PIKE ATTRACTANT

[vaughan]

Anybody use a pike attractant when ice fishing?  If so, what did you use and what results did you get.

Thanks

[tip-uptwo]

Yes there is..

Find the biggest and liveliest golden shiner you can get your hands on 

[ChillerThriller]

I rig 2 of the largest len thompson spoons you can buy in tandem. (one under the other) take the treble off the top hook and attatch it to the bottom hook with a swivel so they can both move well. then put it on HEAVY line and send it down. do some really hard lifts about 3 feet high 5 times then pull it up and put your pike lure down. the pike are interested in the flash and vibrations from the spoons and when they come in they see your offering. nails em

[pikeking]

Yeah a big DEAD sucker so they don't have to do to much work to eat it.

[captain54]

A 6 or 7inch crappie with a quick strike( two treble) set up gills work to but crappies have less spines and move slower.

[muskie_huntre]

Smelt or Herring Oil

[deadsmelthead]

Nice #-6 bInch perch with a slit in its belly and a fin clipped off, its like a wounded rabbit throw in a field with a pack of Wolves

[tip-uptwo]

Nice #-6 bInch perch with a slit in its belly and a fin clipped off, its like a wounded rabbit throw in a field with a pack of Wolves

Is that even legal? Not around this neck of the woods...

[deadsmelthead]

It's legal here, been doing it for years. Why is it illegal up there anyway ? Pike eat em with or without a hook in them they have no preference.

[Barleydog]

Smelly Jelly herring, anchovy, or baitfish.  "Sticky Jelly" formula!

[ice dawg]

Dump a can of Puss N Boots catfood down the hole. It works for me where there is a bit of current. It has attracted Crappies and Walleye also.

[duck doctor]

Why is it illegal up there anyway ? .

Here in NH it is illegal to use YP as bait because everything eats them!  Some of my laker jigs are YP in color and they outfish any other jig I send down.

[tip-uptwo]

Why is it illegal up there anyway ?

Because everyone would be using yellow perch as bait 

[ejensen]

A Conservation Officer here in Iowa told me we can legally use any fish caught with a pole. You just have to count it as part of your daily limit if there is a limit on them.

Ed

[Donquad]

Here in NH it is illegal to use YP as bait because everything eats them!  Some of my laker jigs are YP in color and they outfish any other jig I send down.

I know in the Conneticut river (Setbacks) you can use perch if you jig them out of there.  I didn't think i could at first but when i talked to the GW he said "as long as you jig them out here you can use them" and that goes for any fish you jig up. The last and only pike i caught in 06 in NH was on a small crappie.

[JCaughtem]

Anybody use a pike attractant when ice fishing?  If so, what did you use and what results did you get.

Thanks

THIS IS MY SECRET PIKE ATTRACTANT....   

[pikeking]

THIS IS MY SECRET PIKE ATTRACTANT....   

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JC I THOUGHT YOU WERN'T GONNA TELL THEM?

[JCaughtem]

JC I THOUGHT YOU WERN'T GONNA TELL THEM?

In order to for them to use it they must use this boy you see he has a gift.

[moosebait]

jc I want my kid back!!!! NOW!

[JCaughtem]

jc I want my kid back!!!! NOW!

See that now that the lakes are frozen he wants his kid back?

[UPSTATE ICEMASTER]

 I use special fish attractant every time i hit the hard water

[Desperado]

It seems that the most sure fire way for me to attract Pike is to go fishing for Walleyes.

[moosebait]

See that now that the lakes are frozen he wants his kid back?(Image removed from quote.)
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Jc make sure you feed him first thanks!!/quote]

[GAMBELL]

Smelly Jelly herring, anchovy, or baitfish.  "Sticky Jelly" formula!

I'm with you Barleydog.  These are also good for other species like walleye and  laketrout.

[Bgreen02]

I will use a colored weighted jig head on my tip up and hook the bait through the mouth. It tends to be a disadvantage because it is a single hook. But the weight jig keeps the bait from swimming around too much and adds a little color.