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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Northern Pike => Topic started by: Yooper on Feb 11, 2004, 06:02 PM

Title: quick set rigs
Post by: Yooper on Feb 11, 2004, 06:02 PM

Question, when I rig my tip-ups, I place the treble through the midsection of the smelt/herring and place a finish nail through the mouth to keep the bait straight.

I've been reading many posts on the quick set rig and was wondering if this type of rig will work, I read it on a different post. He said he places a treble through the midsection then slids a stinger with enough line to fasten a hook in the nose/mouth area.  .
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Kinda like that. Every Fish I have seen while spearing has attempted to grab the decoy in the head, even turned around to get a shot at the head. I'm going out Friday and plan on trying this type of rig. any suggestions?

I set one Tip-up out while spearing, in deeper water 15'.  I spear in approx. 8 feet
         

Title: Re: quick set rigs
Post by: Tip-Up on Feb 11, 2004, 10:05 PM

Isn't it kinda hard to release a 20 lber after you spear it? :-\

Title: Re: quick set rigs
Post by: Yooper on Feb 12, 2004, 11:15 AM

I don't remember mentioning anything in reference to spearing a 20lb fish? You might want to make sure you read the post correctly?

Just asking some advise on quick set rigs ::)

Title: Re: quick set rigs
Post by: Tip-Up on Feb 12, 2004, 01:11 PM

Not saying you did. It was more of a rhetorical question.

Pretty much all I've ever read and seen about it involves the killing of big fish.

Spear away!  :-\

Title: Re: quick set rigs
Post by: Yooper on Feb 13, 2004, 08:30 PM

Speared 2 fish today, one 25 iches 9:30am and the other 31 inches11:30 am-good eater's ;D, also saw one walleye, but passed, not legal to spear. Only had one flag and missed him :(. Lots of people out fishing mostly with tip-ups. Didn't see a fish caught.

must be the action of the decoy ???

Title: Re: quick set rigs
Post by: Muskie Matt on Feb 14, 2004, 08:07 AM

Yooper - What state?

Title: Re: quick set rigs
Post by: Yooper on Feb 14, 2004, 01:56 PM

Michigan's Upper Penninsula (Marquette,MI) SNOW COUNTRY :)