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Its all in the hookset.. If you wait to long they inhale the leader.. Im not debating this , im stating it.. Of the hundreds of pike ive pulled through the ice i can say 99 percent of them are hooked in the corner of the jaw.. Get to the trap fast and set the hook when the spool is still turning.. Just go to my youtube chanel and see.. I waste no time setting the hook..
We disagree on many things but this we agree on. Get to the tip up, get the hook set. 9/10 will be easily removed sometimes without even using tools.
You guys using quick strike rigs? How big of bait are you using when setting the hook so fast? I generally like to see a run stop run sequence.
i use 1 treble #4, sometimes 6 with large goldens,perch, suckers whatever...I keep the treble close to the tail in my bait..
Sounds identical to my setup. I run 40# crimped seagur flouro leaders with a 6. I run a small uncrimped lead egg sinker above my barrel swivel. I've had 50/50 success on setting the hook right away. Maybe it's just a dink pike grabbing the bait by the head when I miss. For all the pigs the great sac holds, it holds twice as many dinks.
i like to set hook if fish is running with it, question on the run stop run do you ever pull minnow outta the pikes mouth? we get slammed then line is screaming then nothing usually don't wait long to reset line would pike drop minnow and pick it Back up? GOD BLESSmo