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Are most of you guys using dead bait using quick strike rigs, or just a single hook? I have had mixed results with dead bait, sometimes outperforming and sometimes underperforming my live bait.
If you ask for some frozen smelt they just might hand you some. I've only done this with smelt, in less than 20 fow. Throw the smelt on a hook of your choice(by the dorsal fin) and let it sink to the bottom. Yes, I said bottom. Set your trap and wait 15-20 minutes. Give them time to sniff it out. Check it by pulling it up four or five feet, if it is still on there you will know, then let it sit again. Don't go to far after you check it because they usually hammer it as it falls back to the bottom.
pike cant smell!
nopei have caught pike on freshly painted cranks,and many times,i also have seen a guy who have caught one whit a twizzler candy.now are you gona tell me pike like the smell of candy and the smell of enamel spray can? maybe that's the reason why only a retarded company like dr juice claim to have a product that can attract pike... first they are using their viewsecond their letheral line but just a lilfor musky you can reverse the orderthat's the reason why night fishing is really not the best time to catch pike,they hunt by view and a lil by their linepike cant smell period!
I've been using blue scads and pacific saury this year as bait. Both come inexpensively from grocery stores and are readily available. The scads are 8-12" long and the saurys are about 15". I hang them under 2 wire quickstrikes with #2-4 hooks and have been doing well this year. The best part about the salt water fish is that they sink, even frozen solid. No more worrying about thawing baits, hook them frozen and send them down the hole! I've caught 27" fish on 15" bait too, a case of eyes being bigger than its stomach.
all the thing you are talking about are exceptional,for the mud,you know when a pike get hooked they can drag the bottom,mud don't stay hours on a fish!from what i know worms can move.if you ask me your frog story sound like a bad hollywood movie.in the late fall dig a hole and put the frog inside let the line sleep there for the whole winter season and don't forget let us know the result..............
if there not hanging flat stick a good sized finished nail up the goldies a$$ works every time