Trebel Hooks

[lots2fish28]

Is it legal to use a Trebel Hook on your tip downs in Minnesota for Walleyes or Northern. I was told you cant unless there is a lure attached to them(buckshot, Sweedish)

[bobbymalone]

You will need to find a way to make your treble hooks into a "lure". Look at a quickstrike rig - that bead or that tiny little swedish pimple blade on there are good enough to call it a "lure" and make it legal.

[lots2fish28]

What is the point of this I am orginally from WI and thats all we used were just a bare trebel. Im guessing sweedish hooks are a no no also

[hydro]

Welcome to Minnesota...get used to it.

All sarcasm aside, you have a good point on the Swedish Pimple idea. Replace the hook with a treble the size you like and you have a yourself sinker, large treble, and are legal per MN law.

Go get 'em!

[lots2fish28]

Thanks Guys just making sure. Thats what I did with all my rigs is put bigger trebel hooks on my sweedish pimples well give it a try

[bobbymalone]

What is the point of this

Don't know. Just put a bead on there and you are golden.

[bassmann77]

One way to make it legal and make it versatile is to put a d-clip above the treble hook. The d-clip allows you to put different colors and sizes of blades depending upon the different lakes you fish.

[Casey Sunsdahl]

I always used to put trebles on tip ups.. but I switched a few years ago to single gamagatsu hooks and hook just as many fish..

Even circle hooks work from perch to Lake Trout they work great.

Otherwise I second the tiny little sweedish blade

[waterbound]

The reason it isn't legal to use plain treble hooks in Minnesota is likely to reduce illegal snagging by only allowing treble hooks on "lures". Just make a "lure" by adding a bead and a blade like the others have said.