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Maine tipup tip
| Author | Subject: Maine tipup tip |
| Russ Shoberg | Posted At 09:26:44 05/09/2000
In Maine the most popular types of tip ups (called "traps" here) are the Thompson, the Moosehead, the Heritage, and what we call "Factor X" traps. I think that most are made here in Maine. Very few folks hereuse Igloo or Polar. They lean to lots of braided line (50+ yds) with a 5-15 ft mono leader of an appropriate poundage for your target fish.Target fish are usually togue (Lake trout in the Great Lakes region),browns or brook trout, splake, and landlocked salmon (version of Atlantic salmon, native to the Sebago lake region of Maine). Folks fishing non-trouty waters also take chain pickerel and largemouth & smallmouth bass on traps. Having moved from the UP of MI to Maine, it's a similar sort of place. However, the fishing is different as far as what to catch and how to do it. Having a ball here in New England. |
