Keith M
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This trace wire looks good. It is so subtle that you don’t need any crimps and can just knot it like ordinary mono line.
Keith
Keith
To me the best time for lure fishing is April to October while the water is still warm. After then I still catch but not so many. Who ever said pike are unfit in the summer hasn't caught them.I think the best time for lure fishing is September to November. It gets a bit harder for the remainder of the winter, but predators are still catchable.
You can get some good advice by reading this:
There's also other articles about lure fishing on the site.
Hmm. A bit of a sensitive subject this!I thought it was something to the oxygen levels in the water.
I have said before I always find it strange that the out of date pike so called season is in their spawning season. There isn't really a pike close season just one that is lost in the mist of time. Even the PAC could not find an answer that one.Hmm. A bit of a sensitive subject this!
Some say that because oxygen levels in water are lower during summer, catching and stressing them leads to lots of them dying after they are caught; maybe not at the time but shortly after as they are unable to recover adequately. Others say that is a load of huey and that nobody sees lots of dead pike floating belly-up in areas where people are pike fishing in the summer. People on both sides can get pretty shirty!
I personally find myself somewhere in the middle. I do lure fish in early summer (my favourite month is June), but I avoid late July and August and make sure that I treat fish with great care. I unhook in the water where possible and I am pretty good at swift, efficient unhooking. Fortunately you don't get many problems with deep hooking when catching on lures.
I have said before I always find it strange that the out of date pike so called season is in their spawning season. There isn't really a pike close season just one that is lost in the mist of time. Even the PAC could not find an answer that one.