Pike Fishing

[Notaro]

When should I do it? I have been trying to catch a pike or so in Waltham. I tried using a daredevil in yellow with red diamonds, plugs, rubber worms, but I can't even entice a pike to bite it even if they re soo CLOSE to me. Any advices? PMs are welcome

[Brian L]

Have you tried any of the following?

Large double bladed buzzbait
1/2 oz or bigger spinnerbait (golden shiner pattern works great in the Charles)
Zara Spook
Jumbo Original Rapala Minnow or any other large jerkbait
Topwater Prop Bait

[Raven]

PiKIE will eat huge plugs meant for stripers....

[JoeBass]

They'll hit all year, but in the spring is when I have great days on them. I use a jointed shallow swimming rapala or a large spoon. Good luck, I'm sure you'll connect.

[Pete F.]

I do best on large pike in the fall, right up to when the river freezes. Then I use big metallips or sinking polaris type poppers that swim. In the summer when the water is warm I do best with jigs with a curlytail.

[Notaro]

Originally Posted by Brian L

Have you tried any of the following?

Large double bladed buzzbait
1/2 oz or bigger spinnerbait (golden shiner pattern works great in the Charles)
Zara Spook
Jumbo Original Rapala Minnow or any other large jerkbait
Topwater Prop Bait

I got a heddon big spook in blue shad color, yellow daredevel with blood diamonds, 1/2 oz booya chart bleeding buzzbait, striek king chart bleeding double spinner, 3/8 oz yellow mepps, a black hula popper for bass, tons of senkos frogs and worms, white zoom spinner trailer forked tails, a trout imaition raphaela swimming plug, medium rap jointed jerkbait, whtie striek king rat l trap, couple of old storm poppers for schoolies, mann shad popper, rebel small shad crank bait, rebel small light blue herring popper, husky jerk 6, and a bit larger green trout crankbait.

Originally Posted by Raven

PiKIE will eat huge plugs meant for stripers....

then i will be having a hard time to get them out of the weeds lol. perhaps i should use bigger bomber swimmers

Originally Posted by Pete F.

I do best on large pike in the fall, right up to when the river freezes. Then I use big metallips or sinking polaris type poppers that swim. In the summer when the water is warm I do best with jigs with a curlytail.

so now i should use plugs?

[Gloucester2]

Yellow perch under a big bobber

[Pete F.]

By the fall I mean when the water cools off. I think right now the fish think it is summer.

[timmah]

Biiiigg Black Jitterbug at Night in the shallows. Blub blub blub blub......stop......Blub blub blub blub.....SPPPLLaaaaaashhhhhh.

Big black/silver bomber too.

[whiplash]

Orange Rapala along the weeds . Theres a lot of carp in the Charles and goldfish that the pike love . The pond behind Chestnut hill mall was filled wit goldfish and the state though in about 50 pike back in the 70s Fatest dam pike you've ever seen. They might still be there?

[Notaro]

Originally Posted by whiplash

Orange Rapala along the weeds . Theres a lot of carp in the Charles and goldfish that the pike love . The pond behind Chestnut hill mall was filled wit goldfish and the state though in about 50 pike back in the 70s Fatest dam pike you've ever seen. They might still be there?

Dunno, but I can give it a try

[tattoobob]

Big loud Buzz Bait

[thefishingfreak]

catch a sunfish, hook him thru the back, and toss him out there.
Live bait is best.

[Bocephus]

big shiner or perch and if a bass hits it, chances are it will be a good one

[Notaro]

I thought that pike feeds during the daytime, not at night?

[Gloucester2]

Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

catch a sunfish, hook him thru the back, and toss him out there.
Live bait is best.

Great minds think alike !

[timmah]

Originally Posted by Notaro

I thought that pike feeds during the daytime, not at night?

All the big pike i've ever caught have been in about 2-3 feet of water near the shoreline in the dead of night. They scare the s#$* out of you when they hit 3 feet away.

[Notaro]

Originally Posted by southpond

All the big pike i've ever caught have been in about 2-3 feet of water near the shoreline in the dead of night. They scare the s#$* out of you when they hit 3 feet away.

For real?

[hq2]

If you don't mind a two hour drive, Sabattus Pond in Maine has all you can handle, although they're usually only 3-4 pounds. Messalonskee about an hour further north has big ones; I can give you a P.M. with some good locations if you want.

[MAKAI]

Tell the Pike you are rich, you will marry her, father her children and be loyal forever. She will walk across the land to you.
Then take a picture and throw her back.

[Backbeach Jake]

My experience with Pike is through the ice with a BIG arkansas shiner.
3-4 feet of water at the mouth of a feeder stream. I made a movie of my FIL catching one after another one fine Sunday that were all over 3 feet long. Can't show it because of language Couldn't be helped the fishing was THAT good!! Within 20 minutes of Boston.

[Notaro]

I don't do ice fishing.

[timmah]

Originally Posted by Notaro

For real?

for really real, my biggest was 48". They lurk in wait in the shadows and ambush. I have been spooled multiple times when using a light set up for large mouth. The only time i've caught one during the day was from under the Ice with a huge live white perch in very deep water.

[Notaro]

Originally Posted by southpond

for really real, my biggest was 48". They lurk in wait in the shadows and ambush. I have been spooled multiple times when using a light set up for large mouth. The only time i've caught one during the day was from under the Ice with a huge live white perch in very deep water.

how do u retreive a plug? i was told to go faster like u wld fish for a bluefish.

[Notaro]

got my first pike yesterday...