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quality fish for sure, congrats to both of you !

I only use the tip up where permitted , only been on Simcoe twice, too many other choices up north and far less crowds ... set them up usually for Walleye but have got lakers on them as well ...just saw your amazing laker photo BTW, thats a beauty .....

Those thermals look pretty Heavy Duty I like the slip sinker ... perhaps with floating yellow jig head and minnow combo Do you have better luck with the salties, just figured live is better for walters ? we will be targeting the lakers Feb 15th

I have a couple of different styles of tip ups but the one I tend to use more is the Beaver Dam. I have it spooled with the black Dacron line tied to a small swivel and then about 2 ft of 10 lb flouro leader. I setup a couple of split shots above the swivel and 1 on the leader with a Gamakatsu octopus hook, usually fished with a live shiner. This is used for both walleye and lakers. Wondering what types of setups everyone is using (for Walleye and Lakers)? Does anyone use a 3 way swivel on the tip up, with 1 line going to swimming minnow and the bottom line to a bell sinker so it sits just above bottom ? Small single hook or treble (walleye and lakers)? style of weights ?

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Thanks for the great summary, will have to keep it in mind when planning our next trip.

great job on the video, looks like an excellent day on the ice !

Very nice slideshow, looks like a great time,lots of fish and and the cabin looks very comfortable.<br />What was your overall impression of the fishing and the camp ?

Welcome aboard Jeffrey ......

wow very nice !!! , get your agent to speak to MLSE now , Leafs need another power forward ...

nice going Steve, just wondering do you bother trying anything else when the swammers are working ? or do you experiment to see if some of your other goto lures will do the trick if the bite is hot ?

very nice ! awesome pictures !

sad news , I have watched many of his videos on Youtube, seemed like a great guy ...

Both the lakers are beauties ... and nice going on the whities ...

Never done that loop, fishing would be better I think if you headed down through Ragged and Big Porcupine.

Wow awesome family vacation. Great photos too ... thanks for taking us along.

and that probably warmed up a bit as the sun is already up ....

Awesome Rick, glad to hear that you found some decent eaters.<br />I got out last weekend up in the Haliburton area... did pretty good on Lakers, trying to figure out GOPRO editing so i can post something. LOL

Some nice specks there for sure, looks like a great trip.

emails flying all over .... just google burke and hazel mae ... and formulate your opinion on its authenticity

Oh there are so many good ones to follow up on this ... but I ain't going there ...

If the Lakers are biting this weekend its going to be interesting... I have a tube rigged with the Northlands stinger setup and another one with homemade treble setup, may have to try the fly setup as well , so many choices now .... I have the gopro rigged on a pole for the underwater shots .... collecting too much gear again !!!

Thanks for the tips ... as I said I don't give the tube enough of a chance and end up going back to what has worked before ... I'll try and stick with it this weekend and see if I can ice one on a white tube like every article i have read seems to suggest ... LOL

I got 2 this season ... one was caught jigging agressivley with a small spoon tipped with minnow and the second one was caught using a tipup setup ... splitshot, hook and minnow .. both in about 12 ft of water

Thanks , yup i those ...