Thanks for the reply frank, and before i say anymore.............I'd just like to say good luck with your tourney this weekend. Tear 'em a new ass! I'm going to make a couple calls now that you mentioned the overflow situation, but if that's the case, and there is alot of overflow, i'll just head to big lake again, or possibly sand lake, and chase some pike with tips while i'm jiggin' for char and rainbows. I'm not sure what the best bait is for fishing pike up here is, but I used to fish for trophy pike alot in Minnesota at Lake of the Woods. I used to buy wire leader material and make my own leaders......for bait, i used 1-2 lb. sucker minnows. The leader tapered down to a slip loop that would fit behind the gills, with a 1 oz. bell sinker on the bottom of the loop.....right on their belly. This slowed 'em up a bit, and kept them down. I attached this to my jigging rods and tip ups. I would space my jigging rods and place them in pole holders with a piece of surveyers tape on the line........loose drags........and wait for the tape to disappear.....Caught alot of nice ones, and my biggest was 26 lbs. My partner's biggest was a 33 lb'r. I know that we cannot use live bait here, but i'm curious as to what the best available, and legal method is for chasing these rainbow killers.
peace out,
frydaddy
