The bad one
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Yes it does John I described it to a mate who told me about the video, "pull into the fish."I take the term strike as a generic term and understand it has to be called something.
However as as an extension to this post I would say that the action I find best is actually a tightening down and sweep back to keep contact.
Its my belief that the hooks penetrate when the pike feels this tightening and opens up to let go, allowing the hooks to move in to a previously tight gripped jaw.
I write this to put right any thought of striking as you would perhaps in other types of fishing to someone starting out piking.
Does this ring true with others or do some disagree?
But Piker Biker strikes into the fish in the vid. mg: