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Single Treble Rig

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saxmatt:
If you are planning on releasing the pike I wouldn't use trebles, I've seen a lot of fish gut hooked. Trebles are hard to remove when they are swallowed and the newer hooks don't rust quickly like the older hooks do. The treble can block the fish from feeding or cause an infection.

UFCreel:
To cut down on gut hooked fish. Simply put your hook behind the dorsal fin. In theory the Pike will strike the head of the bait you are using. So by hooking your bait farther back from its head. There is less chance of the hook ending up in the Pikes gut. But then i always try not to let the pike run for a long time before i set the hook.

mvanhank222:
Unless I think there is a really good chance for walleye I use #15 or #20 Flourocarbon and circle hooks. If you are pike fishing and not using circle hooks you are missing out

Open-Handed Fish Slap:
Single hook, have used only circles for years but thinking about trying out some wide gap finesse, black coated wire leader.  Never had an issue with either.  Over the last couple seasons my regular group of ice fishing buddies and I have all kind of stuck to different kind of presentations which have led us to make very good comparisons.  We haven't really noticed any difference in pike hits with flouro or wire, sometimes flouro may get some attention from an aggressive bass or tapped by something else that the wire doesn't.  Wire has never snapped on a pike hookup, but they have lost some beauty's at the hole on 25# - 40# flouro.  No one in our group really uses trebles because we do all catch an release and they are just a pain in the rear to store your leaders and whatnot.  I have always had good luck with circles but they do take some patience and finesse.  All I can say for catch and release is that when I get the fish out of the hole with a circle it either takes minimal effort to get the hook out of the corner of the mouth or it even pops out on it's own when the fish hits the ice.  We've been experimenting with the wide gaps on the recommendation of a very knowledgeable/engaged group of pike fisherman around here and they are very easy to use.  That's what I'll be putting on for our young kids and any people coming out with us looking for their first pike, hookup rates seem very high.  I'm pretty stubborn and own a ton of circles so it might be tough for me to change all my personal stuff over.

esox_xtm:
My experience with pike and circles is mixed. Sometimes they work as advertised. Other times they get into places they don't belong and if you're using plastic leader it does not end well.

Small trebles, hit right away usually don't get inhaled and when they do can be easily and safely remove with minor damage to the fish. Done it plenty of times with tiny walleyes and pike. Lessee...

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