03-13-2010, 03:46 PM
Your tackle suggestions are good. I suggest 20# braided line for the pike, and if you can handle a baitcaster, that's preferable to spining. I like a longer (7') rod for walleye, and 6 - 8# line, either mono or braided. Most walleye fishing in northern lodges is done with small grub-tailed jigs, but they hit small spoons, plugs and spinners, too.
Spoons are most popular for pike: r/w Dardevil. 5 of Diamonds, blk & white, weedless Johnson silver minnow (1 oz.), and some of the newer multi-colored ones are great. I also used to carry some plugs. An old fashioned jointed pikie minnow & the Heddon Vamp were my favs, and Rapalas work well. Large, soft plastic "Sluggo" type jerk baits are also very effective, as are off-set spinner buzz baits
If you've every tried fly-fishing, that's the best way to take pike. It's relatively easy to learn. See my PikeFlyGuy.com web site for information. The book also has plenty of things that are important to know, whether fly-fishing or not, and it's available at Amazon.
By the way, we'll probably be doing our "Fly-fishing week" again at Treeling Lodge, Manitoba, in 2011, during their trophy week, at the end of August. I'll be there again to help get people started with fly-fishing for pike. You should consider that week. Huge pike, but Arctic grayling in fast streams instead of walleyes, and big lake trout in shallow water. It'll be a blast.
Let me know if I can help in any other way.
Best,
George Bernstein
PikeFlyGuy
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Spoons are most popular for pike: r/w Dardevil. 5 of Diamonds, blk & white, weedless Johnson silver minnow (1 oz.), and some of the newer multi-colored ones are great. I also used to carry some plugs. An old fashioned jointed pikie minnow & the Heddon Vamp were my favs, and Rapalas work well. Large, soft plastic "Sluggo" type jerk baits are also very effective, as are off-set spinner buzz baits
If you've every tried fly-fishing, that's the best way to take pike. It's relatively easy to learn. See my PikeFlyGuy.com web site for information. The book also has plenty of things that are important to know, whether fly-fishing or not, and it's available at Amazon.
By the way, we'll probably be doing our "Fly-fishing week" again at Treeling Lodge, Manitoba, in 2011, during their trophy week, at the end of August. I'll be there again to help get people started with fly-fishing for pike. You should consider that week. Huge pike, but Arctic grayling in fast streams instead of walleyes, and big lake trout in shallow water. It'll be a blast.
Let me know if I can help in any other way.
Best,
George Bernstein
PikeFlyGuy
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