Legal or Illegal Tip up

[TrophyEyes]

I have asked this on another thread, but they asked that I post it over here. Is it legal to put a glow bead or some type of an attractant above a treble hook so that it is considered a "lure" so I can use it on my tip-up with a shiner or sucker?

Best I could find in the fishing regulations was this:

"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."

[harvey lee]

From what I understand from this law is this.

I place a bead above my treble and then add a little spinner blade approx 3-4 inches above my hook. From my understanding of this law is that this will qualify the treble as a lure.

[Steve Foss]

I do what Harvey Lee does. I've asked two COs about it and they say the spinner blade (I use one of those tiny ones like what you get as a spare with a Swedish Pimple spoon) is enough to make it a lure. They do break off sometimes, however, so you should have spares along. I asked them about a bead alone with no spinner blade and they were less sure about how they'd handle that one.

[bgreen82]

just use a quick strike

[Doop]

Amen for the QS!!

[TMauer14]

Its all legal. If you put a little spinner balde above the hook it is classified as a lure. Therefore it is legal. This is what i do. i hate single hooks.

[BobT]

More or less what you have described is similar to a Mepps spinner, is it not?

Bob

[TMauer14]

It goes in this order. Leader,Blade,Hook

[TrophyEyes]

So what you are all saying is that if there is a spinner or blade above the trebel it is legal. If it is just a bead it is "grey" area and may or may not be legal depending on the CO. I like the soft glow beads, but I have plenty of the Swedish Pimple blades I can put on.

[TMauer14]

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[Steve Foss]

I make my own quick-strike rigs, too. To make them legal for Minnesota, I add the aforementioned little spinner.

[dougger222]

Trouble hooks are tough to deal with inside a toothy pike you plan to turn back to the drink.

My brother and I tried some of the spinners and beads a few years ago under tip ups and some days they seemed to turn on more strikes and other days less.

It's been a few years since we tried them. Most pikes go back now. Largemouth bass seemed to like them but again, tough to release a large bass with a ton of hooks in it's mouth.