The family flew back to Wisconsin last week for a wedding, and I got to squeeze in a few hours of pike fishing. We've never had too much luck with big pike on the Wisconsin, (a few 35 inchers), but plenty of little guys. I got my wife her first toothy on the fly. My pops always does well with the spinner/dinner rod. I caught an even dozen and picked up a couple bonus smallmouth. A bucktail fly with a barred rabbit zonker strip did most of the damage. A pure white bunny leach also worked well and was easier to cast. Sometimes I add a little spinner for extra action, (Macks Smile Blades), they are light, easy to cast, and always work great.
Generally if you are catching allot of smaller pike you need to throw bigger flies. A 10 pound pike does not live on 3 inch minnows. He will eat them in a pod, but generally he will chase larger baits. You should be throwing flies the length of your fore grip if you want to target some real brutes.
ReplyDeleteI've never managed a lot of pike on the fly and not for lack of trying either, so 12 in one day, regardless of size, would be a banner day for sure.
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