Author Topic: Looking for new tip ups (Read 3042 times)

mdredneck · « **on:** Dec 20, 2014, 01:30 PM »

I used two different types of tip ups for the past couple of years and was looking for advice on new tip ups. I have the frabill stick tip ups but I get a lot of fish that will take the line but will not always trip the flag. I have tried to set them lighter and tried to bend the reel so it would make more contact with the trigger but still I have the same problem. I also have the frabill classic wood tip ups but it they are not as sensitive as I would like them to be........ I was wondering what everyone else prefers to use and that is sensitive and reliable

Scooby31 · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 20, 2014, 01:37 PM »

I bought the frabill stick style last year and loved them I thought they might have been to sensitive had a few flags set by the wind alone.

ADKer · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 20, 2014, 01:40 PM »

http://www.jacktraps.com/store.php/categories/jack-trap-tip-ups

mdredneck · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 20, 2014, 01:56 PM »

The frabill sticks are sesative enough but I miss a lot of fish due to the flag not getting set off

7.62x39 · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 20, 2014, 02:03 PM »

I use the HT hardwater explorer and the eagle claw elite series....both are similar i tweek them to set off how i want...the eagle claw has a nicer spool

UFCreel · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 20, 2014, 02:27 PM »

Beaver Dam Tip ups. Clue- look on E-bay during the summer.

Alex Delarge · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 20, 2014, 07:39 PM »

HT polar orange tip ups are simple and work great for the price. Fairly smooth, compact, and you can see the trip mechanism turning when the fish is taking line. I like them till there is any significant amount of snow on the ice which gets blown and can cover that style tip up quickly.

rdhammah · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 21, 2014, 08:00 AM »

try twisting the trip wire outward at the flag a tiny bit. HT plastic spool had a V shaped spur that moves the trip wire. there is a plastic spacer behind the spool. sand this down about 1/32". might be enough to resolve your flag tripping issue.

iceman777 · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 21, 2014, 02:56 PM »

Try jack traps they are from Maine they have a site jack traps.com

Gundy7 · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 21, 2014, 04:44 PM »

Has anyone here tried the jawjacker? It's not a tip up but basically functions just like a tip up would only you can fight the fish with rod and reel. I have seen some videos and they seem to work great but they might only work on larger fish. That being said I have used the ht polar tip ups and they work great for me. Flag pops right up even on pretty light bites.

Green Mountain Boy · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 23, 2014, 12:38 AM »

Buy your last traps first - Jacks Traps for sure.

Iceattic · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 23, 2014, 01:18 AM »

Boy,those jack traps are too pricey for me. I have old tipups from the 70s still working.also have some new x tipups from frabill.as for the jawjacker, they said there great.

ugillme · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 23, 2014, 02:01 AM »

artic fires work nice.and are priced nice. frabill disk are great and you dont have to clean the holes out when its brutal cold.

Kyle_J · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 23, 2014, 02:10 AM »

Beaver dam work great for me.

Pike Paralyzer · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 23, 2014, 02:27 AM »

Heritage Lakers! can never have enough! ZERO wind flags, and they survived a beating through the years!

Retiredbum · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 23, 2014, 06:39 PM »

Lakers for me to. They work great. Hold up and hook fish. Work horses.

Ole Polanski · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 23, 2014, 06:47 PM »

X3 or 4 on Heritage lakers! Easily set sensitive or rugged for big bait! O.P.

iceman777 · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 29, 2014, 03:09 PM »

Heritage Lakers are great jacktraps are worth every penny.

Paulklug · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 29, 2014, 03:17 PM »

Gander Mountain has the Frabil Round Tipups on sale for 13.99 and if you show them online it is buy one and get one 1/2 off. So if you buy 2 they are about $10 a piece. You cannot beat that price!
http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Frabill-Pro-Thermal-Tip-Up-Round-1660&i=411141

harrops26 · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 01, 2015, 08:58 AM »

Get Jack Traps. Well worth the money and you will catch more fish with them

delawareriver · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 08, 2015, 08:16 PM »

Another vote for heritage lakers. Have 10 I use for pike, walleye and muskie. Have 5 polar I use for bass and pickerel

iceduke61 · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 04:39 PM »

Heritage tip-ups are great at half the price of Jack Traps.

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Author Topic: Looking for new tip ups (Read 3042 times)

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