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bill herian wrote:My walleye rigs are #15 flourocarbon with a small (I don't know hook numbers, but pretty small) treble or red single hook. The #15 is great for walleye and should hold a good pike if you play her out.

Now..

Would you chotchballs take the blades off your pike rigs? Bugs me when no end when guys do that. For pike I run #50 powerpro (#12 diameter) with a slightly larger treble. The hooks I use for pike are almost always smaller, often much smaller than what I see other guy using, and I hook more of them. I never use steel leaders either. They are tacky and dumb. Nothing eats through #50 Powerpro. Like Jehler said, enough split shot to sink the bait.

My tip ups are spooled with #50 dacron (the stuff the old J-Plug harnesses are made out of) because I'm an idiot. It's just what I grew up using and its easy on my delicate hands. It freezes and swells something awful but I probably wont ever go to anything else.

Eric Haynes wrote:

Mornin Beef wrote:

jehler wrote:We tip up fish, as many as you can run cover from shallow to deep, big bait small hooks two foot off the bottom.

I don't use a graph.

Disclaimer, I am no pro and don't catch an assload of eyes but we do often out catch those around us

How you rig wally tip up? leader material especially?

I run a walleye rig on my tip ups. Haven't noticed a decrease in pike, but a much bigger increase in walleyes. Still don't catch very many..maybe 1 or 2 a day.

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jehler wrote:

Mornin Beef wrote:

jehler wrote:We tip up fish, as many as you can run cover from shallow to deep, big bait small hooks two foot off the bottom.

I don't use a graph.

Disclaimer, I am no pro and don't catch an assload of eyes but we do often out catch those around us

How you rig wally tip up? leader material especially?

8-10 pound floro maybe 4', 14 treble with just enough splitshot to sink the bait

Mornin Beef wrote:

Eric Haynes wrote:

Mornin Beef wrote:

jehler wrote:We tip up fish, as many as you can run cover from shallow to deep, big bait small hooks two foot off the bottom.

I don't use a graph.

Disclaimer, I am no pro and don't catch an assload of eyes but we do often out catch those around us

How you rig wally tip up? leader material especially?

I run a walleye rig on my tip ups. Haven't noticed a decrease in pike, but a much bigger increase in walleyes. Still don't catch very many..maybe 1 or 2 a day.

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Eric, do you fish the tanks at bass pro shop?

3legged_lab wrote:I don't have a clue what you guys are talking about but wanted to join in.

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Goldfish wrote:The rocket surgery takes part before you hit the ice. Once out there, the liquid flows. Best part, you don't need ice to keep your drink cold.

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Goldfish wrote:What you are drinking isn't strong enough then?

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jehler wrote:Just don't, but I have only fished for pike a handful of times, jgun does more often then me, what you use j?

JGUN wrote:

jehler wrote:Just don't, but I have only fished for pike a handful of times, jgun does more often then me, what you use j?

Typically just run 10lb mono for both pike and walleye. Never had too many break off. Sometimes you just have to play them a little bit more. I even have a couple set up with 6lb that I use for perch yet I still catch pike on them.

Goldfish wrote:The rocket surgery takes part before you hit the ice. Once out there, the liquid flows. Best part, you don't need ice to keep your drink cold.

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jehler wrote:

Goldfish wrote:The rocket surgery takes part before you hit the ice. Once out there, the liquid flows. Best part, you don't need ice to keep your drink cold.

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I have been out on lake mi and had a fifth of jack freeze up, little nippy that one

Goldfish wrote:

jehler wrote:

Goldfish wrote:The rocket surgery takes part before you hit the ice. Once out there, the liquid flows. Best part, you don't need ice to keep your drink cold.

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I have been out on lake mi and had a fifth of jack freeze up, little nippy that one

How cold's it have to be to do that? Do you guys have permanent houses out on those lakes or are they all portables?

Eric Haynes wrote:I just started using the blades on my rigs and as i said, I've seen no decrease in pike, but a large increase in walleye.

bill herian wrote:

Eric Haynes wrote:I just started using the blades on my rigs and as i said, I've seen no decrease in pike, but a large increase in walleye.

Thats interesting. I have never seen a walleye caught on a steel leader (not that it couldnt happen) but around here i'd say it hurts your chances big time. Guys only use the blades for pike as well and it seems they never do as well.

I agree with the bait choice. I've caught the smallest pike in the world on big bait and some pretty darn nice on little minnows. I use 5-6 inch gold shiners or similarly sized suckers. Big bait is too expensive and a lot of hassle.

bill herian wrote:

Eric Haynes wrote:I just started using the blades on my rigs and as i said, I've seen no decrease in pike, but a large increase in walleye.

Thats interesting. I have never seen a walleye caught on a steel leader (not that it couldnt happen) but around here i'd say it hurts your chances big time. Guys only use the blades for pike as well and it seems they never do as well.

I agree with the bait choice. I've caught the smallest pike in the world on big bait and some pretty darn nice on little minnows. I use 5-6 inch gold shiners or similarly sized suckers. Big bait is too expensive and a lot of hassle.

Mornin Beef wrote:

bill herian wrote:

Eric Haynes wrote:I just started using the blades on my rigs and as i said, I've seen no decrease in pike, but a large increase in walleye.

Thats interesting. I have never seen a walleye caught on a steel leader (not that it couldnt happen) but around here i'd say it hurts your chances big time. Guys only use the blades for pike as well and it seems they never do as well.

I agree with the bait choice. I've caught the smallest pike in the world on big bait and some pretty darn nice on little minnows. I use 5-6 inch gold shiners or similarly sized suckers. Big bait is too expensive and a lot of hassle.

yes agreed. Instead of blades i will fold over stickers that are made for salmon paddles on the line for pike about 2 feet above the bait. After I gave up on leaders for pike i tried that tieable leader material but it was the same diff. went to fireline crystal, then to super heavy flouro. Now im just gunna downsize all together and use thin flouro to get more flags...more breakoffs and more flags should mean more wallys.

Eric Haynes wrote:The steel leaders I use are thinner than 50# braid.

Eric Haynes wrote:Buddy just sent me this. Caught it just before dark. He's holding it out, but went around 10.5

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JGUN wrote:

Eric Haynes wrote:Buddy just sent me this. Caught it just before dark. He's holding it out, but went around 10.5

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That's a hog! Nice fish.

Goldfish wrote:

jehler wrote:

Goldfish wrote:The rocket surgery takes part before you hit the ice. Once out there, the liquid flows. Best part, you don't need ice to keep your drink cold.

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I have been out on lake mi and had a fifth of jack freeze up, little nippy that one

How cold's it have to be to do that? Do you guys have permanent houses out on those lakes or are they all portables?

assateague wrote:

Goldfish wrote:

jehler wrote:

Goldfish wrote:The rocket surgery takes part before you hit the ice. Once out there, the liquid flows. Best part, you don't need ice to keep your drink cold.

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I have been out on lake mi and had a fifth of jack freeze up, little nippy that one

How cold's it have to be to do that? Do you guys have permanent houses out on those lakes or are they all portables?

The first time I went up to Mille Lacs, I thought everyone out there was fucking insane. Cars and trucks parked all around the fish houses, some of them a story and a half, with a sleeping loft up top. There were road signs, for Pete's sake. Like a damn town. Over 100 feet of water. Bunch of lunatic drunks. I about had a stroke every time the ice popped and flooded the holes.

assateague wrote:Felt like about 10,000, knowing all that was between me and it was a couple feet of ice. Eff that.