Tip ups for burbot

[massNtrash]

Anyone ever do it? If so how and with what?

[missoulafish]

Never done it but not certain why it would be different than tipping any other fish. Meat on the bottom.

[muskyon46]

Any kind of meat works, at the gorge we use carp, sucker, chub, shiner, anchovie and shrimp. Just get it as close to the bottom as you can just above where the crawdads cant get to it. We use glow tubes and curly tails. I've even just used a straight treble with meat. Glow stuff works the best for us and with the new artificial light change coming for Wyoming the door is open for all kinds of new stuff for us. Hope the Gov. pushes it thru  check out the burbot section

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?board=38.0

and the tip up section

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?board=30.0

comb thru the pages and find what might work for you

[jiggenfrogs]

Tip ups work great for burbot.  I have used them in Maine and Alaska, so I see no reason they would not work in Wyoming   Not sure what your regs are, but dead bait works great sitting on bottom or just off bottom.  I dip hooligan in the spring, freeze them and use them all winter for bait.  Up here I fish shallow water and set my tip ups just before dark.  I like the heritage laker tip up, they are tall, strong and easy to see.  Good luck.

[fishlessman]

my cusk traps are simply a 1x3 board vee'd out on both ends to wrap the line on. 1 ounce weight attached to the end, 6 inches mono, and hook with dead bait. we just tie the line to the center of the board with the weight on bottom. they need to be simple as we leave them out overnight and they will get run over and stolen from time to time. theres no need to have a running spool on the trap and you wouldnt want one as theres usually lots of rocks in cusk areas. now i dont know if thats legal in your area but thats the standard setup in new hampshire

[kasilofchrisn]

Here in Ak all I use is lengths of PVC pipe with line wrapped around it and a single hook with hooligan(smelt) or herring.
I fish them in the shallows. I usually have a 1/8oz egg sinker on the line ablove the hook. legally to leave them out up here I attach a strip of duct tape with my name and address on it.
I am syre a tip up would work good also.

[Polekat40]

I use tip ups for Burbot.  I use a crappie rig with minnows or sucker meat.