Very shallow water fishing ??????

[puttingthetimein]

This early in the year I fish very shallow water, for brook trout. The ice is only about 4 inches and the water depth is usually less then a foot.  I raise my polor tip ups center sections but this causes the flag to be at such an angle.  I was wondering if anyone has made or manufactured a  flag spring height extension to relocate the flag to its original horizontal position?  Am I going to far in my thinking ?  I always want to build a better mouse trap.  I just use the tip ups at the beginning of the year because there is little or no snow on the ice.  Heritage otherwise.  Any ideas?? Thanks.

[Anomaly]

I’ve seen pictures of guys putting a tip-up in a bottomless bucket above the hole. I guess freeze up might be the issue, but you could cover the bucket around the trap with stryo. I believe I saw a post about it on this site a year or so ago.

[joefishmore]

Get some old fashioned traps where everything is above the ice.

[Cool Blue]

I fish early in the shallows with my heritage traps on buckets or a couple of the old lady's flower pots..She always wondered where he flower pots have gone come spring...  Anyone else having problems posting pictures??

[joefishmore]

I fish early in the shallows with my heritage traps on buckets or a couple of the old lady's flower pots..She always wondered where he flower pots have gone come spring...  Anyone else having problems posting pictures??

TOO COMPLICATED FOR ME

[BassinAssassin]

TOO COMPLICATED FOR ME

  LOL!!

[woodchip]

I tried posting pictures last year. And I finally gave up!!!!!!!!

[fishlessman]

you could try this

drape the mono over the flag, its an extremely sensitive spring bobber, works great in a crappie bite, would work for brookies as well

[Anomaly]

All you need are tip downs, check em out.

A stick. A clothes hanger and a handful of line in a slip knot. The fish slips the knot, runs out the line and the wire tips down stops the run and usually sets the hook.

[ice cracker]

This early in the year I fish very shallow water, for brook trout. The ice is only about 4 inches and the water depth is usually less then a foot.  I raise my polor tip ups center sections but this causes the flag to be at such an angle.  I was wondering if anyone has made or manufactured a  flag spring height extension to relocate the flag to its original horizontal position?  Am I going to far in my thinking ?  I always want to build a better mouse trap.  I just use the tip ups at the beginning of the year because there is little or no snow on the ice.  Heritage otherwise.  Any ideas?? Thanks.

With 4 inches, you don't need to fish shallow, 4 inches is plenty of ice

[fishlessman]

A stick. A clothes hanger and a handful of line in a slip knot. The fish slips the knot, runs out the line and the wire tips down stops the run and usually sets the hook.

i like the idea of the line stopping, nothing worse than having a fish on that took too much line and wrapped around a shallow log or boulder. maybe i could add the rubber band trick to my setup to stop that