Starting 5 for Northern Pike right now

[ratherBfishnJP]

Hey guys, I like the idea they had on the bass page for the starting five so Ithought maybe we could do a Northern starting five. Im very curious what everyone considers as there top lures to pull the slimers out.

[goblueM]

black and orange bucktail

suick

chatterbait

xrap

DT 10 and 16 once they start moving deeper

and the bonus 6th bait, practically any spinnerbait ever made

[Nick Kuhn]

I'm similar to goblueM:

Mepps Aglia - Firetiger (this lure catches everything)

Suick or similar dive/rise jerkbait (they hit these suicidally)

Any rattling crankbait - lipped or lipless (whatever you can get to the right depth)

Jointed Rapala/Jointed Bomber Long-A

5'o Diamonds daredevil - (when all else fails, this thing still seems to catch fish).

[Sportfish1850]

#1 Chatter bait - I crush active pike with these things.

#2 Double blade spinner baits with a mister twister added to the hook. Can be fished a little slower for less active pike when #1 is only getting follows.

#3 Rapala Husky Jerk

#4 Mepps Black and Yellow Bucktail

#5 Weedless daredevil spoon in Red/White or Black/White

I mostly only use #1 and #2 now for the lakes I fish but have caught plenty on #3-#5.

[cbrooks]

Red and white dardivel-old stand by

Johnson silver minnow

Raddog spinnerbait black squit orange blade

suick-firetiger

jointed rapala

Another bait I just started using this year is Rapala's sub walk. It seems to be good so far.

[whateverisbiting]

I like to move when I fish so no minnows or walking baits. Never had to get past these 4 presentations not necessarily in order of priority (depends on lake and time of year):

1) rattlin rap...can get to shallow or deep water, so easy to cover a lot of ground

2) Shad rap (or similar) for deeper trolling

3) silver / blue or green Krockodile for those extra long casts to reach undisturbed water (and when my dad trolls the weedline and I am looking to cast shallower at the same time)

4) some kind of spinner bait for riding above the weeds and in reeds

[ratherBfishnJP]

Sportfish, how do u fish the chatterbaits? Do u let em sink and hit the bottom or reel like a spinnerbait? I have some of the Booyah ones, are they any good?