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Water Wolf

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Top water lures for pike?
« on: Apr 12, 2005, 01:22 PM »
Hi guys, what's your favorate top water lure when targeting lunker pike? and what colors do you like to go with?   >*)}}}>{ :laugh:

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #1 on: Apr 12, 2005, 02:10 PM »
On my lakes, top water for pike means shallow, dark water with quite a bit of emergent vegetation (pads, rushes, etc.).  This is one of my favorites:

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Perch color works well for me.

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #2 on: Apr 12, 2005, 05:15 PM »
Jitterbug.....any color although black seams to be the best.....the larger the jitter bug the better!

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #3 on: Apr 12, 2005, 05:32 PM »
Buzzer.  No snagging problems, and one nice solid hook for an upper jaw set.

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #4 on: Apr 12, 2005, 06:14 PM »
Don't really use them but I like getting some big pike on a torpedo or a popper.  I love to see them boil on it. ;D
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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #5 on: Apr 13, 2005, 07:31 PM »
buzzbaits will take some very large pike, they get my vote.

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #6 on: Apr 13, 2005, 08:21 PM »
I vote Jitterbug again!!........

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #7 on: Apr 14, 2005, 07:08 PM »
I agree - buzzers work well. Also torpedo types.

Topwater is fun stuff :D 

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #8 on: Apr 14, 2005, 07:20 PM »
Buzzbait, followed by frogs.
Buzz will probably get bigger fish, but the frog can provide nonstop action at times...

big big rdg

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #9 on: Apr 14, 2005, 07:39 PM »
How do you guys think a zara spook would work for pike?
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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #10 on: Apr 14, 2005, 07:51 PM »
big rdg.... The spook gets my vote, if you can "walk the dog" it is deadly. I have never had the success with any other topwater lure as much as the ZS, it comes in all sizes and colors, my favorite is the LMB pattern. The best thing is that if your targeting pike youll catch them along with anything else that sees it, I target tigers at my camp and have caught a few on it. I spotted one on a flat one morning and threw 4 or 5 lures (cranks, buzzers, big spinners, jigs) made like 40 casts at the fish as it snaked along...kept following it and threw on the spook, twitched it 3 or 4 times and the fish exploded on it. Have also caught some JUMBO SMB on it.
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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #11 on: Apr 15, 2005, 04:46 AM »
Definitely a buzzbait. I like the big black ones that Booyah makes.
I would be very careful with poppers, Spooks, and Jitterbugs.
If your bait isn't moving you have a much better chance of getting bit off.
You can't really use a steel leader with a top water, it kind of ruins the action...

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #12 on: Apr 15, 2005, 05:32 AM »
One more thing about buzzers.....  Have a Sluggo or other soft stick rigged on another rod as a follow-up bait.  If you get a blowup or short strike, toss it back behind the buzzer.  Rarely do you miss again.

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #13 on: Apr 18, 2005, 02:12 PM »
I have 3 top water baits I was thinking about trying for pike, the first one is Rebel's Buzz'n frog in swamp frog color, and the other is Heddon's dyeing flutter in silver and black or just twitch an original floating rapala along the surface.
What would be the better choice here? :blink:

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Re: Top water lures for pike?
« Reply #14 on: Apr 18, 2005, 11:57 PM »
A larger popper or a buzzbait. However the lure I really want to try this year is the arbogast sputterbuzz. It is a weedless buzzbait that floats at rest. When retrieved it has basically the same action as a buzzbait, but you can pause it or jerk it for a popper action. I think this will be a premier pike bait.

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