Dead Bait Fishing for Pike

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The dead bait setup OldTimer describes from the Bustards has a loyal following among ice fishing types, some swear that pike will take dead bait over live in the winter. I'm going to try something like that on the ice next week, but with whatever I can find in a grocery store instead of a sucker.

I was fishing off a dock in November and a pike came in to check out a small preserved minnow I had on a single hook hanging from a wabler. It was really watching that thing but I think I moved it too much and spooked the pike.