Pike questions

[lunkerhunter2]

I live and fish for tiger musky in Utah and was wondering what types of lures are your favorites for pike and ski's up your way?
I use a variety of topwater like buzzbaits, zara spooks and wood choppers. My go-to rapala type bait is a j-13 brown trout rapala or a firetiger pattern. Let's hear your input.[cool]
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[DrownedDesertRat]

As you know, pike are generally quite aggressive. They'll go after just about anything. I've seen them caught on a waxworm before! My very first one was on a huge, juicy, nightcrawler.

As far as lures go, I'm a sucker for in-line spinners. I also like to use swimbaits. Gotta love the natural swimming action of these soft plastics. Size hasn't really been a factor for me since I rarely made it out to where I could catch the lunkers from shore.
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[lunkerhunter2]

I have fished a few swimbaits down this way but i guess you just gotta have a nack for them. Never had a hit on anything like them. I also have seen tigers take crappie jigs and nightcrawlers. Targets of oppertunity. I ahve witnessed tiger pushing sticks and debris around with their snouts. Very interesting behavior.
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[DrownedDesertRat]

Oh yeah, one other of my favorite baits for them is the Flub Dub. It's a hard-bodied crankbait with a spinner blade coming out the bottom of it near the front. First cast with one of those I had a hit.
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[lunkerhunter2]

got any pics?
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[DrownedDesertRat]

Pics of what? The fish? Or the lures?
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[lunkerhunter2]

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[DrownedDesertRat]

Here's the Flub Dub from Gapen Lures




And of course, we all should be familiar with the Mimic Minnow. The "Silver Shiner" and the "Gold Shiner" being my favorites to use here.


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[lunkerhunter2]

Wow! The flub is very interesting! Never seen anything even close to that. The m. minnows i have seen in magazines but never used one. Thanks for the pics.[cool]
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[DrownedDesertRat]

That reminds me. I need to get my soft plastics bag together. I have lots of the Mimic Minnow bodies that I want to use while fishing today. See if I can get the trout to bite it. Woohoo! I'm sure I'll get a few bass with them.
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[lunkerhunter2]

Good luck to ya. []
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[UpNorthMN]

Lunker,

My favorite lure for both walleyes and pike up here is a #5 firetiger deep diving rapala. I've caught more on that specific lure than the rest combined. I don't target pike alot, but firetiger patterns seem to get them by accident. Also daredevils work pretty well but I don't know if they would for skis.
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[lunkerhunter2]

A good friend trolls the jack of diamnds ALL the time and does very very good for big ski's.The d.devils are like 7" long though. I have never done good on them but i never troll either.
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