need alternitive to knots for marking depth on tipups

[HERM THE WORM]

I usually tie a loop knot on my line once i,ve sounded a hole,but have trouble getting some untied leaving me with as many as 3 knots on on trap by mid season,i do use a bobber on my jig stick but see this as  not practical on a tipup any advise app.-htw

[Darren]

I use book matches. I first make a loop where I want my line marked. Then I reach through the loop and grab the two hanging ends of line and pull them through the loop far enough to slide a match in and pull it tight. They easily come out, and the match can be reused. If you can't picture what I'm talking about, let me know and I'll post a picture.

[rob-s]

use a botton, slide it up the line as you go.
 or learn to tye a slipknot correctly, have someone show you how.
or make a u in your line and poke it threw a swivel loop and around the end 

[digger953]

i use small gumbands  easy to put on and they slide up or down line to mark depth also use them on jig stick

[4cator]

mark line with a sharpie

[Grayfish]

been using button also for many years-slides up and down line real easy.

[billditrite]

I use book matches. I first make a loop where I want my line marked. Then I reach through the loop and grab the two hanging ends of line and pull them through the loop far enough to slide a match in and pull it tight. They easily come out, and the match can be reused. If you can't picture what I'm talking about, let me know and I'll post a picture.

this is exactly how i do it !

[Loves To Fishh]

Lots of good ways to mark your line. Next time you're in LL Beans or Kitttery Trading Post, pick up 5 of the smallest bobbers they sell. They're get for marking ice fishing lines and they slide up and down easily when you change holes or depths.
                                  Dennis

[Rainbow1]

BB size split shot works for me.

[vivlamored]

 use the pop top off a beer or soda can

[chief613]

ill second the split shot. easy on/off multi use

[captain54]

Small tipup bobbers,before that I use about a incnh piece of wide rubber band sown on (two holes sides wherevery you want it.

[ifishhi]

small buttons

[ValleyStocker]

Always used a split shot, but really like the button Idea. Will try it out when the ice comes back.

[producetim]

heres the easy way. use the smallest alligator clips you can find.  works great and at the end of the day just clip them on your flag and their ready for next time

[Buck1985]

I go tip up bobbers or just use my flasher to set my depth (I don't tip up fish much), sometimes pick up a fish on the drop using a flasher.

[mainedukblaster]

I use the tiny frabill bobbers

[fisherman58]

wow i thought everybody used bottons i would say they are buy far the easyest

[fishmaster2004z]

i use split shot in deep water or buttons in shallow water

[mainedukblaster]

bobbers are the easiest 8)

[Bailbuster]

Slip knot and a book match works for us ,when your done pull the match ,pull the line and you are good to go next time.BB

[fishalot2day]

I have always used a button but I deffinately like the split shot idea

[bonez]

I us my Vex fl20 works great.NO MORE SOUNDING

[hardwatergrampa]

the tip up bobbers

[yukoncornelius]

my great grandfather & father both used buttons.....so in my world, this is the only right answer! 

i also hook a rubber band on the trip-hook of my trap.....at the end of the day, when i reel up, the hook gets hooked under the rubber band.....with tension, it keeps everything neat and tangle free without having to hook back into the line or under a wingnut

[Hoodoo]

my great grandfather & father both used buttons.....so in my world, this is the only right answer! 

i also hook a rubber band on the trip-hook of my trap.....at the end of the day, when i reel up, the hook gets hooked under the rubber band.....with tension, it keeps everything neat and tangle free without having to hook back into the line or under a wingnut

  Thats what I have to do rubber bands, I can never get mine hooked up right....Thanks yukon

[1MOFISH]

bobbers are the easiest 8)

i agree i use the clip on type from dicks 50 cents a piece lasts forever  mo

[chillywillie]

Dad's Tackle Box has small corks that you fit on your line and slide them up and down as needed.  Plus, they provide a nice place for your hook instead of sticking through the line on the spool.

[yukoncornelius]

hoo doo

by trip hook (i didn't quite know what to call it!), i mean the hook that you hook the flag to when you set the trap

a smallish rubber band hooked on there works well; just gotta slide it out of the way when you set the flag; in the 30+ years we've used this method, i only had one flag catch the band and not trip (since that 21" salmon was on so long, i had to keep him for baking  )

[fishinfool96]

Use a very small split shot. I've been using them as long as I can remember.