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Title: Finding pike
Post by: C1skout on Jan 23, 2022, 09:56 AM

Hi all. New to the forum and ice angling too. 
Just wondering if pike should be found under ice, in the same areas that I often catch them in the summer?

I don't have any kind of electronics. My plan is to just put a few holes in likely spots and jig hard baits.

Any guidance is appreciated.

Title: Re: Finding pike
Post by: Coosangler on Jan 23, 2022, 12:56 PM

Same places but fish the sunny spots and I hang shiners or suckers dead or alive
Jigging can be tough

Title: Re: Finding pike
Post by: C1skout on Jan 23, 2022, 06:07 PM

Thanks for the tips.

Title: Re: Finding pike
Post by: Esox fisherman on Feb 15, 2022, 07:23 AM

From what i know weedbeds with prey near creeks or areas leading to spawning grounds the south end of conesus lake is a prime example

Title: Re: Finding pike
Post by: river_scum on Feb 15, 2022, 09:23 AM

in our natural lakes we get them back in bays, at the mouths of bays, by inlets, necked down areas between basins, off steep main lake drops around points inside bends and humps.  in deep clear lakes we have set 15ft down over 30feet of water.  some real bruisers come from the deep.  remember pike are migraters at ice-out.  if you have a lake fed by a river/creek they can push way up it!