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New Hampshire => Ice Fishing New Hampshire => Topic started by: Dickbakers on Jan 14, 2020, 10:02 AM
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::) ::) I fish NH , Maine and Vermont.
For my half century of ice fishing we used Tipups or Traps.
When did we begin calling them TILTS? I've fished in Vt where some fisherman balance reel and rod above the hole waiting for it to tip down to signal a fish.
I'm to old to be confused by new terminology!!
Dick
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Tilts is just wrong lol
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I feel the same about perch, I never heard a Mainer refer to them as Jumbo's, or slabs until they started watching them guys out west in the tubes
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Tip ups is what I knew growing up. Maybe tilts is a regional thing coming into the area. Never heard of a perch being called a slab. Crappie yes, perch no.
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Its tip ups here in Michigan.never heard of a perch called a slab..slab means wide bodied panfish to me.i was born here but lived in Oklahoma for a long time after that and i still refer to crappie as specks.perch are either jumbos or dinks.
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::) ::) I fish NH , Maine and Vermont.
For my half century of ice fishing we used Tipups or Traps.
When did we begin calling them TILTS? I've fished in Vt where some fisherman balance reel and rod above the hole waiting for it to tip down to signal a fish.
I'm to old to be confused by new terminology!!
Dick
tilts were actually the terminology I heard used for particular devise ( see what I did there) that used a weight that slid down when the above ice "tip up" was sprung, the ones I saw also had a v shaped wooden spool ( above the ice)that was fastened by a nail but could pay line out... I was only in my teens, the guy using it was on lake Champlain and called them tilts..
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with the spool above the ice wouldn't that freeze up on colder days? As well as the hole freezing I fail to see how that could be considered world's best but hey just my two cents
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Its tip ups here in Michigan.never heard of a perch called a slab..slab means wide bodied panfish to me.i was born here but lived in Oklahoma for a long time after that and i still refer to crappie as specks.perch are either jumbos or dinks.
Yup.
Gills...slabs or bulls
Specks...slabs or paper plates
Perch...jumbos
Pike...hammer handles ( small ) or " Boot" ( large ). Buddy and I started calling them that years ago when spearing them. If one came into the hole with a head as big as a boot ( bunny style) it was a good one.
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Smelt and Smelts.....
Im going smelt fishing...
Or..
Im going smelts fishing?? ::)
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Smelt and Smelts.....
Im going smelt fishing...
Or..
Im going smelts fishing?? ::)
smelt fishing.as in i caught alot of smelt today.not alot of smelts.
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Yup.
Gills...slabs or bulls
Specks...slabs or paper plates
Perch...jumbos
Pike...hammer handles ( small ) or " Boot" ( large ). Buddy and I started calling them that years ago when spearing them. If one came into the hole with a head as big as a boot ( bunny style) it was a good one.
boot to me means a old dark salmon thats as dark as a brown or black boot.lol
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smelt fishing.as in i caught alot of smelt today.not alot of smelts.
X2. I never use 's' or 'es' at the end of any fish species. Not supposed to either. Basses, perches, bluegills, crappies, pikes, walleyes...just not right. But there is salmons and trout's. 🤣
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Smelt is always singular in Minnesota. I think that the Main contingent use the plural but it always sounds odd to me.
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tip-ups, traps tilts...all based on design of device.
I agree, slabs are wide bodied panfish where SLOBS are big predators (and my brothers John and Mike).
shiners, minnows, pinfish. smelts are all (usually) live fish used as bait but are different species.
Worms, dillies, crawlers, waxies, spikes, grubs are different small baits used mainly on jigs.
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Shanty, shack, bob house, shelter .. ::)
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Ive got another for you guys ,here in mass.ive heard tip ups called type.not just by old timers either.
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Always tip up in WI though when I first took my son at age 5 he came home and told Mom he didn't like "those fish traps", that he'd rather have a rod in hand. Makes me good with trap too. I also confess to affectionately calling them "tippys" but that's strictly me.
Shanty, shack, bob house, shelter .. ::)
All OK, especially shack or shanty but never "hut"... That's just, well, never mind.
