>>1645643Yeah tip ups are solid. You usually need live bait, keep them either a foot or two off the bottom, or if you really want to in late ice maybe 6 feet under the ice. Your best bet is to take a look at sonar charts and focus on steep drop offs, underwater reefs, points, etc. If you want you can make your own depth finder by wrapping some tipup line around a tin can with a weight on the bottom, and make a butterfly knot every two feet up to about 30 feet (unless you're targeting lakers, theres no need to go much deeper than that. Navionics is a great cellphone app, the free version is good enough to get an idea, but do the free trial for the full. I paid the 15 or 20 bucks and I use it often. It uses your gps so you can tell where you are. Panfish will typically be in 10-20 foot of water, walleye 15-30. The best all around lure is the smallest swedish pimple you can get tipped with waxworms. (1 or 2). Let it down all the way to the bottom and try 3 methods
>1 lift up slowly 2 or 3 feet, then let down slightly faster than the lure would fall and pause for 5-10 seconds> 2 slightly jiggle it in place for a couple seconds and let sit for a few seconds >3 violent jigging followed by a few seconds of it sitting Try different time lengths jigging and pausing. For all other than lakers and to an extent pike, you really should drill a hole, spend 15 minutes at it, if no fish or bites, try a different one. Stay mobile. Good luck