02-12-2009, 02:05 PM
I'll try to help you out here LH2 but i cant promise anything. I fish for pike as soon as the ice melts off the lakes here in PA which is in about a month. I actually like to fish the day the ice is gone, the sooner the better. I like to do my pike fishing from my 9' pontoon kick boat. they never know you are there.
One of the first things you can do to look for pike is by actually seeing them hanging out in the shallow water or by looking for pike poop! Im serious! I fish alot of bays that have a ton of weeds in them in the summer. The pike poop stands out like a sore thumb on the green bottom on top of all the dead weeds. it kinda resembles bird crap. globs of white stuff, if u see yellow crap that usually means muskie. So look for white poop.
So once you find the white poop grab a rod. I love to throw X-Raps, subwalks, Yum money minnows, spoons, and big bucktail spinners. Once you get to the warmest part of the day, on a sunny day, throw a top water like a spook or a chug bug. Its awesome to see a pike explode on those things. Once it starts to cool off again start throwing the other stuff. there is only about an hour or two window for the top water stuff, just experiment.
Ok now you know how to find them and what to use here is how to get the bigger pike. If you are in a location for an hour or two and caught about 10 pike in the 20" range, chances are thats all the bigger they are gonna get. So dont be afraid to move. Big pike tend to hang out together. Dont know why but thats just how it works. Once again dont be afraid to go shallow for the big guys. Some of the bigger pike i caught were only in 12" of water.
Well like i said i wont promise anything but i think that should give you a good start. Good luck
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One of the first things you can do to look for pike is by actually seeing them hanging out in the shallow water or by looking for pike poop! Im serious! I fish alot of bays that have a ton of weeds in them in the summer. The pike poop stands out like a sore thumb on the green bottom on top of all the dead weeds. it kinda resembles bird crap. globs of white stuff, if u see yellow crap that usually means muskie. So look for white poop.
So once you find the white poop grab a rod. I love to throw X-Raps, subwalks, Yum money minnows, spoons, and big bucktail spinners. Once you get to the warmest part of the day, on a sunny day, throw a top water like a spook or a chug bug. Its awesome to see a pike explode on those things. Once it starts to cool off again start throwing the other stuff. there is only about an hour or two window for the top water stuff, just experiment.
Ok now you know how to find them and what to use here is how to get the bigger pike. If you are in a location for an hour or two and caught about 10 pike in the 20" range, chances are thats all the bigger they are gonna get. So dont be afraid to move. Big pike tend to hang out together. Dont know why but thats just how it works. Once again dont be afraid to go shallow for the big guys. Some of the bigger pike i caught were only in 12" of water.
Well like i said i wont promise anything but i think that should give you a good start. Good luck![
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