Last time I caught a big pikeminnow - I was sturgie fishing on the willy. I had a hunk of pickled shad fillet on. Pike minnow was probably 3lbs easy - was about 21-22 inches and fat. I wonder what the potential for multiple hook ups are if a guy were to use a similar plunking rig, but with 3 hooks and 3 strips of fish... The pikeminnow didn't seem to care about my line or leader - I was fishing 80lb dacron for both. I'm thinking a pikeminnow setup with heavy braided main line, and something like 30lb mono tied so you've got short droppers and fish a multi hook setup. My only worry would be a sturgeon coming along and chowing down on it. Would probably use barbless hooks just in case.