Question: What should I do if the pike follows the lure...
Question: What should I do if the pike follows the lure...
Last Saturday I saw twice the pikes followed the lure to the side of my boat, then ran away.
What I could do in such kind of situation?
Thanks!
Mike
What I could do in such kind of situation?
Thanks!
Mike
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You haven'tentioned what type lure you were using but, one thing I usually do is, since I generally use grubs or top water lures, I keep a second rod rigged and ready with a spinnerbait. I learned this lesson years ago when out with a buddy. He had a follow, right to the boat by a nice Muskie, figure 8'ed it, nothing. Just couldn't get the thing interested. He then takes his second rod, quickly clipped on the spinner bait, second cast.....48" Muskie.
I do it most times I'm out now for Pickerel. Follows are pretty common, either large Pike or Muskie.
I do it most times I'm out now for Pickerel. Follows are pretty common, either large Pike or Muskie.
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Some of the campgrounds on Mississippy lake rent boats too.
In the village of Appleton, the Mississippi river runs right through it beside the road, so you should be able to fish from the shore anywhere along there, also near the damn in Appleton. Just walk around and find a suiteable place to drop your line.
/Brian
In the village of Appleton, the Mississippi river runs right through it beside the road, so you should be able to fish from the shore anywhere along there, also near the damn in Appleton. Just walk around and find a suiteable place to drop your line.
/Brian
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I tend to see this happen a lot on the st. lawrence where the water is very clear.. Once the pike see the boat they dissappear. I generally use a suspending rapala so that i can bring it fairly close to the boat and if anything is following i can stop the lure and twitch it slightly which more often than not means a fish in the boat than watching one bolt off.
I agree with marcus though i can't say i've ever had much luck with figure-8 but it doesn't hurt to try.
I agree with marcus though i can't say i've ever had much luck with figure-8 but it doesn't hurt to try.
now, this isn't necessarily what you should do, but only what I usually do...
As I'm reeling in my lure and see a fish, I usually yell to my buddy... "look, Look, LOOK!". If my yelling doesn't scare it away, then my buddy trying to see what I'm hollering about usually does.
Sure, I hardly ever get the fish, but otherwise, I would tell them about what I saw, and I don't know why, but no one ever believes me.
As I'm reeling in my lure and see a fish, I usually yell to my buddy... "look, Look, LOOK!". If my yelling doesn't scare it away, then my buddy trying to see what I'm hollering about usually does.
Sure, I hardly ever get the fish, but otherwise, I would tell them about what I saw, and I don't know why, but no one ever believes me.