if/when I use minnows a tip up with spreader is what I would use
then if there is room for a second line I would jig
if it is a 2 hook spreader you cam put a hook 5 ft above on the line and another minnow
he was not an ice fisherperson
he did not go through the ice
he just got lost, cold and scared
he had a cell phone he got the day before and his parents did not know he had bought one...
glad it all worked out
Two lines may be used for ice fishing except in a limited number of waters (see the exceptions for the Zone in which you are fishing). You must be within 60 m (197 ft.) at all times of any line or tip-up you are using when ice fishing and you must have a clear and unobstructed view of the lines being used at all times. Any spring-loaded device which sets the hook for an angler may not be possessed within 30 m (98 ft.) of any waters.