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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Northern Pike => Topic started by: stephensonswille on Dec 30, 2009, 11:19 PM
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What's everyones favorite bait for those big pigs?
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Most of my biggest pike have come off 4-5" shiners (several over 10 lbs). I've tried 8-9", and never had much luck, mostly hit and miss.
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Dead smelt 12 - 18" off the bottom or top of weeds. Big 8 - 10" shiners are good too. Kill them and hang them above the weeds or close to the bottom like the smelt.
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Big goldens 8-10". Bring them to the lake alive and give then a belly poke, slit the gills, and pop the air bladder. Place them close to the bottom and make sure you have a strong leader :tipup:
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If you want the big ones 15lbs and up then, go big(8"-12"), dead, and suspend them. And patiences. The old saying of good things come in time. That stands true when hanging large bait.
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Big Goldens, both live or dead
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The lake I fish,the pike feed on gills,crappie,and perch.So that's what I use,small 5-7 panfish,I use a quick strike rig,size 8 and six hook,27 lb braid,no leader,tie steel to braid.I use polar tip-ups,and rigged a down rigger release,from tip -up to the line so the bait does not set flag off .Seems to work ok,get pike every year a lot of big ones 35-43 inches.
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in the last two seasons me and my buddy have a 26 and 29 pound pike, both were caught on bait no bigger than 6 inches...we like big bait for the most part, but thats what the two monsters came on
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Not sure on how much, or if everyone on this thread is paying for there bait, but where I am from, its $8.00, for a dozen of the golden shiners, that I use to catch Pike. Due to new bait laws in my State. How are everyone, dealing with getting bait, for Pike now?
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Thanks for all the tips! Shiners are 6 dollars a dozen at a local store 20 miles away theyre 4.50 a dozen. I luck out when i want dead bait i just go to work and grab some smelt (from 9in-2in)
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If you guys are listening? You should have no problems catching the big Pike. The whole thing now,,,,Is finding them... Good Luck and be safe!!!
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I use large shiners, until I can get a dink (3-6") perch or 2 nearby..
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well i had a casualty in the aquarium last night
think i can use it for bait? i normally use dead bait anyway...
(http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/ww48/hulv/mms_picture.jpg)
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by the looks of that fish ya mine as well clean it and eat it lol ;D
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BIG dead suckers 12-14in.
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youd prolly go to jail for using that thing as bait
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This is probably a dumb question with all the fish I've cleaned . But wheres the air blader on a shinner or perch to pop if I was to use it for dead bait .I'd like to pop it with out making a huge mess out of it . Thanks
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right under the backbone
This is probably a dumb question with all the fish I've cleaned . But wheres the air blader on a shinner or perch to pop if I was to use it for dead bait .I'd like to pop it with out making a huge mess out of it . Thanks
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right under the backbone
Not to question you because I don't know, but I thought on most fish it was about a 1/2 to an inch right behind the pectoral fin?
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I could be wrong but it usually stretches most of the length of the back stopping just before the beginning of the tail
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Go "Big" or "Go Home"
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big ol fresh living suckers or shiners
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big!!
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toooooooolabeeees!!! 10"
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well i had a casualty in the aquarium last night
think i can use it for bait? i normally use dead bait anyway...
(http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/ww48/hulv/mms_picture.jpg)
Illegal in NY !!! :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono:
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Very large smelt, set on a windless tipup.
The windless should be set to just give it a slight one to two inch jigging motion.
Hope this helps,
Wiener