Anyone have a picture of quick strike rig?

[LittleRanger]

Trying to find a picture of a quick strike rig............anyone?

[LittleRanger]

I found a pic. Is this the average setup? Will the minnow lay on its side or some other un-natuaral position? Or does this not matter cause it's supposed to be dead? Thanks

[upnorth]

Here is a link to site that shows something a little different. Hope that the link doesn't offend any rules of posting here(no comercial intent on my part).

http://www.esoxhunter.com/DeadAlive.html

[LittleRanger]

A few more......................

[hunt4food]

On thing to remember is that the little spinner blade or beads are not "optional" in MN. They must be there or it is an illegal treble hook. I can't remember the exact rule, but they spinner or beads needs to be within a certain distance frm the hook also. I think 3" rings a bell.

[RK]

Hiya,

All the ones shown here are pretty good rigs.

As far as the treble hook rule goes:

The rule is that anglers can use only one hook, unless it's part of an artificial lure. A treble hook is considered three hooks, and is thus not legal. By adding a spinner blade to the QS rig it becomes a 'lure' so it's legal.

The rule, a least as it applies to quick strike rigs, is silly, plain and simple. The unintended consequence is it makes the most fish-friendly method of using live or dead bait for large predators technically illegal without an utterly supurfluous modification that makes no functional difference.

Personally, I think QS rigs should be mandatory when using large baitfish. Used properly, the survival rate of released fish is extremely high, especially compared to swallow hook methods, whether you're talking through the ice or open water. With as many lakes as we have now with special regs protecting large pike, and with the size limits on muskies, be nice to see the regulations in line with the management objectives.

Worst thing is, enforcement of the rule is really haphazard. Some COs could care less if your QS rig has a bead or blade, because they know the method is fish friendly and they'll give you the benifit of the doubt based on intent. Others are sticklers, and I saw a whole group of guys get gigged on an East metro lake for not having blades on tip-ups rigged with single trebles. In one case, I got in a shouting match with a CO because he insisted that even though my QS rig had a blade on it, it was still an illegal rig because it had a dead smelt on it (we got it sorted out, but not before a phone call to another CO...)

For now though, QS rigs are the way to go if you make 'em legal. Some have blades on them off the shelf, others have to be modified. For those that don't have a blade, I take a small spinner blade, and cut the edge of the blade at the hole with a side cutters, bend the blade open, put it around the wire, and bend it shut. No need to tear apart the rig that way...

Cheers,

RK

[Eastwind]

Little Ranger,

If you look at the link provided, the second rig shows what is the original set up for a Quick Strike Rig. The weird double hooks that have a small and large hook vertically opposed are called VB Patridge Hooks. I used to buy them from Cabelas and make my own rigs 10 to 15 years ago. They may still sell them today. Gander Mountain was selling ready to go rigs five years ago or so. I always had the best luck with the #6 Patridge hooks even though they look to be too small for Pike. The small hooks go in to the bait. The upper Patridge hook ( should be adjustable) goes through the lip of the sucker and the lower one goes in to the tail. As the name implies, you set the hook right after the Pike takes the bait rather than letting it run. When I've used them they have greatly increased my hooking percentage and you will rarely kill a fish due to it being throat hooked.

[PerchJerker]

I believe you could use 1 bead in place of the small spinner blade and have your quick-strike rig classified as a lure. It works that way for livebait rigs - for example, 2 hooks in a crawler are not legal by themselves, but put 1 bead on the rig and bingo, it's a legal lure.

I don't ice fish for pike much but a few years ago we made our own quick-strike rigs. Put 1 treble on top of the head in front of the dorsal fin, put the other treble back by the tail.

Good luck.

[cwmn]

Try circle hooks, they are the true fish friendly rig. I started using them last year and had great luck after learning to NOT set the hook, when you get a strike, let the fish run for a while when it stops pull the line up till you feel pressure then keep pulling, DO NOT "SET" THE HOOK. Every time the fish will be hooked in the corner of it's mouth.

My 2 cents.

[Angler Don]

Here is one to check out, found this guy at the Ice Fishing show a couple weeks ago. Picked up a few. Gives a very natural presentation to your bait.

jimmyrig dot com

Don