Im in DENIAL!!! I just bought 7 heritage tackle tip ups at my local sporting good store for a whopping 102.37
they were coated in pinkish rubber coating of some sorts..so i busted the managers chops telling him that my buddys will most likely rag on me for pink tip ups but at 14$ i just couldnt say no now i just have rig them with my homemade siren led combo bite alarm and they are ready to go might have to "ice fish without ice"(look it up on youtube)
Joined: 09 Mar 2010 Posts: 1200 Location: central CT
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:30 am Post subject:
This actually seems like more fun than ice fishing with ice. I don't think I'd set all 6 tipups up near the stumps at Winchester. Probably best to avoid really windy days too.
Well I have 2 Slammer ice rigs and have them rigged so that 1 plays the "Hampster Dance Tune" when tripped and the other plays "Who Let the Dogs Out" when tripped.
It's a riot when one of them goes off and the look on peoples faces is totally precious
yeah thats Blaine he told me to check it out it was one of those things like "why didnt i think of that"
Seadog thats sound F-in Great! i would love to see those in action!!!
i thought mine were good as they were so loud you could hear them miles away thought i might aggrevate people if they werent catchin but that has yet to happen
Forgot all about (till Kira posted it) Blaine's softwater fishing with floating tip-up from last year (form of jug fishing).
Went up on YouTube and found this!
Might be a good way to target and fish for Pike during Open Water season
Least you can supposedly legally have 6 rigs fishing all at one time and spread out over a wider area (Could be fun chasing the noodles all over the place )
Well....While waiting to hear back from Tim Barry about the legality of jug fishing here in Ct. .... I did some of my own research on the subject reading thru the 2011 Ct. Angler's Guide on line.
Here's what I found:
There is definetly a conflict of wording on page 12 of the guide under the following definitions -> Angling - Float(Bobbers) - and Ice Fishing!
Under Angling -> Your allowed only 2 units. (Nothing about having to be personally attented to)
Under Float(Bobbers) -> There is no mention of or restriction to the number of units allowed. (All must be personally attended to)
Under Ice fishing -> It says your allowed 6 Float (Bobbers). (All must be personally attended to and have name and address attached to each device)
NOTE: In Blaine's video....He said he called DEP and received word back that his floating ice tip-up (just a form of jug fishing) is legal
Guess it's up to DEP to make some sort of ruling here
If anyone has an opinion or can shed more light on this subject -> Would be interested to know
My take is you should only be using 2 lines. Just because you are using an icefishing device, by no means are you "icefishing". You are "open water fishing". And by that are allowed 2 lines. I use short ultra light poles for jigging when icefishing, but never do I say I am "open water fishing".
I always wondered about the number of hooks. I know only 3 can be baited per line, but what about not baited? Can I use something like an umbrella rig with 6-10 lures on each line as long as they are not baited? Even for ice fishing - can I use 3 baited hooks on each tip up for a total of 18? Seems like that would really help ones chances of catching fish.
Chumming too. If I can chum my holes for ice fishing, can I hang a chum bucket off my boat on a lake? _________________ Go big or go home!
Hooks and baited hooks are 2 different things. A crankbait has more than 3 hooks. This is word for word from the Anglers Guide:
ANGLING - Fishing with hook and line, which must be personally
attended. No more than two lines, with or without rods, may be used
at one time. Each line may have any combination of hooks, flies or lures,
of which a maximum of three hooks may be baited.
FISHHOOK or HOOK - A curved, pointed device, with or without barb,
used to catch fish. Hooks may be single, double or treble and each point
shall be considered as a single hook.
This does not specify how many non-baited hooks can be used. _________________ Go big or go home!
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