Hook Storage for Ice Fishing "Tip Up"

Video Transcript

"Let's talk now about how to store your hooks on your tip-up when either you're home or you're on the ice and your tip-up is not in use. You certainly don't want to leave the line dangling. Everything is going to get tangled. All your tip-ups will be tangled together with all of your other equipment. The other thing you don't want to do is actually put your hook into your line to hold it because all you're doing is creating a weak spot on your line. I've done this before and often times almost completely went through my ice fishing line. It's hard to get the hook out, and again it creates a weak spot where if you do get a big fish, that's going to be the spot where your line breaks. As an alternative you can simply put the hook into the wooden end of the tip-up. Now that's a good place to hold it, but what that will do over time is dull your hook and you always want your hooks as sharp as possible to increase your hook up rates. There's a couple other methods. You can purchase straps like this through some specialty companies. The hook simply goes in, there's Velcro, you wind it away from you and there. Your hook is contained. It's not exposed so it's not going to catch on anything. Your line isn't going to come out, you're not going to get tangles. Now a cheaper and easier method is simply to use a rubber band. The hook goes around the rubber band. You twist it once or twice, hold it steady, bring it back a couple times, simply twist it, bring it over the line, and your hook is secured. It's not going to tangle, it's not going to damage your equipment and it's not going to damage the hook."