| If you want any sort of a chance to catch a pike, | | | | prey of pike. Usually made from plastic or wood, |
| then you will need a bit of info about Pike Fishing | | | | they are cast out and dragged through the water. |
| Lures. | | | | They generally have a protruding lip or bill which is |
| Pike lures come in many different varieties designed | | | | angled downwards. The purpose of this bill is to drive |
| to appeal to the different lifecycles and habitats of | | | | the bait deeper down into the water. The bigger and |
| the pike. | | | | longer the bill, the deeper it will dive. |
| The best, and most enjoyable way to find the right | | | | How do you fish with a crankbait? Simple. Cast it out |
| lure is experimentation. Get out there and do some | | | | and crank it back in. Catch Fish. Repeat. |
| fishing, try different lures at different times of the | | | | Spinners |
| day and year, different weather cycles, different | | | | Spinners are a very popular lure for catching pike, and |
| parts of the water body and water temperature. | | | | the pike like them too. They are very bright and the |
| There are 3 main types of Pike lure: Spoons, | | | | spinning action gives off alot of vibrations that really |
| Crankbaits and Spinners, lets take a look at these | | | | attract the aggressive pike. |
| individually. | | | | Fishing with a spinner is much the same as a |
| Spoons | | | | crankbait. Cast it out and reel it back in. Try different |
| Named because of their shape, spoon lures closely | | | | speeds to see what the fish are going for. |
| resemble the piece of cutlery that you use to shove | | | | Other lures for pike fishing include Swimbait and Pike |
| cereal into your mouth before heading off to work | | | | flies. Swimbait very closely resembles live fish. Much |
| every morning. | | | | more so than Crankbait. These lures are designed to |
| Spoons wiggle and vibrate in the water, giving off | | | | look and move like real live fish. Just do a search for |
| the impression of a dying minnow. Pikes love catching | | | | swimbait on YouTube to see what I mean. |
| dying minnow as much as you like catching live | | | | Much less common is fly fishing for pike. I will leave |
| healthy pike. | | | | this for another article as there is alot for me to tell |
| Crankbaits | | | | you. |
| Crankbaits are lures designed to look like the natural | | | | |