plain treble hooks soon legal under a tip-up?

[Bobb-o]

I was asking aboot a certain rig from the DNR and their reply told me that they would be looking at making plain treble hooks legal without having to modify them with a bead or a spinner. What does everyone think of this?

[iffwalleyes]

Sounds good to me. I would make if far less confussing as to what is and what isn't legal. How big does the sinner blade have to be to make it legal? That was always my question. Does just a bead make it legal? Another question that is often asked. I isn't like the spinner or bead really service any purpose other than to make it a legal set up.

[Mudcat21]

That would be great if they would change that rule. I never really understood what big deal was? I run troubles on all my tip ups with various blades and beads and who knows if I'm even legal.

[mpester]

I just use a circle hook to make it easy. As a bonus, I kill many fewer fish that get deep hooked. I think my number of hits has gone up since I started using a circle hook. I use a 25 pound MONO leader and have not had any pike break the leader since they are generally hooked in the corner of the mouth.

[89Bronco]

What size hook, if you don't mind me asking? I used them for halibut fishing in Alaska, but I think those would be too big.

[computergeek]

Having been ticketed on this issue I have first hand knowledge on this issue. You cannot have two hooks on a single line without a blade being attached to the rig. All you have to do in order to make it legal is to make a rig with a blade and then you can have the two hooks, the same rule goes for both single and treble hooks. They really enforce this in the upper part of the state.

[DEADhead]

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I was asking aboot a certain rig from the DNR and their reply told me that they would be looking at making plain treble hooks legal

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Bobb-O,

just curious who you talked to about this? I haven't heard anything about this at any of our regional meetings...

[Bobb-o]

I emailed the DNR at [email protected]

[DEADhead]

gotcha... I was just wondering if you talked to somebody at the region, or the bemidji area office... You never know what kind of an answer you're gonna get from Central Office

[Random guy]

I think this is a great idea for pike fishing. Many poeple use a plain old single simply because they can't legaly use a treble and don't want to mess with a quick strike rig or just don't have one. This will help with the gut hooking fish problem, now a angler can tie on a treble hook instead of a single and work it as a quick strike rig. Better hook up ratios, less gut hooking and less confusion about what is legal and what is not legal.