tip up patterns??

[saskfish]

Does anyone use a specific pattern for setting up tip-ups to maximize the amount of water that is covered with 6 or 8 tip ups for example.  There is no real structure to pinpoint.  it is just an 8 foot flat with big pike cruising around?  
Thanks.

[fishingking]

if its a flat  hmm id still run my tip ups in a line from shore to middle of lake how ever far apart you want too or in a zig zag along the  area u want to cover

[TroutFishingBear]

I think that spreading them out works the best. This is because pike are loners and they don't school. If you are spreading them out, you make your chance of getting pike higher.
This also works because if a tip-up in a spot keeps going off and you get a pike in that area a lot more than the others, you've found a kind of pike highway. All fish sort of have these highways. Then, if you find this highway, plot the points on a gps and move the tip-ups over to that area. Eventually after a lot of work, you will have the highway plotted, or "paved" and you will know how the pike come through at that cove.
This has worked for me in the past, try it if you want to.

[MUSKY 2004]

IF THE DEPTH IS ALL THE SAME, JUST SET EM AND FORGET EM.

[water_wolf]

I usually run my sets in either a zig-zag or half moon pattern.  Ecspecially on a flat where the depth is about the same I then widen my pattern.

[fishboy899]

I like to set them in a circle around the shanty.

[king_fish#1]

i allways put my tip ups in a zig-zag pattern from the shack to the miidle of the lake once ina while i will stager on the the side just to experiment but like IceFishingBear  said once u paved the highway after alot of work your set.

[The Iceman]

Fishing pike on the flats I tend to start from shore and work my way out in a Zig-Zag pattern. Up here in Quebec we are allowed 10 tip-ups. We space them out (about 15-20 ft between).