Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fishing, same as
tilt , 6. - noun In ornithology, same as
fiddler , 4. Seeteetertail , and cut underTringoides .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The spotted sandpiper; -- called also
teeter-tail . See undersandpiper .
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- adjective constructed so as to tip up or out of the way
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Examples
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And as for pickerel, just get medium shiners and put them on a tip-up.
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I'm going ice-fishing in Little bay de noc in Michigan this Febuary. what pound test of clear line would you reomend for walleyes on a tip-up for a leader?
I'm going ice-fishing in Little bay de noc in Michigan this Febuary. 2010
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Using a tip-up with 15lb test line and a 10lb steel leader. we like to catch small perch for bait, because pike feed naturally on perch in most of the lakes we fish.
Field & Stream 2010
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And as for pickerel, just get medium shiners and put them on a tip-up.
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When you set the tip-up, the bobber should be visible on the last wrap of the tip-up spool.
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Each tip-up must be marked with the operator's name and address; the operator must be in immediate attendance when the lines are in the water.
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The tip-up is basically a spool on a stick holding a baited line suspended through a hole in the ice.
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The tip-up is basically a spool on a stick holding a baited line suspended through a hole in the ice.
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Each tip-up must be marked with the operator's name and address; the operator must be in immediate attendance when the lines are in the water.
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For panfish, what is good tip-up bait and what should I jig to catch them as well.
treeseed commented on the word tip-up
(noun)
a piece of ice-fishing tackle
A device that signals when a fish hits on your line. A flag "tips up" when the fish strikes and gives you the freedom to leave the fishing hole for a moment. (Possibly to drink beer or to warm up in the shanty.)
February 6, 2008
treeseed commented on the word tip-up
See a classic wooden tip-up here
February 6, 2008