So these guys are going to run with one jigging line and one setline apiece. Numerous states permit ice anglers more than two lines per person, but in some circumstances, Chip and Tommy have found that deploying too many tip-ups hinders mobility. Finding the crest of the reef is job-one. Tommy breaks out his Strikemaster Polar Vision a flashlight sized sonar device and quickly locates the shallow top without having to cut a single hole. Chip follows him up and blasts a few holes across the identified crown and dozens more leading down the break and onto the adjacent flat.
Chip deposits one flag on top and the other at the base of the break, where it flattens out.
This particular rock pile is a known walleye producer, especially at dawn and dusk. So the role of the tip-up positioned on top is to announce the arrival of fish. Chip and Tommy will jig the extra holes on top once the flag unfurls. Suddenly, Tommy, using a flasher, marks a few fish against the bottom. To his dismay, they won t touch a jigging spoon and minnow.