How do you target a large northern pike?
With giant pike, the peak period takes place during the last two to three weeks of the ice-fishing season, when they gather in shallow, weedy bays preparing to spawn. Set the proper trap using large, fresh, dead baits attached to quick-strike rigs, and you’ll have all the odds stacked in your favour.
How do you catch massive pike?
A truly giant pike can break a line or even a rod quite easily on its initial run so be sure to use a heavy action rod and a baitcasting reel, spinning reel or fly rig strung with at least 30-pound-test line and tipped with a steel leader to protect from the fish’s slashing teeth.
What is a good lure to use for northern pike?
The top 10 northern pike lures are;
- Eppinger Daredevil Spoon.
- Booyah Pikee Spinnerbait.
- Rapala #14 Shad Rap.
- Mepps Musky Killer Spinner.
- Livetarget frog.
- Rapala Stitter Prop.
- Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon.
- Acme Kastmaster Spoon.
How do you fish for northerns?
Use high-visibility colors like white, chartreuse, and bright orange. They also respond well to baits that put off lots of vibration or sound. Top choices for pike include spinnerbaits, inline spinners, lipless cranks, and loud topwaters like buzzbaits and walking baits.
Do pike like deep water?
Most of these fish are caught in shallow water. Big pike, however, go deep. Many times they are in water 15 feet deep or deeper. At these times, a big deep running lure is needed.
What is the best spinner for pike?
Pike absolutely love spinners of all kinds but the Mepps #5 or the big Blue Fox in silver, silver and blue, or gold work best. These produce well in any situation and work well in quickly casting and working an area. For pike, the smaller size- #5- definitely works better than the larger musky bucktails.
When is the best time to catch northern pike?
A species of fish that’s often overlooked, but which can be very accessible in the fall, is northern pike. Anglers can catch lots of small northern pike throughout the year, but, often, the truly big ones are hard to find. October and early November can be a great time to catch trophy northern pike.
Where do northern pike spawn in the fall?
In the fall, those baitfish that the pike were feeding on over deep water have moved shallow to spawn. They spawn on gravel or sand shallows that are close to deep water. If you want to catch big pike, you need to find where the baitfish are spawning.
What kind of bait is best for Pike?
It’s tough to beat a Bird-Shot Bucktail Spinner, an in-line spinner, or a Bionic Bucktail Spinnerbait—a spinnerbait with an overhead blade. Both are magnum-size baits that appeal to magnum-size pike (and muskies).