And smelt in WI is always "schmelt" though I hear and occasional "schmelts" but there's always the "sch" in it. Little pike get to be snot rockets or snakes while big ones are gators. Small walleyes are cigars and generic small pannies are dinks with good one being jumbos (perch) or slabs (crappies) or bulls ('gills).
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Tilts. Probably a Massachusetts thing...
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Always tip up in WI though...
What are the packer called when they win?
When they lose? ::)
When the Vikings lose, Minnesotans call them things that I cannot post here. >:(
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Tilts. Probably a Massachusetts thing...
Maybe a certain region in Mass? My dad is from northborough and I have never heard someone say tilts in person.
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I first heard tilts from some massholes :P not sure where they came up with that though. weren't smartest fellers. when I first ice fished in Maine we called em traps. I never put s on the end of a word that can be singular or plural. What frosts my ass is when someone says aircrafts!!?!?!?!
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Where I’m from in Dover, NH they are called Traps, and if you catch a perch it’s called being pissed off @)
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better pissed off than pissed on.
iv'e never heard anyone say i caught a bunch of salmons or trouts. it,s like saying i,m going deers hunting.
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Maybe a certain region in Mass? My dad is from northborough and I have never heard someone say tilts in person.
Too funny, I was born and raised in good ole Nodsville (Northboro). I am fairly certain I heard the term Tilts used there, many moons ago.
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Could have been a Middlesex County thing. I have confirmed the use of this term from another former resident.
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better pissed off than pissed on.
iv'e never heard anyone say i caught a bunch of salmons or trouts. it,s like saying i,m going deers hunting.
Me either...just a little sarcasm there. 😉
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Winnipesaukee "brown" aka finless brown. When getting checked on Winnipesaukee you tell the warden you caught a brown and that's it's over there in the five gallon buck. ;D
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Tip ups and or traps...Is what I’ve always known them to be...
I think I bought new Jack Traps this year and not “ jacks tilts”....... And have used 40 up “ tips ups “ in the past and “Heritage Laker traps”.....
maybe a Worcester thing ??? I’m from the Middlesex County area and I’ve never heard anyone refer to them as “tilts”, but then again I don’t ice fish in Mass....
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better pissed off than pissed on.
iv'e never heard anyone say i caught a bunch of salmons or trouts. it,s like saying i,m going deers hunting.
. I love the people that catch there deer where I'm from we catch fish not deer
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They're Traps. Period.
Ive used 40 UP for 35 years. They don't tip up when a fish is on, therefore NOT a tip up.
They are a Trap that stands 40" high. ;D
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Smelt and Smelts.....
Im going smelt fishing...
Or..
Im going smelts fishing?? ::)
Yup...and just to clear it up:
http://learnersdictionary.com/qa/Irregular-plural-nouns
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The one that gets me is "the lake LOCKED up last night" I'm going out. I always thought if some thing was locked up it was SAFE....h2l
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The one that gets me is "the lake LOCKED up last night" I'm going out. I always thought if some thing was locked up it was SAFE....h2l
I believe that is correct...at least the way I interpret it. When a lake is said to be locked up it is to mean that it is completely iced over...but not necessarily safe.
Or because it is iced over ( locked up) the water under it is safe from access.
Or I could be thinking waaaaay too much on this. ::) ;D
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I believe that is correct...at least the way I interpret it. When a lake is said to be locked up it is to mean that it is completely iced over...but not necessarily safe.
Or because it is iced over ( locked up) the water under it is safe from access.
Maybe "locked up" means that because the lake is completely iced over, the fish cannot get away except through an auger hole? Just sayin...
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Maybe "locked up" means that because the lake is completely iced over, the fish cannot get away except through an auger hole? Just sayin...
There is that.
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I like to call walleye , walls eyes. And my daughter tells people I "catch" mushrooms.
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I like to call walleye , walls eyes. And my daughter tells people I "catch" mushrooms.
At one time, some mushrooms had me thinking I was catching something. But that's another story...and a long time ago.😉
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A lake can be skimmed over which means a thin layer of ice over the lake and then locked up means its ready for icefishing in my book.and no its not a real ice fishing terminology book.lol
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Calling them tilts sounds better than tip downs.
