So, I've been having troubles with my tip-ups for crappies and I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or any ideas to help improve my catch rate. First, let me say that you don't have to feel bad for me. I certainly didn't go fishless. In fact, between me and my father, we caught 30+ nice size crappies today. Funny thing is, only three or four were on tip-ups (we are allowed 5 tip ups each). The rest were all jigging (one rod each).
So why such a disparity? We even used the same bait. When a shiner died on a tip-up we replaced it with a fresh one and tipped a jig with the dead one -- and then pulled one up. I even drilled a hole right next to a tip-up that wasn't producing and pulled out 5 fish while jigging the same dead shiner. What's wrong with the tip-ups!!!???