i have a few tip-ups i bought last year at the end of the season... primarily i fish for crappie, walleye and perch but want to make a few Pike sets while jiggin' other holes...
i do have a ton of live bait experience back in kansas trotlining and limblining for huge flathead cats (40+lbs) mainly using bullheads up to 1.25lbs and live perch up to 6"+-for bait... in wyoming this is illegal and they goofy minnow use laws (which i can understand to a certain extent about introducing "bad" species to "good" waters...), therefore i'd like to use some type of non-live bait or lure on a tip-up for northerns.
would hanging a jiggin' rap or gulp minnow/shiner work?
any advice from the Pike Slayers on the best way to approach this? again, this won't be a primary target but i'd like to ice a 40 incher or better for a photo shoot!