What is your favorite way to hold the hooks on your tip ups?

[efishsport]

Just seeing what you all use to hold the hooks on your tip ups. I typically use quick-strike rigs on my tip ups with two treble hooks. I want to hear what everyone uses to hold their hooks in place.

[pushbutton]

Yep, most often quick strike as well. Will sometimes replace the front hook with a single though, and always dorsal over mouth. Also started using Gapen Flicker rigs last year. They are only a one hook rig, but with a lively minnow hooked more on the rear of the dorsal and resulting wobble and flash from the "decoy" really seems to gain interest and strikes, even though they are supposed to be more of a jigging setup. Going to be experimenting more with them this year....

[Jim Uran]

Ok Pushbutton great answer to the wrong question

How do you hold the hooks in place when you wrap your tipups to bring home? I like to use rubber bands but i always seem to lose them.

[Scott M]

I bring along a couple old wine corks or sytrofoam chunks and some rubber bands for safe storage. I keep my tip ups in their own bag with accessories like spool lube, extra line, line markers, extra quick strike rigs, a big pliers, a mouth spreader.

[Boar]

I just wrap them up an put them in the tub an untangle any tip up wen IFISH NEST TIME.

[MNCPRGUY]

Rubberbands for me. I keep some extras in my pocket when I'm tipup fishing as I tend to lose or break a few on every outing.

[Gary Parsons]

I've been using rubber bands most of my life, but I have to say that the piece of cork, foam or styrofoam sounds like a great option. Think I'll give it a try this year.

[Jim Hudson]

I use Beaver Dam tip-ups and they now come with these handy keepers. Can buy them seperately to put on other tip-ups as well.

[Alagnak]

I use to drill a very small hole in the end of the wood for the hook to sink and use a rubber band. Then for years I used a half of wine cork glued and/or screwed- works good and usually lasts. The best I've got are the booze bottle caps with cork in them. Then when you sink a screw through it to the wood it lasts for many years without breaking off like a plain cork.

[TruthWalleyes]

I reel them in tight to the spool so the hook is in the little wire hole, then i use the flag and stick it in a small hole in the spool so that the spool can't unwind. Works for a single hook or treble, but wouldn't work as well for quick strike...a legal one anyway.