Go Northern Pike Fishing

In May, when one go northern pike fishing the pikes move into shallow waters to spawn. It is now pikes are at their heaviest, and now the really big ones are at the easiest to get in touch with. A large female pike 22 lb or more may have as much as 2,2 - 4,4 lb of eggs. We recommend that the big pikes must be released  to maintain a sustainable high pike stock. What pike fishing lures freshwater to choose can be different from one fisherman to another, but for me pike flies , shallow moving wobbler or  shallow moving pike fishing spoons may now be the right medicine. Are you interested in northern fly fishing and want a visual fishing - try a pike popper.

After spawning , pikes moves to deeper water, and now you can really enjoy good catches of pike. This is because they use a lot of energy and loose a lot of body mass during spawning and have to “eat” up fast. In this period anything from pike angling, throwing wobblers, trolling and fly fishing will do. Try a jerk bait, that is hyper effective for pike. Jerk bait will guarantee raise your pike fishing to a higher level. With jerk bait you can fish shallow,deep or between layers of water. Fishing with it will often lead to spectacular and hard attacks.

Fishing with so-called pike poppers are really exciting as they move forwards in the surface. Preferably near weed-lines and/or underwater vegetation. Pike attack these with deadly force and with huge splashes. Extremely fascinating !

In June and July pike prefer to enter deeper water , 10-30 feet and are harder to get in contact with. Pike trolling and pike bait fishing will in this period be the most effective way because it will the easiest method to enter these depths. A useful thing to take advantage of are installing a fish finders lowrance. In the evening and morning pikes moves in to shallow waters, and may be possible to find through other methods.

In the summer months pikes can be harder to find and northern pike fishing for big ones demands that you have to fish in deeper layers of water. With no wind it can be a challenging task and with this conditions it is best to fish in the evening  and the morning, while windy and grey weather often activates pikes in the middle of the day.

When it comes to fishing techniques for the summer pikes you may want to fish fast and variate, in other words combine fast and slow winding. Big baits often attracts big pike, especially after the spawning period when the pike need a lot of food after the intense spawning period.

When the water becomes colder in September and October the pike come into shallow waters again, like 6 - 18 feet, and allows capture of most methods in the right depths. The autumn is with spring considered as the best season for fishing large pikes. And as the water is colder it may be an advantage to fish a bit slower.

Hope you have got some useful tips in choosing fishing lures pike when are out northern pike fishing and if you need pike lures just click the link and check out my huge collection of pike lures.

Harald Hoel, expert of pike fishing and pike lures.
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