What size lure is best for pike?

Go for lures in the 6-inch / 16cm range as these will be easy to cast and will catch pike of all sizes.

What color of lures work best for pike?

The very best lures to use for pike in clear water are swimbaits, softbaits, and crankbaits with an authentic pattern and swimming action. Natural lure colors that resemble the pike’s prey, such as white, silver, green, or black, have proven to be most effective.

How do you lure fish for pike?

What kind of lures do northern pike like?

The best live bait for northern pike are baitfish like ciscos, suckers, alewives, and shad along with yellow perch and bluegill. Northern pike a whole range of food items but artificial lures actually work better and offer more benefits for pike fishermen than live bait, in my opinion.

What colors do pike see?

Pike are visual feeders, and tend to be attracted to bright colors. Use high-visibility colors like white, chartreuse, and bright orange. They also respond well to baits that put off lots of vibration or sound.

What colours can pike see?

When a pike looks towards the surface, all colours look the same against the sky. They only see a black silhouette! The only colour thing that does pop out on the surface is reflective material.

Do pike like worms?

Just about all freshwater gamefish and baitfish alike, at least in North America, will eat a worm. Some species are much more likely to eat a worm than others. For example, pike, muskies, chain pickerel, adult largemouth bass, and carp are not terribly interested in biting worms.

Are spinnerbaits good for pike?

Spinnerbaits are highly versatile; they can be buzzed atop weedbeds or slow-rolled over wood bottoms. But generally speaking, you’ll catch more pike with a slower retrieve, which gives these ambush predators a little more time to lock onto the target before they lunge from the cover to strike.

What is a Pikes favorite food?

Northern Pike are at the top of the food chain in most lakes and they just about eat anything. Walleyes, Chubs, Perch, Bass, Shiners, Frogs, Snakes, Birds, Bugs and other Pike are all on there menu.

Are red worms good for fishing?

Meal Worms & Red Worms

Meal worms work especially well for ice fishing for trout or perch. Red worms are known to work particularly well for smaller fish like bluegills, crappie and perch because these fish have smaller mouths and are either afraid or unable to eat big night crawlers consistently.

Do pike like plastic worms?

Pike like vegetation, and you can dig them out of it with this big plastic worm rigged weedless.” Those pre-tied leaders also work well with live bait.

What time of day are pike most active?

Pike in the morning are more active than usual. Early morning right before the sun rises is an excellent time to target hungry pike. You can either find them in open or shallow water hunting down their first meal of the day.

What do pike do at night?

Northern pike will feed into the nighttime. As a general rule of thumb though, most anglers find fishing darkness within 1 hour after sunset and 1 hour before sunrise to be the most productive. Even with their eyesight hindered by darkness, they have other honed sensory systems that allow them to key in on prey.

What is the best time of day to fish for pike?

Time of day

As another rule of thumb, the best times for pike are usually around sunrise and sunset. However, since in spring the weather isn’t as harsh yet and water temperatures allow pike to hunt for longer – you can successfully catch pike throughout the day.

Where do big pike hang out?

Any areas of slack water are prime places to find big pike. Whether a bay set aside from the main flow, adjoining dyke, rear of an island or behind a man-made structure, these features create the perfect slack water where pike like to lurk.

What month is best for pike fishing?

The best time of year for pike is fall, as the water temperature is slowly dropping and the pike feed and hunt very actively and aggressively. More specifically, September and October are, by far, the best months to target pike.

When should you strike pike fishing?

Do pike like big lures?

However, there is one aspect of big lure fishing worth being aware of; on some lakes after being caught and released multiple times, pike will learn about big baits and will become very finicky towards them.

Do pike like shallow or deep water?

Most of these fish are caught in shallow water. Big pike, however, go deep. Many times they are in water 15 feet deep or deeper. At these times, a big deep running lure is needed.

Do pike like flowing water?

They much prefer to sit in slack water alongside the main flow to pick off passing prey which are caught in the turbulence.

Why can’t I catch pike on lures?

These are basically a plug but instead of a diving vain, they have a concave front, which resists the water as it’s retrieved, causing disturbance and an erratic movement. Pike find it difficult to resist surface lures when the water is warm and they’re at their most active.