tipup popularity

[tipup_time]

Ive been a die hard tipup guy for about 4 years now...i learned from an old-timer in northern minnesota how to catch walleyes on tipups and have been using them ever since. sometimes i dont even bring a jigging rod out on the ice, and when i do, i see the fish on the flasher and can never get them to bite...then a flag goes up and i pull up a nice walleye. over the years ive noticed that everyone else seems to use jigging as the go to method for eyes and as far as media goes, well you never hear anything about tipups..i would say 95 percent of the fish i catch are flag..i sometimes wonder if i am just really bad at jigging. but i actually do VERY well every winter using tipups with suckers. anyone have any thoughts as to why this is?

[Pautzke]

I fish for trout and all i use are traps.I do not jig at all.I have tried it in the past with no luck.I believe jiggin is so popular becaue it promotes mobility combined with sonar.

[beeverfishing]

I started out with using nothing but tip-ups.  Have since started jigging, but still have my tip-ups out.  I catch fish (walleye included) both way's, But it is more fun catching them on the rod..

[skinnytrucker]

This is only my second seaon on the hardwater but I share your pain with jigging. Never caught a thing with a jig rod but always have luck flyin flags. I'm also a pretty lazy fisherman and enjoy the peace and relaxation while waitin on a flag sittin in the shack but, when the flag goes up it's a real adrenaline rush for me

[yog]

have always fished with tip-ups only, but bought a pole and plan to try to hook up with some pike on that this year, but i will be a tip-up guy for ever

[jiml]

I prefer tips to jiggin.  I just like waiting for the flag and setting the hook and fighting the fish by hand.  When you get one that runs ther eis nothing better than letting that line slip through your fingers! 

[DasRottweiler]

I luv my Polars, nuthin like runnin over to the flag and seeing the top spinning around crazily. But I prefer to catch fish with the rod/reel. I use my electronics (FL18) to scout an area while drillin and mark holes with fish returns and set traps in them. When I have my 5 in, I keep drillin and blow out another 5 -6 holes. Then I grab the rods and jig while watchin the traps. If its slow , I keep drillin and scouting w/ the FL18 and move traps and start all over again. Mobile trap/rod huntin`. Works for me.

[tipup_time]

rott, i do a similar thing only im allowed a three line max.. So if i were to follow the rules id put two out, jig around and hole hop and then once the fish start hitting just throw out another board and take a breather... I agree about fighting the fish by hand. Not much in this life is better than a 10 lb walleye ripping line through your fingers. It bothers me to watch some people just yank the things up like the dickens.. heck they might as well hook it up to the truck and let er rip..

[stoutbait]

I made the switch to floro leaders last year, it is much more fun to have to fight the fish rather than "winch them in." It gets bit more than my steel leaders did and even the smaller fish can make a run. I will usually fish with 2 tip ups and jig one rod, unless the jigging gets slow. We are only allowed 3 lines. That is the way my dad did it, so like father like son.

[fishermanna82]

the suckers have mare of a natural movement then jigs.