08-04-2004, 09:22 PM
I have been fishing 11-mile and Spinney now for 20 years. I have never had any luck with big Pike? I have caught probably over a hundred between 26-34 inchs, but never any really large ones. I have seen quite a few big ones caught in the spring by trout fisherman using really small lures and jigs. I think part of the problem is everyone is throwing spoons, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, the usual stuff pike fisherman have used for years. Those big girls have seen it all.
I ave been using mostly large soft plastic jerkbaits, reapers, shads, sluggo's and Lizards on Owner Saltwater heads the last few years and that has helped some. Th best day I had on 11-mile last year was when I started swimming a bass style flipping jig and pig throgh the shallows. I had read about that method in Infisherman. There is something about a jigged lure that triggers them. But even that didn't work on Monday?
Another thing I have noticed over the years is their fondness for rocky points and island tips, late summer and winter. I have only caught snakes in the shallows ice fishing!
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I ave been using mostly large soft plastic jerkbaits, reapers, shads, sluggo's and Lizards on Owner Saltwater heads the last few years and that has helped some. Th best day I had on 11-mile last year was when I started swimming a bass style flipping jig and pig throgh the shallows. I had read about that method in Infisherman. There is something about a jigged lure that triggers them. But even that didn't work on Monday?
Another thing I have noticed over the years is their fondness for rocky points and island tips, late summer and winter. I have only caught snakes in the shallows ice fishing!
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