The lure weighs 1-5/8 ounces and has a running depth of 5 to 9 feet. Tackle boxes will go flying, hooks will be buried in bad places and you might even capsize a smaller boat. The lure’s plastic curly tail gives it a frantic back-and-forth motion that pushes pike into hunting mode. Pike spoons come in an astounding variety of shapes, sizes, and colors but for many anglers, it’s still impossible to beat the Eppinger Original Dardevle Spoon. I am Oliver Ganglberger and I’d like to help you with catching your next “Best fish of all time”, or at least a decent one XD. They can be caught with a wide variety of different lures – spoons, spinners, swimbaits and topwater buzzbaits all have their place in the pike fisherman’s tackle box. The Northland Tackle Bionic Bucktail Fishing Jig is ideal for trolling along drop-offs and weedlines in search of lurking pike, or for targeting trophy fish in deep water. The northern pike has easily earned its nickname “waterwolf!”Pike haunt the shallow bays and weed beds of northern lakes throughout the year. You really need to set the hooks on all jerk-baits as pike will often clamp down and hold on, even when they aren’t hooked.While there are many great ways to catch pike, spoons still top the list.
Reel it in smoothly, or with a tantalizing pull/pause action. We love colors in the food, and so do the fishes. The lure is made out of incredibly flexible soft plastic, giving it a realistic swimming action. Mepps offers four spinners that will do this: Mepps Magnum Musky Killers, tandem Musky & Giant Killers and the Mepps H210.If you're looking for a lighter approach, try trolling a Syclops Lite along the edge of a weed bed, or cast it over the top of shallow weeds.
The hand-tied genuine bucktail and realistic jig head replicate the size, shape, and pulsating movement of pike forage species such as cisco, alewife, and perch; and the illusion is completed by an oversized reflective eye. For this reason, the Johnson Silver Moon Spoon is found in most anglers' tackle boxes. Spinnerbaits are a popular choice when fishing in the heavy vegetation that pike tend to favor. The latter is attached with a steel leader, so there’s no chance of your catch being able to bite through the wire and swim free. Throwing jerk-baits is perhaps the most efficient way of getting a big early summer pike to hit. Some will even tell you that in the summer they lose their teeth.
Its realistic fins, 3D eyes, and painted gill plate and scales all add to the overall lifelike effect. The Mepps Aglia Inline Dressed Spinner is a perfect bait for northern pike and muskies in most situations but really shines through when fishing weeds. 13 Pieces of the Coolest New Fishing Gear from ICAST 2020. Strike King Shadlicious Swimbait is intended specifically for pike, muskies, and trophy bass. Topwater lures like the Cotton Cordell Pencil Popper are ideal for enticing active pike to perform dramatic surface strikes. This is just not true. This is not a pretty sight. It should be no surprise that walleye anglers often catch trophy pike; they fish the rock and weed stuff regularly. Balsa Wood Construction. That doesn’t quite change with the seasons all that much. Use flippin’ sticks spooled with no-stretch superline like Sufix 832 to enhance feel and control in deep water, and to deliver solid hooksets despite the extreme depths.
Brown. Because the best reefs with weeds are often out of sight, many are not touched by the majority of pike anglers. There are 20 realistic color patterns to choose from, including bone, mullet, and gold black back. They may not be in the very backs of bays, but they are often in less then ten feet of water. But, particularly in summer, crankbaits are my number one choice when it comes to pike fishing… Big pike, however, will move to deeper water during long, hot summer days. Summer is the best time for bass fishing, and with that comes a whole bunch of lures I can’t really say anything bad about.
The lure's heavier materials also work well in heavy vegetation and won't snag on weeds. The slow rolling over action of these “glide baits” is great in cool water and over reefs. When the weather’s overcast or you’re fishing in dirty water, opt for highly visible color patterns like Redhead or Firetiger instead. Put a reef and a weed bed together and you have the perfect mix of habitat for pike.However, this type of situation is not easily found.