sucker proof tipups

[hickgtx600f4]

Not sure if this has been done yet but i thought i would post this setup i recently learned about.
So i was talking with the owner of one of our local bait shops about large bait that is always setting off our traps. He told me a little trick that i thought i would share with others. he said that with our 40up traps to clean off the paint and glue on a clothespin opposite my spool. just pinch the line so that the bait is pulling against the clothespin and not your trigger. when a strike happens it pulls the line free and trips the flag.  I thought it was a great idea except for the fact that i wanted to be able to take the setup off my traps when using smaller baits. so this led me to drill a pinhole in the trap to allow me to pin on the bait holder when i need them and remove them when i don't.





hope this helps. 

[MLBob]

I have 40ups and that is a great idea!  Thanks for sharing.  Now if I only had some ice...

[captain54]

I use a down rigger release,same thing almost but yours looks cheaper.

[IceNeck9292]

funny about this thread i have all my tip ups i own in the table right now figured id redo all the rigs before my tournaments the next two weeks and i saw just complaining to my fishing buddie about it tripping all the time... such a smart idea i wish i was the one to think of this... thanks for sharing

[tunadawg71]

I just trim the tails on the large creek chubs we use for bait. Then they can swim as well, plus I think it makes them appear injured.