MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
With the weight on the bottom, there is less stress on the minnow allowing it to stay more active, longer.
Well if this rig is for pike its not needed.in my experience pike are almost always suspended and i rarely have my bait set at anything over 10ft even in 25ft of water.alot of times i dont even have any sinker on my rigs.
So no sinker Doc? Do you just let the minnow itself make its way down the water column?
Although I dont have Pike in my waters ..but my recent knowledge lends me to believe Pike love dead and smelly bait and I would hang it vertically . There cousin the Pickerel only like live bait in my area ..