When I was in high school, my buddies and I would set out a spread of tip-ups and then just wait for a flag while cooking ...

To many in the “hardcore” ice crowd, tip-up fishing is a joke. It’s for meat fishermen only. It’s for lazy people. Well, I say that seeing a flag pop up is the hard-water equivalent of ...

Ice anglers know all about tip-ups - those ice-fishing rigs that are similar in appearance to a lid on a 5-gallon bucket. They fit nicely over an ice-fishing hole, with a flag that pops up when ...

Tip-ups are one of the most fun and social ways to fish on the ice. There's instant excitement when a flag flies, hopefully signaling a hit. And there's the exercise component of running or ...

At this time of year, one of fishing's great joys is looking toward your tip-ups and seeing a flag waving tall and proud; especially since those flags have been few and far between for the past ...

Commotion on the ice seems to get fish moving, and a tip-up flag often pops just minutes after you take a stroll. Pike fishing in winter is simple and easy, and it’s a great social event.

Traditional tip-ups typically store heavy dacron line on a built-in spool, and when a fish strikes, it trips a flag allowing line to tear freely off the spool as the fish swims off with the bait.

Relatively inexpensive and intuitive, the tip-up relies on live bait connected by mono (or braided line) to a drag-free spool that tips off the flag when line is pulled out. (Hence the term ...

As an on-the-move ice angler, I’m loving this warm winter. The snow has been minimal, the temperatures bearable, and I have used my heater twice in the last month. When I do sit down on a spot ...

Where traditional ice fishing means jigging or staring at a bobber waiting for a bite, tip-ups offer an added element of excitement. When a fish takes the bait, it trips a flag that springs ...