Author Topic: so this is what a $100 tipup looks like (Read 2642 times)

Bearseatfish · « **on:** Dec 20, 2016, 08:06 AM »

Good morning shanty folks,

Do any of you own one of these? If so how do you like them?

https://www.fishusa.com/assets/product_images/941440000/Variations/500-0.jpg

Nosaj · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 08:15 AM »

And they are sold out and backorded!!!

jethro · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 08:17 AM »

What the heck is that?

Bearseatfish · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 08:23 AM »

Looks like a umbrella style tipup with bite lights.

Jadler311 · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 08:40 AM »

It's actually really cool. http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2015/12/07/video-firefighter-creates-non-freezing-tip/ Great demo video here.

Zachery80 · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 08:44 AM »

Looks like a great idea but i dont know if i can spend that money on a tip up.

Jadler311 · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 08:45 AM »

Right, if it was half that much I would probably be in.

james · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 09:27 AM »

Looks like an expensive box kite.

meatandmetal · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 12:05 PM »

Looks like a teepee Tonto.

FSH4FN · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 01:54 PM »

Looks like a cool idea. I'm always open to trying new equipment. I would probably purchase one and give it a shot, however, the issue I have with it right off the top is the indicator letting you know that a fish is on. I don't know about everything else but there are many occasions on the ice where it's already difficult seeing a flag up let alone a flashing light. Off the top of my head I'm thinking about those days that the sun glares off the snow and it makes it very difficult to see long distances.

MikeSJ · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 02:36 PM »

with the wifi option it will send you a text alert when you get a bite

Bearseatfish · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 02:41 PM »

Quote from: MikeSJ on Dec 20, 2016, 02:36 PM

with the wifi option it will send you a text alert when you get a bite

Found it lol

http://www.deepfreezefishing.com/product/bluetipz-transmitter-2-pack/

MikeSJ · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 02:48 PM »

I bout pissed my pants laughing

For the guy who has everything

FSH4FN · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 03:20 PM »

Quote from: MikeSJ on Dec 20, 2016, 02:36 PM

with the wifi option it will send you a text alert when you get a bite

Additional $70 for 2 pack... jeeze. I wonder how well that company is doing or what the markup is. If they're backordered I'd assume they're doing well. I enjoy my Black Magic traps. Been great and have had them for a number of years. Clean and lubricate them every year and never have any issues catching fish. I've heard Heritage are good as well. I have a buddy with a set of those and the flag system is quite nice.

fishermantim · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 03:26 PM »

Looks like a prop leftover from "Lost in Space"...

maddogg · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 03:29 PM »

I wonder how it holds up on windy days

holehopper · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 03:30 PM »

I'm telling you, ice fishing options have risen to a whole new level. At least around here they can't keep RT-9's in stock. That is a $1700 flasher and add another $550 if you want the camera option. $2300 for ice fishing electronics?

?? Add in the $630 Ion X which is selling faster than fast as well. They are hard to find in stock. Mix in a $110 Black Betty reel (which you can't find because they are sold out everywhere) onto your $100 Thorne Bros rod in your $100 Otterbox with $6 Slab Raps and $5 Perch Talkers and haul it all in your $700 portable fish house with your $100 tip ups.

You can easily drop $3000 on this stuff and it is sold out all over the place. Unbelievable.

hairbone · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 03:33 PM »

Quote from: holehopper on Dec 20, 2016, 03:30 PM

I'm telling you, ice fishing options have risen to a whole new level. At least around here they can't keep RT-9's in stock. That is a $1700 flasher and add another $550 if you want the camera option. $2300 for ice fishing electronics??? Add in the $630 Ion X which is selling faster than fast as well. They are hard to find in stock. Mix in a $110 Black Betty reel (which you can't find because they are sold out everywhere) onto your $100 Thorne Bros rod in your $100 Otterbox with $6 Slab Raps and $5 Perch Talkers and haul it all in your $700 portable fish house with your $100 tip ups.

You can easily drop $3000 on this stuff and it is sold out all over the place. Unbelievable.

After you blew all your $ on gear your eating freezer burned venison and cheap beer out on the ice.

holehopper · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 03:37 PM »

Its one thing that they even offer this stuff for sale but when you start to see that it is sold out everywhere....wow. I must be doing something wrong.

fishermantim · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 03:44 PM »

Isn't it amazing how some people (with lots of disposable income) will dole out lots of money on "gadgets" that they think will improve their fishing and improve their skills and their catch ratio, and will complain that the "gizmo" is faulty when they suck rocks???

There are some days when I can out-fish my friends with a kiddie rod/reel setup and one crappie jig.

fishingidjit · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 04:44 PM »

One of your buddies would probably get drunk and wear it on his head !

Hottuna5150 · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 04:54 PM »

The spool on those looks tiny. Get a good run on a deep trap... have fun reeling that all up. For 1.5 tip ups you could buy a hub shanty. Seems absolutely ludicrous for that price.

winnisquam guy · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 05:09 PM »

I'd rather have a decent $ 30 jig rod

Jadler311 · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 07:15 PM »

There is just something about a classic wooden trap that I will always prefer. All the new stuff is neat, and I would love to experiment with it (if it was offered for half the price), but working with the wood traps will always be tops in my book.

Mr.Harry · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 07:48 PM »

I thought Jack Traps were the price for perfection....

Spoondangler · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 20, 2016, 08:04 PM »

Quote from: Jadler311 on Dec 20, 2016, 07:15 PM

There is just something about a classic wooden trap that I will always prefer. All the new stuff is neat, and I would love to experiment with it (if it was offered for half the price), but working with the wood traps will always be tops in my book.

Yeah and I thought my polar tipups are an eyesore. I do use them some though. Seems like a cool, though ugly, idea, but I don't have 100 for tipups. I got ten old tipups recently from a garage sale, and I am really enjoying restoring them. There seems like a lot that can go wrong with these, interested to hear the reviews though, and wish them luck finding their customers. Sometimes things sell out because they don't anticipate selling many.

MikeSJ · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 29, 2016, 10:11 AM »

I just saw these in stock at Fish usa for all you high rollers out there

https://www.fishusa.com/product/Firehouse-Lighted-Canvas-Tip-Ups

tbbjcm · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 29, 2016, 03:33 PM »

Experience and smarts will always outfish technology.

bigredonice · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 29, 2016, 03:36 PM »

Quote from: Zachery80 on Dec 20, 2016, 08:44 AM

Looks like a great idea but i dont know if i can spend that money on a tip up.

I said the same thing about the stupid round reels and now they are all the rage...have you seen the prices of jigging rods these days?

If there is one thing I have learned, its that ice fisherman love gimmicks.

I will pony up and spend the money when technology comes out that makes catching fish easier...

I look at is as gimmicks are something that is new for the sake of being new and does not make catching fish easier.

jaklakmak · « **Reply #29 on:** Dec 29, 2016, 03:45 PM »

They can keep them. I'll keep my $99 and either continue to use my homemade jawjackers or use jawjackers themselves with a good quality rod. Even with a store bought jawjacker and a good quality rod your about half of what these cost.

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Author Topic: so this is what a $100 tipup looks like (Read 2642 times)