Pike Fishing Tips

Northern pike are some of the easiest fish to grab hold of, providing some of the best exhilaration fishing can offer. To make your trip even more fun, here are some extremely important pike fishing tips:

Finding the Fish

So you want to catch pike, but for that you need to find them. Most bait shops are ready to talk about finding northern pike-but do not expect to get much information out of them regarding other fish like walleye. For finding pike it is a good idea to start with the deep weed line. Start with the lively presentation such as cranks or spinners. Troll them right near the edge of the weeds.

Simple Rigs

Even though pike anglers are always dreaming up rigs to deal with certain situations or to conquer meticulous problems, there are a number of simple rigs that are easy to set up with the most basic of tackle, and are both successful and safe for the pike. These include float leger rigs, paternoster etc. None of these rigs involves the use of particular tackle, and as they incorporate floats you will have no need for expensive bite alarms to detect takes.

Baits

Pike baits include live and dead baits as well as artificial lures. A live fish is the natural food of pike so it is definite that it will also make good bait. Any small fish will catch pike. Since sometime pike anglers have been using dead fish as bait, but they should not be looked on as a substitute to live baits, relatively as another method on the whole. Some fisheries seem to react better to live bait than they do to dead baits and vice versa so keep your options open.

Casting a DareDevil

A DareDevil is a big pike. One very effective way to maximize the attraction of a DareDevil or other fish is to slap them. What you need to do is cast towards your target zone but it should be high enough for your lure to fall into the area you want to fish. As the lure reaches 2 or 4 feet above the water, jerk your line towards you. This entices the lure to slap on the surface. If this is done right, you can hear the DareDevil slap. The sound of a spoon slapping on the surface seems to attract pike or at least set off a feeding reaction.