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Re: Light at night for tip-ups

Author Subject: Re: Light at night for tip-ups

John Posted At 02:01:49 01/04/2002
I picked this up from a guy in Pembine, WI. I use the 10" Frabil tip ups. I make a simple electric circiut using a wire coat hanger, 9-volt battery and an old Xmas light stringer. It requires some drilling but is not difficult. I bent a piece of the coat hanger into a "V". At the ends of the hanger I bent it about a 1/2 inch away from the opening of the V and secured into the top of the Frabil. I wired the battery in the little compartment and connected 1 end to the coat hanger and 1 end to the metal part of the tip up stick. The xmas tree bulb was placed in the flag which was cut out a little bit. Once the tip up flag pole hits the hanger it completes the circuit. It took me about 2 to 3 hours and a few beers to perfect the system on 6 Frabils. I used 9-volt connectors from radio shack. The materials are cheap and the bulbs can be seen across the lakes at night. I'm going fishing in the morning and I'll post some pictures when I come back on Monday or so.