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I love to jig no matter the temp, no complaints about making t hat mad dash for a flag either...hell I like to fish
pgkris- You really are missing out if you don't see what fun it is to watch tip-ups. What we do is get a few buddies together and set out the tip-ups and whoever sees them or gets there first takes it tackling each other all the way out there. If you get a good day and get a lot of bites it really wears on you by the end of the day.Hope one day you will get a chance to really use some tip-ups. And me I would really like to catch a big pike on a jig rod to see how that feels.
Unfortunately we can only watch a tip-up not tip-ups. One line in water only. So we either sit and watch one tip-up or jig. Thats probably why we don't see them here in British Columbia much. I do like to watch a tip-up when I'm making lunch or need to run to shore for nature calls. Sometimes when I'm at my cabin, I will put a tip-up in so I can watch it from the warmth. I like jigging the batch of holes I have drilled. Moving from hole to hole and drilling more holes keeps you warm. Sitting in one hole all day can get boring and cool.
I haven't seen it put up yet, but I store up all fall on the fat storage just so I'm comfortable mostly in jeans, sweatshirt, flannel shirt, gloves and hat ice fishing lol.