A little addition to the bait is always good, the usual setup for me is a flouresent green trouble hook, or regular hook, but flourescent I think is better, and a little spoon on the line or leader as well has always worked well for pike on tip ups, are leaders commonly used up there, I use either a leader or thick mono. I know you can't use live bait up there, but we use shiners, like a giant minnow, and they work dead too, so if anyone has tried it or wants to let me know what u think that would be nice. also does anyone use a jig and dead fish combo (herring or shiners) for jigging pike. I use a shiner, but wondered if a chunck of herring would work well on an airplane hair jig for pike, everyone seems to do alot of jigging for pike up there, here its all tip ups for most people, I tried jigging for pike, and I love it, I get more fish and have a fun time doing it.
fishslayer