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Calling them tilts sounds better than tip downs.
That above discussion is funny! :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
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Locally, trout are slimers. Turtlehead is a physical side effect of breaking through the ice.
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Ahh the ol turtlehead is better than the shart.
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prairie doggin' :tipup:
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Calling them tilts sounds better than tip downs.
lol, when someone above said walls eyes all I could think about was squirrely dan
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Where I’m from in Dover, NH they are called Traps, and if you catch a perch it’s called being pissed off @)
AA and I agree on TRAPS so that will mow become the correct IS trrm ;D
Dick
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AA and I agree on TRAPS so that will mow become the correct IS trrm ;D
Dick
When I click this icon :tipup:, it says : tipup : ;)
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When I click this icon :tipup:, it says : tipup : ;)
We'll, they're wrong
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When I click this icon :tipup:, it says : tipup : ;)
But it was and IT guy that made it not and IS guy
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2 pages on the semantics of ice gear... cleary the ice isn't too good for a lot of us lol
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But it was and IT guy that made it not and IS guy
Probably an IT guy from Minnesota where they know what to call them. ;D
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We'll, they're wrong
Not so fast HNF. 😉
https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gone-fishin%E2%80%99/icefishing-art-tip/
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CRAPPIE CRAWL...When your slip bobber lays flat and moves from one side of the
hole to the other.
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Calling them tilts sounds better than tip downs.
I LOVE letterkenny. that's why I started calling them wallseyes!
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Not so fast HNF. 😉
https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gone-fishin%E2%80%99/icefishing-art-tip/
Nice article...
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How did the midwest hijack the NH page. oh dontcha know :tipup:
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Its says beaver dam tip up on the box.it does not say trap anywhere on the box.i will continue to call them tip ups.lol
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How did the midwest hijack the NH page. oh dontcha know :tipup:
I think that the rural Vermont, NH and Maine are all Midwesterners at heart... ::)
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How did the midwest hijack the NH page. oh dontcha know :tipup:
Because it's 50 degrees here and we have no fricken ice!
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I think that the rural Vermont, NH and Maine are all Midwesterners at heart... ::)
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How did the midwest hijack the NH page. oh dontcha know :tipup:
How? Easy. It's a TOTALLY open forum to ALL members...oh dontcha know. 😉
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X2, I'm as east coast as it gets... Kid
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X2, I'm as east coast as it gets... Kid
Is that why you talk funny? ;D
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Its says beaver dam tip up on the box.it does not say trap anywhere on the box.i will continue to call them tip ups.lol
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See what I did there? :tipup: ;D
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How? Easy. It's a TOTALLY open forum to ALL members...oh dontcha know. 😉
Im just playing I can appreciate any sportsman regardless state. Weather has not been doing us justice here either... :tipup:
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Never heard anyone yell, "TRAAAAAP!"
It's "TIP UUUUUUUUP!" :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
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I didnt lock it the last time but if I had the power I would now and erase a lot of trolling and posts not related.... >:(
Its an open forum so I can go on a thread and talk about something that does not pertain .. I dont think so.....
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Im just playing I can appreciate any sportsman regardless state. Weather has not been doing us justice here either... :tipup:
Me too...it's all fun. Could be worse. Us in the Midwest could storm the upper reaches of the eastern seaboard. You have ice...we don't. BONZAI!!! 😲😁
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I didnt lock it the last time but if I had the power I would now and erase a lot of trolling and posts not related.... >:(
Its an open forum so I can go on a thread and talk about something that does not pertain .. I dont think so.....
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I didnt lock it the last time but if I had the power I would now and erase a lot of trolling and posts not related.... >:(
Its an open forum so I can go on a thread and talk about something that does not pertain .. I dont think so.....
Whining is unbecoming of an ice fishing expert... ;)
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Whining is unbecoming of an ice fishing expert... ;)
Yeah...c'mon RD. Don't think anyones feelings are being hurt here. The OP hasn't said anything about it...yet.😉
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Not so fast HNF. 😉
https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gone-fishin%E2%80%99/icefishing-art-tip/
JK around, but I hold strong to my roots.
