Ethical Ice Fishermen

[zhitoman]

Originally Posted by stevejordan

and lastly, everyone uses live bait on tip ups... been using live bait on tip ups since i was a kid and probably 99% of fish ive caught have been lip hooked or hooked just inside the mouth. once in a youll get a gut hooked fish but it happens. the only way to prevent that is to not fish...

Tip ups are not meant for catch and release. I don't know where and how you fish, but there is no way you catch 99% of fish lip hooked, unless you fish with 1 tip up and stay near it. About using trout for bait, trout is such a precious resource, it should be either consumed or released.