how long you been tipupin?

[fishguts.]

me i started arounf 1967 with my dad. used to be hard running tipups alls we had was a spud, gottta find a good fresh crack in the ice to start your hole then it went a little easyer.but it was still a lot of work with a foot or two of ice. then my dad got one of them s :)pon augers we thought that was great till we got a sprial one. then finnaly a gas auger. any body ever used to run tipups with a spud?

[Out4Trout]

Fished with my brothers when we were kids in the 60's. Cut holes with a hatchet untill we finally got a chisel. Been fishing ever since but seem to have less and less time each year.

[toph2o]

my first spud was a chisle welded into a 3/4 inch pipe that had a tee screwed to it for a handle and a rope thought it. cutting a hole was work and you did not move much                     tophh2o

[BASSandICE65]

When I was a youngster me and my friends used a chisel or spud to chip chip chip chip away the hole until we could set the trap. We then moved on to the next potential hole took a long time then. I was around 13 at the time and we were poor, don't remember if gas or hand augers were available. Wouldn't have mattered couldn't of afforded one anyway. Still I do ice fishing to this day, I am only 38 but seems so long ago man how we all and the times change.

[Lottie]

Started ice fishing in 1961 in the "good old days". Used a spud that my dad had made at the Chevy dealership he worked at welded blade on to rolled steal bar. To me it weighed a ton. We lost 2 thru the ice before they welded a loop on to tie a rope onto. I still have that spud and the tipups we used. My son and I still use them every time we go out. I guess that's why I didn't cut the ice into swiss cheese like I do now jigging, but it's alot noiser on the ice.     

[mike692]

Started ice fishing in the late 70s. I can still remember some of the big bass we caught. Used a 6 inch cup type auger for a long time. Finally got a more modern auger (8" Mora) about 8 years ago. If it wasn't for ice fishing I would go completely insane in the winter.

[edfalc]

this is my first year ice fishing as i just moved from texas to northern wisconsin
when the wife asked me when im going to stop this sillyness..i told her "as soon as it melts"

[swalleyi]

Hey edfalc how do the fish taste in wisconsin compared to texas.

[edfalc]

never had time to fish before i moved up here as i was always out on tour with one  band or another....spent the last 15 years chasing the rock-n-roll dream as a professional roadie......now that im retired , i plan to spend the next 30 years , or more , chasing flags........

[swalleyi]

Sounds like you've got the life,probably have a few story's to tell.