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Re: Favorite Tactics for Pike and Eyes!

Author Subject: Re: Favorite Tactics for Pike and Eyes!

Chris Kohnke Posted At 06:50:01 11/04/2001
Get rid of the steel leader and use 10-15lb. mono this will increase your action, you may loose a few but you catch more.Go for the largest minnows available hook them in the side with one of the hooks on a treble hook, just under the skin, and not a large hook!
I agree dead bait is good but don't always use dead, try hooking a large minnow, 5"-6" long and bite the tail fin off this really get the pike going. If the large minnows tend to trip your tip-up cut a coat hanger 5" x 2" in the shape of an "L" on the short end braze a alligator clip in line with the wire. Put the smallest possible dia. rubber tubing over the teeth.
Next drill a hole slightly smaller then the wire dia. into the brass line guide on a BeaverDam tip-up right at the bend, drill towards the spool shaft. Press the wire into the hole in the brass line guide and your ready to fish. All you have to do is put your line in the very tip of the alligator jaw, depending on the size of the minnow move it in further to hold a larger minnow. Good luck!