walleyes on tip-up?

[CALVINIST]

I haven't done much fishing for walleyes on hard water at all (panfish geek I am), but this year I am going to give it a go! This is probably a stupid question , but I have to ask! Does anybody target walleyes on tip-ups? What is the best set-up? Do they get gut-hooked? Just looking for options for fishing those two lines. Anybody have ideas?

[french_lake_kid]

4 sure. I use tip-ups a lot for eyes. I LOVE a JB Gemneye, in a pink/glow color! Then tip it with a medium shiner & ur good 2 go. I like using 20lb. plastic coated dacron, with 4-5' of 15lb mono, then 2' of 6lb. flouro. DYNAMITE!

[CALVINIST]

Cool, thanks, I'll give it a try for sure!

[Scott M]

I like to do it on Mille Lacs on flat edges or on inside main lake turns with Metro lakes. I will throw a shiner on a JB glow treble (with a bead and blade of course) on a fluoro leader, and then whatever you like for main line. Haven't had any problems with gut hooking but I've also been pretty attentive to my flags.

[Coon]

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I like to do it on Mille Lacs on flat edges or on inside main lake turns with Metro lakes. I will throw a shiner on a JB glow treble (with a bead and blade of course) on a fluoro leader, and then whatever you like for main line. Haven't had any problems with gut hooking but I've also been pretty attentive to my flags.

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dumb question: do you have a pic or can explain how the bead and blade thing works?

[iffwalleyes]

I personally don't really like tips ups for walleyes. Will they work sure but they aren't may favorite technique. I prefer to use a jigging line with a lure like a angel eye jr. typically for me it a jigging spoon that is by far for me. Then my second line a deadstick with nothing more complicated that a plain hook and live minneow. I will put usually with in 6 feet of my jigging line. The reason for this is that when I am jigging many time it acts as an attractor for fish but if they are not really aggresive they will come into check out my jigging spoon and then move over the the set/deadstick line and take that. This has prooved many time over to be a effective combination for me. I always have a jigging line going though. If the fish are aggresive they will smack the heck out of a jigging spoon.

[CALVINIST]

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I personally don't really like tips ups for walleyes. Will they work sure but they aren't may favorite technique. I prefer to use a jigging line with a lure like a angel eye jr. typically for me it a jigging spoon that is by far for me. Then my second line a deadstick with nothing more complicated that a plain hook and live minneow. I will put usually with in 6 feet of my jigging line. The reason for this is that when I am jigging many time it acts as an attractor for fish but if they are not really aggresive they will come into check out my jigging spoon and then move over the the set/deadstick line and take that. This has prooved many time over to be a effective combination for me. I always have a jigging line going though. If the fish are aggresive they will smack the heck out of a jigging spoon.

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I have to admit that your idea is a good alternative to a tip-up. I suppose when dead sticking you need a flexible rod with good backbone? Also, whether you are dead sticking or tip-upping, do you set the hook as soon as you can, or do you wait?

[Scott M]

The bead and blade thing: You have to have it on there for your tip up to be considered a lure (thus allowing you to use a treble hook). It's been battled on with a lot of the pike guys and the DNR (you can read more about it by doing a search on quickstrike rigs in that Pike and Musky forum) will ticket you if you don't have it on there. Basically I just use some beads from the Lindy Rigs I tie in the summer and a small blade (the extra one you get in the package) from a Swedish pimple. They are small and out of the way, definately not an attractant but they make the lure legal. It really is silly but that's Minnesota, lots of gray laws and weird reasoning.

Hope this helps.

[Shack]

This bad boy has got me more walleyes than any other tip up I have. Also works great for perch and crappies! My Finkies is an all in one deal!

[Coon]

da chise...thanks...was wondering. we dont have that problem in penna.

[Farley]

Tip ups will spread out your fishing area. I use the dacron line as main line then tie a barrel swivel, then 4 feet of Flourocarbon line. Finish it off with a hook, split shot, beads, whatever you prefer. I like to clip on a tiny round bobber at the spool after I get the line set, so when line gets taken out, it's as easy as reeling it back up to the bobber to re set it in the same depth. f

Thermal tip ups are great (the round ones) they work really good but I like the wood frabil ones personally. Make sure the spool is well underwater to prevent it from freezing up.

[Ely Lake Expert]

Shackbash,

Is that a tipup or an industrial machine? I can't quite tell

[TroyMcClure]

My only problem wih tip-ups is that they don't TIP UP. I can look out and see the reel spinning, but the flags are frozen down or stuck or just plain sitting there. I prefer the deadstick or bobber and the jigging spoon. It seems to attract the fish in the area and they attack the deadstick and leave the spoon alone.

[Shack]

Ely Lake Expert,

That there is a Finkies! All you do is plop it over hole, set depth, put bait on, turn on auto jigger (adjust speed), drop down bait, light heater and let her go to work!

This thing is a tropper man! Very hardy!

Nice red light for night time fishing or blizzard!

Even in the coldest days and wet snow cond., I have never had an issue with flag not popping up!