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Offline Snoman2005

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Your Tip-Up Perspective
« on: Jan 07, 2011, 06:48 PM »
So your out on the ice, several trips into the year and the fifth flag goes up in two hours.  Through the hole comes up another 20" hammer handle, what do you do:

1) Keep fishing in the same spots on the lake, waiting for a nice fish to come through, even though it might be 67 flags from now,
2) Pick different spots on the lake to try,
3) Pick a new lake.

Your thoughts? 
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Offline mroy44

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #1 on: Jan 07, 2011, 06:50 PM »
Personally I would give it 5 more flags but then after that I would be at a new spot definantly.  Got to be searchin for the big ones!
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Offline waterwolf42

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #2 on: Jan 07, 2011, 06:55 PM »
It all depends on they type of water you are fishing.  On the lake I fish the most, I seem to catch my larger pike during Jan. and Feb. in deeper water (18 to 35 feet).  I once saw a 20 pounder taken on a tip-up when fishing for perch over a 60 foot hole.  If you are catching small ones consistently in the same locations all the time, I would try to move just a bite and see what comes of it. 
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Offline steely456

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #3 on: Jan 07, 2011, 06:57 PM »
Usually I will move strait out to deeper water from where the small pike are.  20 to 40ft of water and fish about 6ft off bottom.  The bigger pike seem to be deeper when the hammer handles are feeding in shallow.
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Offline icecaptain

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #4 on: Jan 07, 2011, 06:59 PM »
new lake
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Offline Snoman2005

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #5 on: Jan 07, 2011, 07:02 PM »
Tomorrow I will move to the 35' hole in the lake.  Never ice fished there.  Thanks for your vote!
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Offline icefishman

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #6 on: Jan 07, 2011, 07:57 PM »
Start keeping the small ones, sounds like overpopulation!
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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #7 on: Jan 07, 2011, 07:58 PM »
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Offline fishinfreak89

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #8 on: Jan 07, 2011, 08:24 PM »
i like to look for deeper water with a rock bottom seems to hold some nice pike especially later in the season
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Offline delta9

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #9 on: Jan 07, 2011, 09:05 PM »
I'd stay at the same lake but move to a new spot. look for where the locals put thier spearing shantys.
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Offline Snoman2005

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #10 on: Jan 08, 2011, 04:00 PM »
I am using dead smelt w/ good success already (except today).  This morning I walked .80 miles to the 'deep spot' in the lake. 
8 flags, 6 pike, a 16" large mouth.  All pike not legal....PLUS, one of them was 12".   Looked like a spearing decoy coming out of the hole. 

But the bite was hot today.  Obviously I need to hit a new lake.
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Offline mroy44

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #11 on: Jan 08, 2011, 04:04 PM »
I'd say so
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Offline zeb272

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #12 on: Jan 08, 2011, 07:15 PM »
Use larger bait, big bait big fish.
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Offline C P

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #13 on: Jan 08, 2011, 07:39 PM »
Stick it out for bigger fish. Heck at least your catching something!
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Offline steely456

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #14 on: Jan 08, 2011, 07:48 PM »
Keep moving around to different weed beds.  It sounds like your fishing a pretty big lake so the big pike are hanging around somewhere.
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Offline jigemin

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #15 on: Jan 08, 2011, 08:24 PM »
Quote from: zeb272 on Jan 08, 2011, 07:15 PM
Use larger bait, big bait big fish.
lot of truth in that!
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Offline skunkmaster

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Re: Your Tip-Up Perspective
« Reply #16 on: Jan 08, 2011, 09:27 PM »
Quote from: delta9 on Jan 07, 2011, 09:05 PM
I'd stay at the same lake but move to a new spot. look for where the locals put thier spearing shantys.

Thats what I'd do, simply go fish where everyone else is fishing.
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