CRAZYEYES Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I still love spoon fishing, gotta go with the Doctor spoon and the Red Eye. Caught a lotta nice pike on mepps too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishuhalik Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I'll follow this question with another question:What lure would you say, for every hour spent in the water, has caught the biggest average pike for ya? I've probably spent more hours fishing with a spinnerbait, but when I'm ripping a suick I can count on at least a couple nice fish in a day. With the spinnerbait I'll catch 4x as many fish, though, with a chance at a big girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Kuhn Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Hard to say because I know a lake that simply has a lot of big pike and the depth limits lure choices. Big Husky J3rks, small muskie bucks, larger spoons, big soft plastic swimbaits have all done really well for me though in terms of numbers of 5lb+ fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SStracker Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 #5 Mepps has my vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainbutter Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 recently I had the opportunity to do pike fishing with the family over the course of a week of vacation, and I have to say that I've been completely taken off-guard on how well a particular lure brought in some seriously nice pike, 7 fish from 30-37 inches and maybe two dozen smaller ones, with my three heaviest pike being probably 12-15lbs.I also happened to catch two musky on it, ~30 incher and a 44 incher.What lure might this be, you ask, that surprised me so?Believe it or not, 80% of my pike caught on this trip, includinig all my big ones (except two 35ers that hit on a yellow mepps), were caught on 5'' yamamoto senkos. Just wacky rigged senkos, watermelon colored. Twitch a few times, let it fall, twitch a few more times, let it fall. Work it through weeds, toss it on fallen trees, or drift cast weedlines/reefs working it as deep as 10 feet(deeper requires slower retrieve). Even fast jigging it across the water's surface produced a couple of hungry pike. Absolutely my best producer that week.I had never fished senkos before, but I'm absolutely convinced that if people just think of them typically as a bass bait, they should reconsider their potential for other hungry predators as well, especially big'uns in early to mid season fishing.Senkos have made it into my list of favorite lures for this season so far, further testing will see if results continue to be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishuhalik Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I've caught several decent-to-nice pike on senkos and flukes, as well as lizards and creatures. I've also had more bite me off than I've caught! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainbutter Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 The kicker was I wasn't using wire leader at all on this trip! I was tying my own leader with 25lb fluoro(for trout fishing), and after an unintentional musky catch that the fluoro stood up to, I decided to try it in other fishing situations as well. I'm pleased to say, not a single bite off the entire trip, and believe me there were times when the fluoro was definitely in the mouth of toothy critters. I've been 100% sold on using it for bite protection, but I wouldn't go any lighter than 20lb if I might run into northerns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkfloyd4ever Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Right now I got to stick with my Rapala DT 8. 27 incher on Twin Lakes sat night, I'll post the pic later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishuhalik Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 hey pink, I know you live next to twin. If you like pike, don't be afraid to head over to Medicine. There's alot more decent sized pike in there. I'd say a 27" is about a daily occurance out there for a full day of fishing, with a legit shot at a fish over 35" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughfish29 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 if youu have read some of my other posts you probably know this....i like throwing 9" suicks and 7" jointed shad x-raps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gf1sh1 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 contrasting hybrid white angora rabbit and dark brown deertail tandem spinnerbait. brown head, no eyes. specially tied. never met it's match yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadsea Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 contrasting hybrid white angora rabbit and dark brown deertail tandem spinnerbait. brown head, no eyes. specially tied. never met it's match yet. That sounds really cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthWalleyes Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Rapala- Origional Floater FL-18 Perch color. its my "Go big or go home" lure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrklean Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 lime green 5 of diamonds daredevil only have one of them and cant find them anyplace else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrophyEyes Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I used to have a black bucktail with a hammered silver willow leaf. It was my biggest producer along with a five of diamonds. Put lots of 40+" fish in the boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRiverRat Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Super Shad Rap in Perch Rapala FL-18 in Perch,Brown/goldMagnum Rapala CDMAG18 and CDMAG22 in SilverHusky Jerk HJ12 and HJ14 in Clown and Silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzy Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Mepps, Mepps and Mepps...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgruenke Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 That is what is great about northern fishing. You can literally catch them on anything. This summer I have been a big fan of Rapalas. Caught several on the original floater perch patterned, and lately have had some nice fish and even a musky on a DT fat01 and DTfat03. The jointed rapala has been a good bait too. Caught a 26" walleye on that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmp78 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 I agree with the post above. I would have to say the bucktails get my vote for size of fish. I caught the fish below on a cowgirl a few weeks ago. Great topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.S128 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 im a fan of rat l traps but i've become a fan of throwin buzz baits as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Nice Fish BMP78. What were the specs on that fish? Look like 42" about 23-25lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmp78 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Thanks Lucius. Very good guess on the specs. It was just shy of 42 inches and I did not get a weight, but would think your guess is very close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Pike Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Buzz Baits... Love them blow ups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddog Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Dr Spoons!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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