The article references IndianHillTipups from Massachusetts...lol. This isn't Massachusetts.
Funny too it references all the different companies...As TRAPS.
littlemantraps.com
jacktraps.com
indianhillicetraps.net
heritagetraps.com
maxtraps.com
ButlerIceFishingTraps. com
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JK around, but I hold strong to my roots.
The article references IndianHillTipups from Massachusetts...lol. This isn't Massachusetts.
Funny too it references all the different companies...As TRAPS.
littlemantraps.com
jacktraps.com
indianhillicetraps.net
heritagetraps.com
maxtraps.com
ButlerIceFishingTraps. com
And some of those links are 404. That tell ya anything? Besides the title of the article is "Icefishing: The Art of the Tip-Up"
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One more thought... If this has become a discussion topic that must mean everyone is settled on which reel, rod, leader, auger, drill or shelter is best. Wow, mark the calendar! ;)2
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And some of those links are 404. That tell ya anything? Besides the title of the article is "Icefishing: The Art of the Tip-Up"
That seems to tip the scale in the direction of Tip-Up and trap those calling them traps.
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And all those links come up 404... What's that tellin' ya?
True indeed. But I didn't write the article.
Did they mysteriously all change their website addresses since the article was written? Proof though At one point in time they all called their products Traps. ...
Maybe they read too many IS posts and theyve gone to the Dark Side, calling them tip ups now...lol
Just havin a little fun here. Call them what you will. They have and always will be Traps to me ;)
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Call them what you will. They have and always will be Traps to me ;)
Sounds "closed minded" and you are somehow "trapped in the past." ;D ;D ;D
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Never heard anyone yell, "TRAAAAAP!"
It's "TIP UUUUUUUUP!" :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
Never heard anyone yell either. I just heard people yell FLAG!
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Never heard anyone yell, "TRAAAAAP!"
It's "TIP UUUUUUUUP!" :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
Huh...brings to mind what we say around these parts " FLAAAAAAAG"!!!. Changed my mind...they are now officially "Flag ups". Argue that one you tiltin', trappin', tipin' n' downin' sons-a-guns. By the way...patent pending. :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
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Huh...brings to mind what we say around these parts " FLAAAAAAAG"!!!. Changed my mind...they are now officially "Flag ups". Argue that one you tiltin', trappin', tipin' n' downin' sons-a-guns. By the way...patent pending. :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
We simply yell "FISH" but perhaps that is missing the point altogether.
I think that "Flag Up" is probably the best literal description and should be the official compromise.
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True indeed. But I didn't write the article.
Did they mysteriously all change their website addresses since the article was written? Proof though At one point in time they all called their products Traps. ...
And yes, definitely all in fun :thumbsup: ;D However Beaver Dams and Polars have never been sold as "traps". If I were to make a distinction plank/rails/boards are tip-ups and sticks are traps. Trap is intuitive though, recall my comment from my son after his first ice excursion...
Absolutely more fun yelling "TIP UUUUUUUUP!!!" :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: ;)2
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should be the official compromise.
Ummmmmm. No. ;)2 :roflmao:
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Ummmmmm. No. ;)2 :roflmao:
Mind like a steel trap...wooden trap...fish trap? ???
I think we will still yell FISH...stops all the confusion. I think Minnesotans might be a tad slow.
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Anyone yell “trap!!”around here I immediately start looking for a police seatbelt/whatever checkpoint..
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When I first started ice fishing in the mid 60s with my dad and brothers off our camp on southern Lake Champlain, we had handmade wooden tip-ups with the red-painted cross bar that would tip up when a fish hit -- always called them tip-ups and still do -- would set out 3 or 4 dozen in long parallel rows -- when a fish hit, we would yell tip-uuuupppp (still do today)!!
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When I first started ice fishing in the mid 60s with my dad and brothers off our camp on southern Lake Champlain, we had handmade wooden tip-ups with the red-painted cross bar that would tip up when a fish hit -- always called them tip-ups and still do -- would set out 3 or 4 dozen in long parallel rows -- when a fish hit, we would yell tip-uuuupppp (still do today)!!
