floro-carbon for tip ups

[gamehog]

as I am setting here typing this up I am trying to decide what fish to target and what lakes to fish this season.i only get 5 outings with them being 4 day trips.i have fished with tip ups for many years with good and bad results.i would like to know what # floro-carbon you guys are using on the end of your tip up line for say walleyes and pike.when I go to peck I don't do to bad but I think I could do better if I changed up my rigging.i know there is a chance of getting bit off or line breaking but I think I could at least up my eye catch if this is the way to go.thanks for all the help.

[lundin-loading]

Run 100lb braid on the spool tied to a 2-3' piece of 20-50lb flouro, tie that to a treble hook of whatever flavor you'd like and bait with whole dead smelt or live minnow, catches em all.

[Loudmouth879]

for eyes I use 6 or 8lb and haven't caught one yet but did catch one jigging with 4 or 6lb fluoro.... for pike I'd go the 20-50 range

[Zoo Angler]

For places with pike and walleye, I use 20 - 30 lbs. If you leave them overnight I would suggest a little heavier up to 50 lbs. If it's just walleye I try to keep it 10 lbs or lighter. And get the leader material not just normal bulk line if you can find it. Also if you use heavier fluorocarbon it can be tough to tie a good knot so keep an eye on that. Have had plenty of knots fail with 50 lbs when I first started using it. Hope this helps.

[fishin7]

I use 3' of 15-20 lbs fluorocarbon for my leader on all my tip ups.  I have had a few break offs but I have seen my walleye catch increase tremendously. 

[Jgipe]

I use 3 feet of 20# flourocarbon, on 50# backing.

[Fortpeck1]

I use super glue on the heavier line knots.
I use 50# for everything on a tip up, 15# on my jig rods.

[PerchAssault]

Superglue is definitely a must when tying those knots with heavier line!

[wyogator]

I use 8-10 Vanish on my tipups.  Make sure you get the leader material, not the "easy casting."

[Firetrap]

80-100 Mason Meat Caster trot line.  I make my own steel leaders about 2 to 3 feet long. 30lb test.  Sometime I tie on 30lb fireline and have a premade 8 inch steel leader on that. I catch everything from Walleye, Perch, Pike, Catfish and Lake Trout. The fish don't care on a tip up and live minnows. The 100 pound line is to pull in the fish that wrapped around a bush over night. The 30lb pound leader is to snap it off if it's really stuck on a log or bush. Most times the branch just pulls up with the fish.

[mthuntr]

With the chance of walleye we used 10-12 lb fluorocarbon.  We lost only a few rigs this weekend to northerns and since snot rockets weren't our target, it didn't matter.  If I were more concerned with northerns I'd probably up that to 20-30lb or tieable steel leader.

[doublehaul]

For places with pike and walleye, I use 20 - 30 lbs. If you leave them overnight I would suggest a little heavier up to 50 lbs. If it's just walleye I try to keep it 10 lbs or lighter. And get the leader material not just normal bulk line if you can find it. Also if you use heavier fluorocarbon it can be tough to tie a good knot so keep an eye on that. Have had plenty of knots fail with 50 lbs when I first started using it. Hope this helps.

I second what zooangler has typed. We've tested many different leader material on Peck and have found Floro leader material is the best for this application. I have seen no evidence of eyes being line shy using 50 lbs. and have had 2 snapoffs in 5 years. Just make sure to check leader for nicks after landing pike. Hope this helps.