Christopheraaron Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Hoping to try for some early season pike, do you think that surface lures would work or is it too early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Early season Pike(water temps below 45) won't chase anything moving much faster than real slow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Suspending husky jerks in this cold water. Pause 3-4 seconds if you have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) I'm going to go to a spot in one of the bodies of water in st catherines, water temp is about 40 what do you think I should use? Plastics? Tubes? Jigs? (sorry, posted this before I realized Bill's post still is there anything else I should use?) Edited March 14, 2012 by Richmond Hill fisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC1 Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 60 degrees give or take will be when you should start with the topwaters. Now you got me itching to throw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshtrax Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 The little guys were pounding the J-11 firetigre today down here in the Ottawa valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uglyfish Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Any suspending jerkbait worked slow will get fish. And soft jerkbaits can be just as, and in some cases even more productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2fish85 Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Suspending Jerkbaits all the way. I would think the water is.warmer then that right now. All the places I have fished are warmer then that, they are also alot bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 I know a guy that does very well jigging reaper tail jigs for early pike... Really really slow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Suspending Jerkbaits all the way. I would think the water is.warmer then that right now. All the places I have fished are warmer then that, they are also alot bigger. I did post this at the beginning of the month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishHeadRic Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Like stated earlier the right lures to use would be suspending minnows like the Huskie Jerks, X-Rapps or Yozuri Crystal minnows worked slow. If you are working shallower water areas floating minnows, Spinners (Mepps #5), or even bigger flat spoons like the Toronto wobler or a 5 of diamonds will do. FHR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabluz Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 When I want to fish slow and I don't want to use a steel leader, I just use a 5/0 worm hook and rig it up weedless with a 6 inch white curly tail plastic worm. You have to make slits on the bottom and top of the plastic worm so that the hook point will expose itself easier. Casts great with a good baitcaster and if the pike bites it off, I lost maybe a dollar's worth of equipment. I use 18 to 30 lb test braid. I may use larger braid (50 or 60 lb) in the future but for now, the 30 lb test braid seems to work fine. The bright coloured curly tail is easy for me to see in the shallow water and when it disappears, it's because it's hidden in a pike's mouth...lol. Yes....large suspending minnow baits like Husky Jerks or Smithwick Rogues work great but they are expensive so I use a knotable titanium leader. The single strand 25 lb test titanium leader is 0.010 inches in diameter which is the same size as good quality mono. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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