TIp ups and Treble Hooks

[Guest]

Can we here in MN use Treble hooks and on our Tip ups?

Goose

[metrojoe]

Yes, as long as it falls under the definition of a lure. (Page 27, Fishing Regs.)

Usually this can be accomplished by simply placing a small spoon/spinner above the treble hook.

[icehousebob]

Hey goose, If you use just a plain baited treble, that is illegal. BUT,you can bait an artificial lure that has one or more trebles. I make up steel leaders with a spinner blade, several glass beads, then a large single hook. About 3 or 4 inches below that I put a quick strike treble hook. The blade and beads make it an artifial lure, according to one CO that I talked to. The next one might disagree. That leader rig works great when fishing large dead baits. Hook both hooks into the bait and don,t them run too far before setting the hook.

[Guest]

goose how much jim did you drink last night??? and where are you today..???

[Guest]

Blue Walleye I was on the couch up at my cabin havin a few. Caught a couple this morning. How have you don, son.

goose

[Steve Foss]

You can buy the really small, clear plastic pink spinner blades at tackle stores. Since I tie my own rigs, I add it to the leader above the sliding hook. If you're talking about store-bought rigs with not spinner, you can either clip off the barrel swivel at the head of the quick-strike rig, slip on the spinner and crimp on another swivel, or you can just put the spinner on your line above the rig. A simple bead also qualifies it as a lure in Minnesota, I believe.

In either case, I always use the smallest thing I can get away with. Some guys think just the opposite, that flash of larger spinner and beads brings pike in, but I like to make things as invisible as possible and let the wiggling bait do the attracting. I actually get a few walleyes on the wire quick-strikes and big baits, which I think wouldn't happen quite as often if the rigs had a lot of flash.

Good luck.