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quick strike rigs


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I made some of my own for sucker fishing muskies this fall. These were of the lift off variety utilizing a small hook in the lip of the sucker and then two wires coming off the back of that on each side of the sucker. These could be modified with any size hooks to be used for pike fishing as well. It would all depend on what size of bait you were using. One treble may be enough for pike fishing.

My best advice is to do a google search for quick strike rigs and browse through the images. Take the ideas you like and leave the ones you don't. You can use flourocarbon (60# or more) or 7 strand wire. There are also some tie-able wire brands out there (tyger wire) that look pretty sweet. If you don't use tie-able, you'll need to buy some crimps for the size of wire or fluoro you are using.

Not sure what is in the La Crosse area for bait shops nowadays, but I'm sure Cabelas to the south would have all of the equipment you would need. Thorne Bros up here in the cities is also a great resource.

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I make all of my own, adjustable for length. I use small size 12 to 14, 10 is the largest i would ever try. I tie on to the lower hook, then thread on a small spinner blade (to make it legal here) and then a bright bead 5-6mm in size, then the second treble, then back through the bead to make it adjustable, the bead keeps the wire from kinking. all that is left is a small ball bearing swivel on the top.

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I saw quite a few adaptions of Quick Strike Rigs. I came up with this, using Liquid Steel Leader and the Murutu Rider hook, I simply took a long leader, bent it in half and clipped it off. I then attached each Rider Hook and clipped them.

Last year, I was using single hooks on my traditional leader rigs with huge success.

CastaliaQuickstrikeRig.jpg

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I made my own for several years using stranded wire, trebles, bead and spinner to make them a legal "lure" by Minnesota standards. They worked fine with deadbait for ice pike.

But I keep working toward simplifying things, as long as they don't cost me fish.

Last couple of years I've been using single trebles instead of QS rigs and they've worked just as well as the QS and only guthooked one pike in that time.

Last year I started experimenting with a single circle hook on the stranded wire leader, and once you get used to the difference in how you handle a fish that's taken the bait, they are even better than the other two methods. I used them for years on the Red River for cats, so didn't see any reason they wouldn't also work on pike tip-ups/bait rods. Hook ends up in the corner of the mouth 99 percent of the time, and you don't have multiple hooks, jaw spreaders and heavy pliers to wrestle with when it's -20 and blowing.

So I ditched all my QS and treble rigs, and it's nothing but circle hooks for my ice pike this winter. Also simpler to rig up, since no bead or spinner is required.

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HnC, I don't have the regs in front of me, but I think your rig needs a spinner and/or bead to make it legal in Minnesota, since there are two hooks on it. Worth checking on.

One of the things that put me off the QS rigs was all that hardware. I know pike aren't very picky, and they are used to being spined when grabbing prey fish, but all those hooks bristling and tag ends of wire and the wire itself and such, well, I always wondered if that doesn't put off the pike a bit sometimes.

With the stranded, rather then coated, wire, you can eliminate the sleeves because you can wrap it back on itself by twisting like you're tying a clinch knot, then trimming the end close. If you give it enough tight twists, the wire will not unravel. Not only do you not need sleeves to do this, you don't need a sleeve crimper or any type of pliers. Hook, wire, barrel swivel or split ring and you're ready to go.

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Great comment Steve- I showed this to a couple of MN DNR guys I know. One said no, because the second hook is so small that it doesn't matter. The other said yes, because there is in fact more than one hook.

To quote a my friend that said yes. "Rig it up like it is a no answer". Officer discretion is a fickle friend. I have a couple rigged up to make it legit for MN. I fish WI most of the time.

To be honest, I haven't seen any impact on having hardware on a bite vs. not having hardware. I've run both in WI with the same amount of luck.

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I have run single trebles, but haven't made the leap to circles yet. Not sure why not, I've got piles of them lying around for cattin' and sturge chasing.

Even if hardware doesn't scare pike, I'm fine with not having to deal with a million barbs when unhooking fish.

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I edited in a pic to my last post. smile

I had the next thing to zero guthooking with either QS or my single treble rigs when fishing alone. But when you get a few guys and 8-12 tip-ups out there, sooner or later you're going to get into a situation where there's no one to handle a flag for a couple minutes because everyone already is working on a different one. In those cases, guthooking is almost certain unless you're using circle hooks. Simplification aside, I'm fishing in company a lot more the last few years, and that's a key reason I switched to the circle hooks.

Circle hooks also allow (and in some cases demand) you to take your time getting to a flag. I've seen many a fella go pounding and stomping across the ice over 7 feet of water to get to a flag and then wonder why the fish dropped the bait. That can happen with any type of rig. My typical gait when getting to a tip-up, if I want to hurry, is a kind of slipping shuffle to keep the noise down. Circle hooks make this easier.

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I suppose I have to make it through winter to get to the spring smile

That is the usual state of affairs. smile

I'm just losing sleep at night waiting for ice. Everything's so ready it'll take me five minutes to throw it all in the truck and hit my favorite first ice pike spots! gringrin

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Steve, Do you have any pictures of your circle hook setups? Also how do you hook the dead bait to the circle hook? You said there is a technique to setting the hook. What is that? I started using larger circle hooks on my tipups and would like to know any tactics involved with this type of setup.

By the way is Birch froze over yet? I'm headed up for TG and would like to get some early action pike.

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Steve, Do you have any pictures of your circle hook setups? Also how do you hook the dead bait to the circle hook? You said there is a technique to setting the hook. What is that? I started using larger circle hooks on my tipups and would like to know any tactics involved with this type of setup.

By the way is Birch froze over yet? I'm headed up for TG and would like to get some early action pike.

If you just scroll back up the thread and actually read a few posts, most (not all) of your questions will be answered. So you'll see a pic of the rig, and you'll see that Birch isn't frozen over yet. The rest I'm sure you can figure out yourself. As a guide, I don't give up ALL my knowledge for free, ya know?

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