So...Here is the plan

[mercman]

We are gonna eat a fast dinner and be on the water by 6.30pm.There is about 2 miles of shoreline that i didnt get a chance to fish last summer. Shallow, maybe 2-6 feet in places,with a deep ravine 20 feet, all along it. There are numerous small indents or bays filled with wild rice stalks along the length of it.I'm gonna cruise up and down this shoreline pitching spinner baits,top waters and some Handlebarz, for big Northern Pike And i am staying out till i'm slimed .The water was 52 degrees last Saturday so i figure they will still be shallow, soaking up the sun.We are gonna do the same thing tomorrow too, cause i'm taking the day off.Weather is sposed to change in the next 24 hours, with rain forcast for the next week.

Any tips would be nice.

 

Paul

 

 

[Pikeslayer]

Sleeping bags??

[Pikeslayer]

Sleeping bags??

 

 

Sorry Paul. Geoff made me take the Team 8 Oath of Silence.

[mercman]

Glad to see i can count on you when the going gets tuff

 

team in8tors

Edited May 12, 2011 by mercman

[GBW]

Sorry Paul. Geoff made me take the Team 8 Oath of Silence.

Got that right!

 

Red and white micro tube and a bobber and you should get a fish.

[GBW]

Well look at what happened to Garry the other day...that might be some solid advice to land a big pike!

Shhh, that's what I was hinting at...

[Leecher]

You might want to consider throwing cranks & spoons such as Big O's and good old red and white (red devil)

[Pikeslayer]

Got that right!

 

Red and white micro tube and a bobber and you should get a fish.

 

 

BTW, don't forget your 3 lb. mono leader.

[manitoubass2]

jig and a minnow is always my first option.

 

I've had some luck with smaller shallow water cranks retrieved slowly, patterns depend on the water clarity and forage. I've also been slow retrieving a black/blue spinner bait worked against the current, just below the surface.

 

None above 30" yet for me though, but these patterns have been producing

[mercman]

Thanks guys, i guess anything noisy or flashy will most likely do it.The water looked less muddy this morning, but its always stained this time of year.

[tipupesox]

Don't forget to throw plastics, like a 4-6 inch grub tail or a swimbait.

[dhickey]

I would troll the trench while throwing stuff into the shallows.

 

Just me though.

 

good luck slime it up.

[Lungelarry]

Good luck.....water is still 52,53F. Three days of northeast big winds is as tough as it gets.

[pikeguy]

i would add a gulp 4" minnow on the spinner bait i find it works

[Twocoda]

perch coloured rattlin rap...go get em ..!

[camillj]

Weedless 4" Johnson's silver minnow with a 3" double yellow mister twister tail ... and use a leader

 

Just sayin ...