Wow you go from not catching any or barely any pike and now want one over 40”.ive fished over 30 years and got 1 over 40” pike.lots of 37”38”.i catch all my pike on golden shiners in all sizes and my 40” came on a small shiner and i forgot my mono leaders at home so i tied a hook right on my tipup line mainline.so pike are not line shy.