2 bait legality

[ikeslayer]

i heard of this interesting tacktic the other day but i am pretty sure as the law reads in mn it is illegal. It is a carolina rig and instead of a big old sinker a big old jignpig and then your regular rig behind that. i think it would be deadly like to hear your interpretations of the rules. ike

[Central Bassman]

I have heard of guys down south using big football jigs for a weight and then putting a big soft plastic behind it on a fluorocarbon leader... Some times the bass will hit the football jig on the bottom and sometimes they will hit the plastic... Yea its illegal in MN

[Deitz Dittrich]

yeppers, thats 2 seperate lures, which is a no-go in MN.. however, it would be ok in WI...

[Cabela10]

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yeppers, thats 2 seperate lures, which is a no-go in MN.. however, it would be ok in WI...

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I was unaware of any MN Law talking about two lures being used at one time. I know the law reads that you can't have two rods in the water at one time in MN.

[RK]

HIya -

From the regs: "Anglers may use only one hook. An artificial lure is considered one hook. A treble hook, when not part of an artificial lure, is considered three hooks and is not legal. The exception is three artificial flies may be used when angling for trout, crappie, sunfish, and rock bass."

RK

[TNFL]

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The exception is three artificial flies may be used when angling for trout, crappie, sunfish, and rock bass."

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Wow, thats interesting, I didn't think tandem style rigs were legal for panfish.

[Cabela10]

Learn something new everyday, guess I should read that regs book someday ha.

[bronzeback01]

This is illeagal on inland waters. But it is very legal on border waters such as The Mississippi.

[riverrat56]

What if you would put a small spinner blade in front of the jig? Making it like a crawler harness?

[ikeslayer]

would you have to put a crawler on it though? ike

[Deitz Dittrich]

doesnt matter if you put a spinner on it or not, its still 2 lures and in MN that is illegal.

[Superduty]

I see where you are going with this. Quickstrike tip up rigs with multi hooks are illegal in MN unless you add a small spinner to the rig. Definitely a gray area. The quickstrike situation involves plain hooks and not a jig(lure) and a separate hook. I suppose you could argue that a jig is merely a sinker attached to the hook. The intent of the law is to make these rigs illegal though.

[bronzeback01]

As long as it's just a spinner blade in front of the hook and not an actual spinner with a hook you can do it. The law says 1 hook, not one lure. If this were not so you could say a lindy rig was 5 lures because you had a spinner, 3 beads, and a hook.

A spinner blade in not considered a lure just like like you wouldnt consider a clacker bead on a carolina rig a lure, just an attractant.

[slopmaster]

just to make sure what you are saying bronzeback01 is if i fish bigstone lake which is border waters i can use two hooks on one line?? just making sure if im reading that right cause i have no clue

[bronzeback01]

I'm not sure where bigstone is or what state it borders, so I'd check the regs. But if it bordered Wisconsin like the river does than you can use two hooks.