I live in Manitoba. We used to have massive pike in some spots in the southern basin of lake Winnipeg, especially in the 70’s. We used red devil spoons, and brought in some whoppers. They were so big in one area, we used to avoid it.
i have fished for pike for 60 years. i look for 10 to 12 foot of water with weeds about half way down. i love pike fishing in canada. if you want bigger pike look for deeper water with a weedy bottom and drop a smelt down.
Good luck Greg. I just got back from Manitoba and as an update, they were hitting on Bright orange and silver and blue spoons. Not much luck with the Rapala lures this time around.
Mepps is good but my #1 pike lure is a Charteruse Spinner Bait tipped with a tail "something wiggly". You can go to any lake and nail them with this lure and cost under $10.00 dollars. Id have two or three in the tackle box. Try Devils Lake or Lake Sakakawea monster pikes there and no Passport needed. I also custom paint blank jerk baits specifically for the lake I fish. I'm a Master Baiter .
My top 3 would be spoons, spinner baits, and F18 size Rapala's. For spoons I like 3/4 oz Len Thompsons in orange and yellow patterns, and 3/4 Williams spoons in gold and silver. I switch out the trebles for singles, and often add various plastic trailers to change the running speed/ depth, or even get them to plane on top. IMO nothing can touch spoons for versatility, durrability, and consistency but spinnerbaits are pretty close.
Thank you for commenting. For me it was having a guide with me to put me on fish. Secondly I traveled to lakes that were not over fished. That said, Pike will crunch a lot of different lures. Unless you get some ideas from the locals, I would stick with my top lures. Best time for a lot of hits would be just after ice-out. They will be very hungry. Good luck!
Never caught anything with a red and white Daredevil , if Im musky or pike fishing I find a simple silver spoon works well and some deep diver rapalas double jointed
@@KurtHBenner Sweet! And Musky like them too. I caught my PB llargemouth bass on a size 130 plopper a weekend ago, 5-5.5 lbs! I'm in Minnesota, so this is huge for bass up here
I 100% cast. But we have a few guys that troll with spoons. They don’t get the quantity of fish as the guys that cast but they get their fair share of big pike as well as some decent Lake Trout.
The #5 Mepps with a bucktail is great. Mepps came out with a new spinner this season. Called the Bronze Slammer, it’s very similar to the Aglia but with a slightly longer bucktail. It worked for me this summer!
Pretty close to my results, especially at the top. Lately my top lures have been the bigger and chunkier Rapala X-Rap Jointed Shad and Husky Jerk, but I've also done great on the 12cm X-Raps. Swimbaits are also effective, and can be worked through cover if rigged properly, which can be huge casting right along reeds.
Not bad info BUT: If you do another one of these try to include what time of day, water temp, was it overcast or sunny, were you trolling or casting, was the water smooth or choppy..... stuff like that. (also, stop saying ahhh).
Good critique. Obviously the ahhh will get better. Haven't been able to get to Canada due to Covid but have multiple trips scheduled for 2022 - I will include your suggestions. That said, I rarely troll ( although some of the older guys I fish with troll in the afternoon ) and the water is usually like glass in the morning and a bit choppy in the afternoon. hope that helps.
Box standard lures not a patch on my home made lures and spinner baits.. Put it this way when I leave my home to go on holiday my lures get locked in a safe. A true master angler uses lures evolved over generations not 5 lures bought in any sports outlet or found in any old tackle box. The 5 best lures you could ever use are those created through experience..
Never been to Manitoba to fish but living in Ontario we have some good spots. Topwater sounds exciting for Pike. Got most of my recent success with paddletails on a jig and the five of diamonts has been great too. Nice video bro.
Not Jan Lake but I'll look it up - I've fished Wollaston, Scott, Hatchet, Nordbye, Charcoal, Arctic, Misaw, Beauvais, Dunvegan and a few others I don't remember off the top of my head. Also fish in Manitoba quite a bit...
I'm just getting back into fishing. I used to fish exclusively for pike (the bass up in NY don't get big). I recall 3 lures were pretty much mainstays for me: Spoons (Daredevil or knockoff versions), Spinnerbaits (not the Inline type) and the Rapala Husky Jerk. The Husky Jerk was so deadly. They couldn't resist. We used to put Suspend Dots on the lure, testing it in an aquarium to make sure it suspended perfectly. We'd replace the treble hooks with the Gamakatsu brand treble. Good times.
Sounds like you haven't missed a beat! Good luck this season. With Canada closed up currently, I'm heading to Minnesota in a couple of weeks for Walleye and Smallies. Hopefully will be up in Saskatchewan for Pike in August if the border reopens.
What are some good areas in CNY for pike, I just got into it recently. I know that there not many in CNY but I know a few but not more than two or three areas.
Lure fishing is a real game of pot luck no matter what lure you use. There is no such thing as a bad lure from any decent company. They all catch at some stage. The duck catches tones of pike on irish and uk canals in summer.
Thanks for your comment. I'm sure you are right. I'm only commenting on my personal experience using the lure. I've fished that duck multiple seasons and I've never had a single hit. That said, the manufacturer (Savage Gear) makes some great lures. I've thrown their "line thru perch" lures and had huge trophy success. Have a great fishing season!
You said the spinners were “beyond repair”. Don’t buy that, just a bended shaft, for 10-12 bucks you can order 100 ss wire shafts, 6 inch, loop at one end at any lure making online business. Bented, rusted, or just to replace them with a larger diameter wire, is a basic repair for any fisherman.
I don't know about the bronze, but I've had some phenomenal luck with the brass (and hammered copper) Eppinger Red Eye Wiggler spoon. Similar color in my opinion but a slightly different flash. Thanks for the comment Kevin.
thanks for the tips! I use heddons for topwater and daredevils and Mepps mostly for pike, also collect them, couple on my page if interested! new sub here, good luck out there!
Couldn't agree more. If you can't find them, then it's an exercise in futility. Once you locate them then you do need to find which lure will work best. I've had them devour soft plastics one day and the following day they wouldn't even look at them.
I live in Northern Manitoba, 5 of diamonds hits big pike. We caught 60 pike in 3 hours lol spent more time taking the lures out of the fish/releasing than casting lol
i always wanted to fish in manitoba. i have fished in northern ontario for 36 years. my girlfriend and i also caught 63 pike in 3.5 hours. i had to take all the hooks out so after that i said enough for today.
I fish northwestern Wisconsin’s small shallow lakes. Zmann Chatterbait in White with a White 5”Grub tale. Also a whiteish Squarebill any brand will do. I nail them every weekend. We are entering the tail end is August, water is in the low 70’s and the larger Pike are getting more active. Largest Pike this Summer was 32.5”. In July.
I can not believe the success I have had this summer in Northwestern Wisconsin throwing a 3 Foot depth Squarebill. The Pike just hammer them. The brand does not matter, dirt cheap or high dollar. They smack them all. I have actually had monster open the split rings and loose the fish. All of a sudden My lure comes flying back at me with no hooks. Crazy year. I have fishes this lake every weekend in open water season for 14 years and the have never hit this hard. I cast in the Whitest Squarebill I can find. Bass like it too but I have to use a wire leader to hang onto the lure.
