MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
What so you guys recommend for someone who can't hook into a decent pike no matter what he's dangling in the water?
After seeing a friend of mine get cut off on #50 floro. I'll stick with the steel.
Definently interesting but Ill be more impressed when you post one over 20lbs on flouro. Id also agree that the experiment wasn't fair. No surprise you caught 80% of the fish on flouro.
3' of 40lb seaguar fluorocarbon blue label, no weight, crimped, and 6/0 octopus got these top side (16 & 21)..I've since upped to 50lb even tho I have never been cut off but I know the day can come.
C'mon man! You gotta let it get around 50 - 60 posts and have guys start calling each other names first... And I'll buy the first round of popcorn. Butter or no? Or is that another thread?
Coordinates or it never happened. Also those pike are instagram stars!
My following on IG does not make them stars lol Im A nobody on there! And u know the coordinates well lol..we gotta get out there soon Jon!
Were both of those the same spot? You're right its almost prime time. Soon those fat females will run shallow and look for stuff to rub on to break up the egg mass before spawn. Probably my favorite time to chase them. Get flags in 2 fow.
golf in all honesty it's all in the hours you put in
Hahaha yeah one of these seasons I'm gonna dedicate to just big baits and waiting for it to happen. Golf doesn't get it done.
people are worried about line. I wise person once told me. "look at a plug, it has 2 trebles, split rings, wire, and a cheap s***** paintjob and fish still hit it and you are concerned about them seeing the line." look at the stuff our buddies north of the border and out west catch pike on. that's all I have to say.
I think for most guys half the challenge is finding a body of water that has a healthy population of pike that doesnt get pounded. Some (most) lakes just dont have quality fish
Seen plenty of 20s on flouoro
I seen 5 in 1 year. C+R a 29.9 and a 29.13 along with 3 other NP over 24lbs all on 60lb fluorocarbon leaders the same season, if you take your time battling a giant and don't set the hook like a mad man you will land them all...I even landed a 33lb8oz Musky on the same 60lb leaders.
Nice fish Dan. Reminds me of a time when the pike regulars would post giants here frequently.
I think for most guys half the challenge is finding a body of water that has a healthy population of pike that doesnt get pounded. Some lakes just dont have quality fishWhen we first started targeting them we fished alot of spots that had been stocked over the years with nothing to show for our efforts. Then we decided to just hit one spot until we caught one. It took almost the whole winter to get a 3lber. Over the years we have found a few spots that always produce, nothing over 20lb but some solid fish.When they aren't safe, i change it up for other species as i dont usually fish further west than the Ct. river
That's the reason I don't really chase pike.In the early 80s it was no where near as popular and we fished an eastern Ma lake where we were usually alone or part of a few small groups. We had good action with 3 or 4 pike landed per trip but almost all under 28". Only a few over 30" and never saw anyone get a giant. We always used 20 lb mono leaders (I know, crazy, not advocating it, just saying). Our lack of big fish had nothing to do with bite offs though, we just never hooked any.Then towards the end of the 80s, into the 90s, pike fishing word got out. Every weekend looked like a tournament. You had to get there at 4:00 am to get a parking spot. At that time, in that place, the new pike anglers were often of the unsavory type, beer cans everywhere, obnoxious behaviour, very un-family friendly. And the action dried up as those little 24 - 28 inch fish became legal and got taken by the hoards. I quit around that time but did not hear of many big fish coming from there. I think the state stopped stocking it.Now I occasionally target them halfassed on the flyrod in open water in a certain river that has plenty smalls. I don't cast wire on my flyrod so I use the flouro. With long bodied flies and short hooks I don't get bit off hardly at all but admittedly my sample size is small.
Start throwing top waters for pike and you will without a doubt get bitten off if you aren't using wire. i've since changed after losing several frogs to break offs.
Nice , some slobs there. Jealous for sureWhat state are you getting muskie?
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