setting up a tip up?

[jigginjoe]

Hello just wondering if someone could explain a good set up for a tip up. Like what line to use what sz hook or even kind of jig, sinkers, leaders, and bait just a good basic setup would be very helpful. I have usally just always jigged looking at throwing out a tipup and trying my luck

Thanks

joe

[mike morris]

Joe... Your best bet is to use some type of braided line, something that won't cut your hands. I always play it safe by tieing a 6 inch leader on the end so a northern can't bite off the line, but that isn't always necessary.

I usually use shiners on my tip-ups...

Do you tend on fishing for pike or walleye?

[jigginjoe]

I'm sorry i forgot that part. Looking at going for walleye.

thanks

[Walleye Guy]

Use coated dacron or tip up line. Tie a good quality ball bearing swivel in the line. Add 6 ft of 8-10 lb flourocarbon line. I like to use a small treble hook that has a small nickel blade attached with a small split ring. This makes the hook a lure. I like to set the hook immediately as the fish makes it initial run.. I get less swallowed hooks with this method and the treble hook seem to increase the odds of a hook-up. Put a decent sized split shot 18 inches above the hook and bait it with a medium shiner. Also add a line marker to the line to make resetting the depth.

If you want to do the treble hook route a kahle hook also works well.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Get yourself some tipup line or spool up with some sort of braid for the main line. Then for pike you will want a wire leader or some sort of quick strike rig. A quick strike rig is a wire leader with one, two or sometime more treble hooks attached along with a small spinner blade to make it legal (it is illegal to simply tie a treble onto your main line in MN). I prefer the quickstrike rigs when pike fishing because their is no need to wait between the flag and hookset.

For walleye I would recomend a florocarbon leader in 6-8 lb test. Usually I run them 4-6' in lenght an use a single hook usually size 2 but also let my bait size determine hook size.

you will want to use split shots to get your bait down and keep it in the strike zone. The further away from the bait your weight is the more movement you minnow can make. When fish seem to be less aggresive you might want to get the weight close to the hook to limit you minnow movement.

Walleye fishing I tend to keep my bait 6-18" off the bottom. If their are weed or rocks Ill run my bait 6-12" above the structure. When pike fishing you can run you bait at almost any depth and have success. Ive caught pike with minnows a foot under the surface all the way to the bottom.

Finally check you bait often minnows tend to wiggle off the hook. The worst is checking a tipup after an hour and finding an empty hook.

[jigginjoe]

You guys are a great help thank you

[Canuck07]

Can someone explain to me how to post someting new? Thanks. Appreciate it.

[jigginjoe]

Yeah on main page on top there is a button that says Post click that