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harvey lee Grand Master

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For tip ups,I have used Mason tip up line[braided]for the toothy ones and mono for the eyes.I have three different types of tip up which include one pop up.

Also,Welcome to HSO& Fishing Mn.We are glad to have you here and look forward to your future posts.

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My honest opinion is the pop-up tip ups just don't do it. I mainly fish pike throughout the winter so you will very seldom see me without a tip-up close by. The pop up jobs have a few issues. One is the "poppers" like to freeze down not indicating a strike, two they are not as adjustable as the tip up/flag style and the ever so often the flag will shoot right out of the tube and the parts go flying ending your tip up trip. I bought six of those cool lookin deals and not one of them made the winter, now my old Beaver Dam Classics have been around for many seasons. If the wind is tripping your flag just turn the tip-up so the wind blows the flag towards the spinlde, it will still fly when you have a strike.

As far as line grampa did know best. I have tried all kinds of line from coated braid to super monos to majical wiz bang stuff and the best I have found is the good old black braid that Gramps always used. For walleye or pannies I just tie on a 3'-4'mono leader.

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I agree with Jon onboth issues. I dont likethe pop-ups and they just arent as easy to carry around as the standard tipups -which are really virtually indestructible. In past years I have been using the round frabills - and I like them alot but I also like the old stand bys as well. Like Jon said - Braided nylon seems to work the best - it doesnt have line memory like the coated stuff - which will "loop" around down the hole and i dont like that. Every once in awhile though with my braided nylon it gets real wet and sometime I get a know way back down deep in the spool and I have to cut the whole thing off and start over - but that doesnt happen too often and usually only when I havent reeled in the line properly and have left it too loose on the spool.For Norts, just tie on a steel leader or better yet - the 30# flurocarbon for a leader - and for eyes just a 3 foot 8 pound mono leader.

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My honest opinion is the pop-up tip ups just don't do it. I mainly fish pike throughout the winter so you will very seldom see me without a tip-up close by. The pop up jobs have a few issues. One is the "poppers" like to freeze down not indicating a strike, two they are not as adjustable as the tip up/flag style and the ever so often the flag will shoot right out of the tube and the parts go flying ending your tip up trip. I bought six of those cool lookin deals and not one of them made the winter, now my old Beaver Dam Classics have been around for many seasons. If the wind is tripping your flag just turn the tip-up so the wind blows the flag towards the spinlde, it will still fly when you have a strike.

As far as line grampa did know best. I have tried all kinds of line from coated braid to super monos to majical wiz bang stuff and the best I have found is the good old black braid that Gramps always used. For walleye or pannies I just tie on a 3'-4'mono leader.

Jon nailed my exact feelings on pop-ups and tip-ups!

I tried the pop-ups and they worked fine in warm, calm weather but if it was cold or if there was blowing snow they just did not work well.

I have had my best luck using the plastic coated line (17# test), tie on a small swivel, and then a 3 or 4 foot mono leader with your hook tied onto that.

Welcome to HSO and FM! laugh.gif

Cliff

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Thanks for the advice, I'll stop looking for the pop-ups - they're very hard to come by in my area. Tip-ups are everywhere.

The fish I have in my area are bass, catfish & panfish. I will be fishing my local ponds near home but am going to make some trips in SD, MN, & maybe ND for pike & walleye. I love to fish for pike, I love anything w/ teeth really.

I was looking at jig kits, what do you guys use for panfish, walleye & pike? Will Dacron work on tip-ups? Or should I just get some black braided line, 20# or 30#?

This is pretty cool site. I couldn't ask for a better place w/ ice experience & advice.

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