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Originally Posted by Chrisper4694
Never went after musky through the ice just pike and a vet from Canada told me to use a quick strike rig, stay near the flags and whack them immediately. I'm usually too far to use the quick strikes but big circles have almost always worked great on big pickerel. I can see how it wouldn't work with a bigger bait though. Do you use that knotable thin metal leader or just heavy flourocarbon or mono? I use the circles so I can use thin line and hook them as far from the teeth as possible.
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I use 80lb floro, and I had a pike snap that on the hook set this week. I wouldn't recommend lighter line.
