01-07-2008, 11:10 PM
you spoke too soon,
I went to go out today before the 2 inches of rain is due to set in tonight and tomarow, the ice is now 3 feet from shore....
no more ice fishing around here till at least the middle of next week for me...
how ever, I am working on my new tipup, just a few more coats of shalack and I will be able to re-asemble it....
right now it has a hair trigger, so I may have to change the tention... but I will test it out before I change any thing... the only concern I have is that my bait may be able to stet it off and that is just not exceptable..
how ever with the light setting in shallow canal where I am only fishing a foot under the ice for gills, there is the posibility of this contraption actualy not only hooking the fish but flinging them up on the ice for me...[sly][laugh]
any way when it is done I will get it posted...
my parts list is pretty small, the most expencive part is the clear varnish... well it is because that and a yard stick was the only thing I had to buy, the rest of the parts I had sitting around the house...
I imagine the two peices of mahogany would be a little more costly if I had to buy it, if I had to buy it I dont think I would get mahogany on my budget. how ever it is the best choice for the project.. it is a pretty wood... cant beleive I didnt want to pick it up and bring it home...
the designer of this tipup says maple is good enough... but any hard wood would doo.. stay away from pine and cedar because it is soft and wont hold up...
I am looking forward to getting this tested then out on the lake for walleyes...[cool]
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I went to go out today before the 2 inches of rain is due to set in tonight and tomarow, the ice is now 3 feet from shore....
no more ice fishing around here till at least the middle of next week for me...
how ever, I am working on my new tipup, just a few more coats of shalack and I will be able to re-asemble it....
right now it has a hair trigger, so I may have to change the tention... but I will test it out before I change any thing... the only concern I have is that my bait may be able to stet it off and that is just not exceptable..
how ever with the light setting in shallow canal where I am only fishing a foot under the ice for gills, there is the posibility of this contraption actualy not only hooking the fish but flinging them up on the ice for me...[sly][laugh]
any way when it is done I will get it posted...
my parts list is pretty small, the most expencive part is the clear varnish... well it is because that and a yard stick was the only thing I had to buy, the rest of the parts I had sitting around the house...
I imagine the two peices of mahogany would be a little more costly if I had to buy it, if I had to buy it I dont think I would get mahogany on my budget. how ever it is the best choice for the project.. it is a pretty wood... cant beleive I didnt want to pick it up and bring it home...
the designer of this tipup says maple is good enough... but any hard wood would doo.. stay away from pine and cedar because it is soft and wont hold up...
I am looking forward to getting this tested then out on the lake for walleyes...[cool]
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