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thanks for the info. what is cisco? just curious
Cisco are actually Tulibee.Might be surprising, but a high quality heavy jig with doubled up minnows works just fine for pike.
Anything that rattles and is flashy for me. I use either a big Rattlin flyer spoon or a VMC rattle spoon ( i think its a louder rattle then a buckshot) flashier paint scheme the better. I tip all of them with a minnow head. I work it fairly aggressive till they come in and then if they hesitate i do a light jiggle with my rod tip and work it up above them. 50% of the time they come out of nowhere and hammer it. If i notice they are on a reaction bite, i will switch to a Russian type flutter spoon with no minnow head, the only thing that sucks with the flutter spoon is they tend to inhale them deep.
. With the flyer spoon, is a 1/4 oz size you use?
I fish for muskies in the summer and have done a fair amount of jigging for them. In the winter I'll use some of the same baits for pike. Fuzzy Duzzits, Bondys, 1oz RattleTraps, Tiger Tubes, etc. Yes, they are big but pike will take them. Pike are water goats, they'll eat anything and will try to down stuff that is much bigger than you'd expect them to take. I don't even know what my pike rod is but it's quite stout. Because I'm using baits like that I rigged this rod up with 80# power pro and use a 100# Flourocarbon leader. Overkill? Yes...perhaps... It's basically a muskie set up on a jigging rod but when you hook into a fish you're not going to lose an expensive bait because of a line snapping.
The hot orba runs 5.6 ounces.... Would still need a pretty stiff rod.... I got a broom you could use
Better be pretty stout rod if you're jigging Bondys. They tip the scale at 7 oz. and that's just for the "regular" size ones. I know because I got a couple boxes of them I use frequently. Haven't found an ice rod worthy of pumping them or I would. @32: is that stout rod a commercial deal or custom? I'd be interested... My primary pike jiggers are lipless rattle baits (think Rattle trap and the like). I've also used tipped airplane jigs (really old school but really effective), flutter spoons with silicone skirts and straight dead bait on a Q/S rig. Done well on all but the rattlers are the easiest and catch fish.