I am not sure but it may have smething to do with the tip up regulations or number of lines. I first thought there was a regulation that said you couldn't fish open water during a certain time period, so I am not quite sure what the real reason is. I found this ---Originally Posted by Pebbles
Hale cautions anglers to remember that tip-ups count as a line. He also cautions against using steel leaders, which are impossible to conceal in West Okoboji’s crystal-clear water. "I like Vanish leader material that is a fluorocarbon line that the northerns can’t see," he offered. "The visibility is sometimes from 15 to 20 feet down in the winter. I’ll use an 80- to 100-pound-test line. We catch 10 hammer-handles on a trip easy, but there are 36- to 40-inch pike down there as well. My group took a 48-inch muskie through the ice last year."
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