Wow, you can legally put out 3 or 4 dozen lines? :o Minnesota has a max of 2. That would change the game entirely.
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Mind like a steel trap...wooden trap...fish trap? ???
I think we will still yell FISH...stops all the confusion. I think Minnesotans might be a tad slow.
Wow...I feel so TRAPped in this conversation. TILTing this way and that. Think I'll just TIP UP a few, TIP toe DOWN the hall, crawl back in bed and call it a...."FLAAAAAAAG"!!! :o
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Wow...I feel so TRAPped in this conversation. TILTing this way and that. Think I'll just TIP UP a few, TIP toe DOWN the hall, crawl back in bed and call it a...."????????????"!!! :o
Me too...
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Wow, you can legally put out 3 or 4 dozen lines? :o Minnesota has a max of 2. That would change the game entirely.
Lake Champlain allows more than most. I think VT is very liberal in what they allow for...fishing lines. In NH it's six unless it's a lake managed for Salmon & Lake Trout, then we're the same as MN, 2 only.
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Lake Champlain allows more than most. I think VT is very liberal in what they allow for...fishing lines. In NH it's six unless it's a lake managed for Salmon & Lake Trout, then we're the same as MN, 2 only.
Wow, at only $20 a line that would be nearly $1,000 of "traps" sitting on the ice! Totally different experience.
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Hard to believe, but Champlain ice fishing regs allow up to 15 tip-ups...!!
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Hard to believe, but Champlain ice fishing regs allow up to 15 tip-ups...!!
I think that they must have a powerful lobby of the tip-up manufacturers...
The market in Minnesota would only be $40/fisherman. The market there would be $300/fisherman.
How could somebody keep 15 holes ice-free in cold weather? ???
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I am of the “trap” community and where the heck did the word “spud” come from...all my life it’s been a chisel and I’m 70 years old!
A “spud” was a potato wrapped in foil and thrown on an open fire.
;D
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I am of the “trap” community and where the heck did the word “spud” come from...all my life it’s been a chisel and I’m 70 years old!
A “spud” was a potato wrapped in foil and thrown on an open fire.
;D
Spear or Lance beats out potato by over 350 years. Spud meaning "potato" probably evolved from the concept that potatoes are harvested with a "spade" that was called a "spud."
spud (n.)
mid-15c., "small or poor knife," of uncertain origin probably related to Danish spyd, Old Norse spjot "spear," German Spiess "spear, lance"). Meaning "spade" is from 1660s; sense of "short or stumpy person or thing" is from 1680s; that of "potato" is first recorded 1845 in New Zealand English.
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Drum role please..........
The official term by Wikipedia is Tip-up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_fishing
"The second is using tip-ups, which are made of wood or plastic, and have a spool of line attached, with a thin piece of metal that goes from the spool to the flag. Black line is put on the spool and a swivel is placed at the end of the black line."
Now, we should start a pole on here and see what the real winner is based on ice fisherman across the country. After all, we are the real pro's of this sport, right? If its Tip-up, so be it. If its Trap, lets have them change it.
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Drum role please..........
The official term by Wikipedia is Tip-up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_fishing
"The second is using tip-ups, which are made of wood or plastic, and have a spool of line attached, with a thin piece of metal that goes from the spool to the flag. Black line is put on the spool and a swivel is placed at the end of the black line."
Now, we should start a pole on here and see what the real winner is based on ice fisherman across the country. After all, we are the real pro's of this sport, right? If its Tip-up, so be it. If its Trap, lets have them change it.
I think that the Frostbite Boys (from the Midwest) must have hacked Wikipedia to shut down the East Coast local linguistic tendencies.
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I think that the Frostbite Boys (from the Midwest) must have hacked Wikipedia to shut down the East Coast local linguistic tendencies.
👍😁👍
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Drum role please..........
The official term by Wikipedia is Tip-up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_fishing
"The second is using tip-ups, which are made of wood or plastic, and have a spool of line attached, with a thin piece of metal that goes from the spool to the flag. Black line is put on the spool and a swivel is placed at the end of the black line."
