Ice Fishing Gear

Series Summary

Ice fishing, like other types of fishing, employs fishing gear such as fishing poles, fishing line, lures, and bait. However, ice fishing also requires unique gear such as ice fishing augers, ice fishing shanties, and tip-ups. The augers are used to drill holes in the ice in order to allow the ice fisherman to set trotlines, drop lures, hooks, or even throw spears to catch fish. Learn how to use ice fishing tip-ups to fish for lake trout, salmon, and pike in this free ice fishing video series featuring ice fisherman Bradley Carleton. Carleton will give you ice fishing tips such as how to set up the reel for ice fishing tip-ups, how to prepare leaders to fish for salmon and lake trout, how to tie a perfection loop, how to place bait for salmon and lake trout, how to set up tip-up patterns, and how to use a depth sounder.

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Bradley and we're going to review all of the types of equipment that are used for catching big game fish. The equipment is somewhat more intensive than your standard pan fish. You've got things like tip ups in several different varieties, you've got your standard cross vertical here, you've got special scoops that are the size of the holes, you've got a trap line that runs across a current or through a submerged structure area, you've got a whole line of these tip ups here, and then of course you've got your larger auger, which you're going to need to drill a pretty sizable hole in line with the other holes. Now our ice is still pretty thick here, and we're getting into the third week of March. But we've still got a good bit of ice to go through. You want to plunge that hole out properly, get the ice out of it, and then use your scoop."