in hunt for the elusive monster pike

  • xxrodbenderxx
    menomonie wi
    Posts: 173
    February 25, 2011 at 4:53 pm #1302486

    on the way up to the camper for on last shot at some big pike…what do you guys tinke i should look for to find these monsters….shallow water with weeds…..or out side the weed edge…….oh and i will post pics tothanks for all your help …..tight lines.bobber down fish on..

    Bob Bowman
    MN
    Posts: 3550
    February 25, 2011 at 4:55 pm #941473

    I’d look for shallow weeds and hang a big sucker minnow just a foot or two under the ice

    Jake_A
    Posts: 569
    February 25, 2011 at 5:00 pm #941476

    If there are any creeks or rivers that run into the lake, that is where I would set up. Go as close as you possibly can to the open water (realize that not many people recommend this….) and put your tip ups in a line running from the mouth out to deeper water. If it is located on a flat, even better! 6″ shiner or sucker under a tip up. Right under the ice up super shallow. About 3 feet off the bottom in deeper water. Then watch the flags fly!

    Good luck!

    a1a
    Posts: 470
    February 25, 2011 at 6:09 pm #941495

    Mid winter the biggest pike relate to deep water rocks….in another month or so I would start looking at the outside weed edges and a few weeks after that right in the weeds. This is all relative to the lake you are fishing though.

    salmo_trutta
    River Falls,WI
    Posts: 661
    February 26, 2011 at 1:38 pm #941706

    dont get discouraged if a shiner dies on you either, just drop em to the bottom if theyre fresh. my two biggest pike this winter hit big dead shiners on the bottom, both 30+.

    ntw
    Eastern MT
    Posts: 57
    February 27, 2011 at 1:46 pm #941925

    I’ve caught my biggest pike on very steep drop offs. That’s probably the area I would target.

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