Now, we should start a pole on here and see what the real winner is based on ice fisherman across the country. After all, we are the real pro's of this sport, right? If its Tip-up, so be it. If its Trap, lets have them change it.
I don't use black line on my spools, so that definition of tip up doesn't pertain to me ...
Therefore it's a trap ;D
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This is what us Midwesterner's call a trap...
https://www.cabelas.com/product/DUKE-LONG-SPRING-TRAP-PK/2281662.uts?productVariantId=4647609&WT.tsrc=PPC&WT.mc_id=GoogleProductAds&WT.z_mc_id1=04492019&rid=20&ds_rl=1246537&ds_rl=1246540&ds_rl=1247888&ds_rl=1252079&gclid=Cj0KCQiAjfvwBRCkARIsAIqSWlOxMLL0WOd_M_9On4jd0WIKnxq9pGS5EBXLYAdyPEqk-Qgh60-cCI0aAuK3EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
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Drum role please..........
The official term by Wikipedia is Tip-up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_fishing
"The second is using tip-ups, which are made of wood or plastic, and have a spool of line attached, with a thin piece of metal that goes from the spool to the flag. Black line is put on the spool and a swivel is placed at the end of the black line."
Now, we should start a pole on here and see what the real winner is based on ice fisherman across the country. After all, we are the real pro's of this sport, right? If its Tip-up, so be it. If its Trap, lets have them change it.
I’m half tempted now to make an account an edit the page.... it’s clearly wrong....
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I’m half tempted now to make an account an edit the page.... it’s clearly wrong....
You from Frostbite?
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This is what us Midwesterner's call a trap...
Exactly, and this is what they are for:
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Exactly, and this is what they are for:
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Nice rat Gunflint. Now we have to figure out how to put a minnow on that thing and get it down the hole. :blink: :roflmao:
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Nice rat Gunflint. Now we have to figure out how to put a minnow on that thing and get it down the hole. :blink: :roflmao:
The guys in the Northeast can help explain it to us. ;D ;D
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I think that they must have a powerful lobby of the tip-up manufacturers...
The market in Minnesota would only be $40/fisherman. The market there would be $300/fisherman.
How could somebody keep 15 holes ice-free in cold weather? ???
Yeah, Dick, the OP wandered over to the Vermont page and tried to make that point about being able to tend 15 traps and that it was way too may tipups :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :unsure: :unsure: :wacko: :wacko: boy did he stir things up. I think he had to change his user name just to set foot back on the VT page!!
Dick you ought to try that again and get the Midwest boys to pile on for support.... @) @)
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I own jack traps, but call them tip-ups :o
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I’ve alwAys referred to
Them as traps. But tip ups or whatever works for me :)
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Spear or Lance beats out potato by over 350 years. Spud meaning "potato" probably evolved from the concept that potatoes are harvested with a "spade" that was called a "spud."
spud (n.)
mid-15c., "small or poor knife," of uncertain origin probably related to Danish spyd, Old Norse spjot "spear," German Spiess "spear, lance"). Meaning "spade" is from 1660s; sense of "short or stumpy person or thing" is from 1680s; that of "potato" is first recorded 1845 in New Zealand English.
LMAO...ok while you are prancing around the lake “lancing” or “spearing” your holes, I'll be CHISELING my holes (drilling with Ion nowadays!)
;D
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LMAO...ok while you are prancing around the lake “lancing” or “spearing” your holes, I'll be CHISELING my holes (drilling with Ion nowadays!)
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I don't think that I own a real spud (except the potato kind or the spade. I only ice fish in Minnesota for Lake Trout and the season opens the first of January. No real ice danger to use a spud for. I have an ice saw to cut large holes so an auger and saw are enough.
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OK! This was my thread. My query was about long term use of the term tipup or trap in NH ,Maine and Vt. Consensus is that the common term was long ago Trap but Tipup is now used equally. The term Tilt seems to have a southern New England origin? Thats all I wanted to know. Thanks for all the interesting banter.
Dick