is out on the ice to rig up his poles while i am all ready catching fish. if i need to i can change lures easily.

[reinhard1]

well, your way ahead of me. i like to be ready to go also. the only think i do is drill the holes and set up the portable and get going. i fish all day and i dont want to miss a minute. i know your excited, and i am also, just that your more prepared already. good luck.

[robert aldrich]

yup i just drill my holes 1 for jiging and i for the other pole and holder about 10 feet away.

[OnAFly]

I'll get going after Thanksgiving. I still have a camping trip to go before I even start thinking about the ice

[Hardyboy]

Ill wait till ice on to spool up and rig up, the transition time will give me plenty of time to get ready. nows when im checkin the tent and the augers and the heater and the lighting and electrical.

[BassKnuckles]

So the snaps don't affect your fishing besides the fact that it makes it easier? I would think they would prevent fish bites.

[Rippinlip]

Will not get the poles ready until a few days before I am ready to hit the ice.

Still alot of bow hunting to go.

At the time I will be setting rods up with the quick snaps made out of the piano wire.

[JIvers]

I do not use swivels or snaps for panfish or on deadstick-type rigs with minnows. I like to keep those rigs small, light, and simple.

I do use snap swivels when fishing jigging spoons or jigging Rapalas for walleye and sauger. Snap swivels make changing lures much quicker, which is important when the fish are being picky as walleye often are, and I don't think a swivel adds enough weight or size to those presentations to matter.

[robert aldrich]

small snaps wont effect ice fishing. also adds more flash to bring in the fish.

[grizrunner]

Heck my boat aint even put away yet! I won't get too excited tilI see an inch of ice. My portable is ready as it was when I put it away last spring. Auger had the oil changed last spring also. Just needs a fresh plug and gas. Rods/reels get new line the night before there is at least 3" of ice. No need to be tempted to get out any earlier!

As for the snap swivel thing, I don't like using them as I can't exactly control the action of the jig or spoon.

[Steve Foss]

I've been fully rigged up for ice since Oct. 9. Getting ice gear rigged doesn't mean you can't still fish open water or hunt or gather acorns or paint the house.

[c0untryf1sh3r]

Been tinkering around with it since the beginning of October, stripped the old line off all the rods, gonna wait until night before D-Day to restring them. Tackle boxes all organized, reels greased and cleaned. Now just have clean up the auger and house and call it good. CAN'T WAIT!!

[Random guy]

Ready! All six portables have been gone through and assembled the new Otter XT-900. Rods have new Lindy Ice line on them and I even organized the tackle box. My Snowmobile mechanic is a bit grumpy as I keep bugging him to go through the sleds ASAP.

[WinterHaven]

I am like most of the others, I don't start getting my stuff ready until after Thanksgiving. I usually don't restring my rods until the weekend before I know that I will be out on the ice.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Yeah, I will wait till thanks giving.. then it will be on!!! getting all the fun stuff ready.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

pulled my clam out of storage yesterday and set it up in the basement last night. I have to get some mods done before I even think about re-rigging rods and going through tackle.