South Ben tip ups (orange ones with flag)

Post by **Rich** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:12 am

Anyone have these? Got them on sale, opened the bag, now I have no idea how they're supposed to be set up

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Post by **Northern King** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:39 am

I bought on of those tip-ups earlier in the year and it broke a few weeks after. I have seen people use them in two different ways but I think the proper method is to have the reel down below the hole and make it so when the reel is turned the flag at the top,which is bent over and held by a clip, is released. Mine broke as I didn't clear the ice away often enough and it was very cold causing the plastic to just crack on the reel. I bought one the Frabill thermal one and I like it a lot.

Post by **Rich** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:24 am

thanks for the reply bigfish.

Post by **scttsmpsn** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:30 am

... the Frabill tip-ups are great...however because of the profile you may forget it at Petrie Island when you leave because it is close to the ground. Eh, BigFish...I'll drop it off Saturday unless you need it for the cottage. Adam will be around you can go pick it up...

Cheers,

Scott

Post by **Markus** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:36 am

I'v got a few and I'm gonna try modifying them for the Spring FH trip.

I'm hoping the dock will produce a few night time cats and ling, so I'm put glow sticks on the flags and modify them to be positioned on the dock.

Hopefully we can see the dock from the fire pit and when a fish fires a glow stick...there'll be a scamble!

(i know you can just use a rod, but I wanna play.

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Post by **Northern King** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:46 am

Scott,
Ya once the Frabil gets covered in snow you tend to forget about it

Post by **Steve G** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:15 am

Markus wrote:

"I'v got a few and I'm gonna try modifying them for the Spring FH trip. "

Can anyone else tell that Markus has too much time on his hands lately and has been missing his daily fishing trips...

Post by **bucketmouth** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:05 am

Big Fish is right about the setup. And you really do have to be diligent in clearing the hole of ice buildup. I used to have one of these and when the flag went one time I yanked it straight up only to have the 1/4" of ice knock the spool clean off and back down to the bottom.

Here's the correct setup:

I've also seen this, maybe people think submerging the spool will cause it to freeze (if its a quality tipup with subzero grease it won't)

bucket

Post by **Northern King** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:48 pm

The first picture is what I meant. I have seen people setting up the other way also. The one in the picture looks like a higher quality one than I had. So I am not sure if was a sub-zero one or not.