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MyFishFinder By Species => Northern Pike => Topic started by: WeaponsOfBassDestruction on Jul 11, 2007, 04:47 PM
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hey i new around here and i was wondering what everyones favorite lure for trolling for pike is. my personal favorites would have to be either the Johnson Silver Minnow or a Rapala.
thanks
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Jointed Rapala, I think its like 7" long, in a perch color. Go slow, its a great action lure.
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"Goldie Hawn" is my go to for trolling pike - Large jointed rapala - gold in color
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Super shad rap for sure! I have every color available, but the perch color and the white with red head are my tops.
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What kind of areas do you guys troll for pike in? How deep do you go?
I've only dead baited, and cast lures for Pike, never trolled for them...
Good Fishing!
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What kind of areas do you guys troll for pike in? How deep do you go?
I've only dead baited, and cast lures for Pike, never trolled for them...
Good Fishing!
ive always found that the best areas for trolling are anywhere between 4 and 8 feet of water near lots of weeds.
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Your highest consentration of pike this time of year is usually on the deep weed edge. This is where the water becomes deep enough that the weeds begin to thin rapidly. Some lakes have a steep drop offs that result in a definite wall like weed edge. Other lakes have gradual contours and a less definite weed edge. In either case, the goal is to be on the outside of the densest weed growth but not out in the weedless depths.
Clearer lakes have a much deeper weed edge than stained lakes due to sunlight penetration. In our typical Minnesota clear glacial lakes, the deep edge is usually 12-15 feet, while a prairie lake prone to farm run off will be around 8-10 feet. Some lakes that are bog stained or part of river flowages may have no recognisable edge at all because weed growth is confined to only a few feet of water.
Inside curves near deeper water are usually the ticket, so find them and fish them! If you don't have a GPS system to map this all out, a few marker buoys can help keep you on the edge.
Loaded questions get loaded answers. ;D
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That's exactly the kind of answer I was hoping for guys
Thanks all!!!
Good Fishing!
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i am suprised nobody no one has said spoonplugs for trolling for pike. like skipper said you troll tight too the weedlines, if your not getting weeds hung on your lure every once in a while your lure is out of position.
start out trolling at a good pace and if you have no takers speed it up , for example if you have a 12- 14' boat with a 5hp motor in the hot summer months you would run wide open. you can trigger a pike into striking a lure when all else fails . : plugger
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Muskie spinners and spinnerbaits trolled slow along weedlines and shallow drop-offs
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hello...
how far a must split off lure from the boat to get pike strike
in the fall time and spring time what speed recommend....
thanks tomy...
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hey i new around here and i was wondering what everyones favorite lure for trolling for pike is. my personal favorites would have to be either the Johnson Silver Minnow or a Rapala.
thanks
Mepps #5 w/ no bucktail but w/ 3 inch curley tail grub then 6 inch storm plastic pike minnow.
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The last 2 years I've had good success with supershad raps in august, perch color. trolling 3-4 mph with the lure back 125ft. Been trolling dropoffs, underwater points, humps, etc in 18 -35 ft of water. I like to weave in and out from shallow to deep and then back in again. Biggest last year was 39.5 inches with a bunch between 30 & 36 inches. Wish I could figure them out the rest of the year. Tried everywhere with lots of different lures but didn't catch a one trolling until august and then we hammered them. good fishin
chimo
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I have grown fond of a variety of Storms' plastic swimbaits... They are easy on the wallet, have some good solid hooks, and track sweet when trolled at a wide range of speeds...
With the plastic molded around the weighted center, they have a good 'soft' feel to them that fish seem to smack harder than spoons...
They make tons of different types- all seem to produce Northerns (and a lot of Smallies on the side)... The coolest Storm lure out there is a 5" baby Pike lure... Looks just like a lil' Pike or Pickerel and has a nice hanging treble as a 'stinger'...
Storm also makes patterns that look like little Bluegill or Yellow Perch, which I assume are equally effective... For bigger Pike and Stripers I sometimes troll big 6" Shad Storm lures with the crazy holographic eyes...
Love the plastic baits for the toothy monsters- even though they get shredded pretty quick... But at about 4 or 5 bucks for several in a package, it's really not too bad. You can get five Storm lures for less than one X-Rap...
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Iv'e ALWAYS had good sucsess with 2 lures
1. orange spoon with black dots or
2. white with the red stripe down the middle.
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Cotton Cordell jointed wally diver, red/white dare-devil w/ dressed hook (preferably with the naked lady on back ;D), shallow running Bomber crankbaits and hot n tots.
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biggest williams wabler trolled reeeallllll slllowwww silver & red or blue
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Caught a few last weekend trolling johnson silver minnows. I rigged a silver 1/2oz one with a 3" white grub on the hook. Had some hits with no hook ups and caught a couple of small ones. Biggest one of the trip came on a live bait rig with a small fathead trolling for walleye.
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Have been having excellent luck this year using 4.5in red/eyes in silver and gold
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All those crazy lures listed, and NO-ONE mentions the Len Thompson " Five 'o Diamonds?!?! Hands down, the best lure for pike. At $4 for the #2, best money you will ever spend on a pike lure.
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I've been using NK spoons, not the magnums. we have hundreds of them from the king salmon days. I usually cast them but they troll real well too. I swap out the treble hook for a large gap single with the point on the inside of the wobble. That way it hooks less weeds, but if it does the single hook is easy to shake them off with a few jerks.
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Len Thompson spoons -Shad Raps Storm Thinfin originals-Jigs n spinners. Husky Jerks.
Hmm time to go fishing.
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"Five O' Diamonds" wins every single time... As long as you can get past the weeds.