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Trap and I had a long interesting day fishing walleyes on LBDN yesterday. One of the topics that drew emotions from each of us was; was it worth the time spending - setting and tending tip-ups - when out pursuing LBDN walleyes.
Course his idea was; a jigging fisherman can coax lazy fish into biting - assuming your paying attention to your flasher and not your tip-up. And my point being - tip ups are for lazy fisherman like me!
Edited by Rick Larson 1/18/2004 12:27 PM
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| I do both most of the time. But, I think if you gotta be moving to find or stay on the fish, jigging is more efficient. |
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Location: blue mounds,wisc | i think back and i have gotten bigger fish on tip-ups, but as the old saying goes do what you like to do. i like to put out my tip-ups sit and relax and enjoy the moment.i enjoy watching guys jig for fish and get as excited as they do when they catch a fish. if it seems boring to sit back and relax then a great game of cribbage really passes time in between flags. |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Rick.
It's in the wind that you may be visiting and ice fishing Saginaw Bay soon with Mr. Bowman. Do yourself a BIG favor and leave the Tip-Ups at home. In my many years fishing the Bay the only thing I've ever seen caught on a tip-up was the two white fish I caught on the same night using cut bait and small terbels on the bottom. My buddy religiously puts out a tip-up every time he comes down, fishes it all day and has done so for years and never had a flag, not even from a perch tugging on it. 
Edited by walleye express 1/18/2004 12:25 PM
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Location: Milw, WI | Walleye express,
Have you tried the wind jigging type tip up out there?
The guys around here used to swear buy them. |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Funny you should mention that, because thats exactly the type tip-up he brings along/Wind-jiggers. Heres the real head scratcher. I can catch good fish on a dead rod right next to my jigging rod, yet using the same set-up on a tip-up 10 feet away from the shanty and not get a nibble all day. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Took a look back into my records before I answered this one. I used to fish LBDN at least 5 times a winter up until a couple of years ago. I just don't enjoy ice fishing like I used to. Maybe it's because I fish so many days on the boat now.
Anyway, my records show that jigging, for my friends and I, caught anywhere from 10-12 times as many fish at LBDN as tip-ups. In 1998, in 6 trips, we caught 66 legal walleyes with only three coming on tip-ups. But, those three were the biggest three of the year. Also, my two best LBDN walleyes were caught on tip-ups with suckers. Another thing: seems when the fishing was off, jigging was the only way to put a couple on the ice. Just my experience.
I also think location is technique dependent, as I know a couple of big fish areas that I used to hit and I wouldn't waste my time with a tip-up. I'd drill a bunch of holes and jump from hole to hole along this particular piece of structure.
My best jigging lures are jigging Rapalas, size 7, pure white w/black eye, orange, and firetiger. Next best was the Northland Whistler jig with a whole minnow. For shallow LBDN eyes, use a perch imitating bucktail w/minnow in the weeds.....deadly when the bite is off. |
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Location: Cupar, Saskatchewan, Canada | Up north here I have found that the perch hammer the swedish pimples and the walleyes love the tee-tots. |
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Location: Rhinelander | I always have a tip-up in the water when I am jigging unless gamefish season is closed, then I switch to tip downs for big crappies. I agree that jigging will catch more fish, but the tip up/down set seems to stick some hogs! |
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Better ice-fishing technique?