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Originally Posted by HowSwedeItIs
So are you guys saying that an intermediate would be a better way to round out my gear than a full on sinking line? Given that I have a floater?
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I would definitely say 'yes'. 90% of my pike fishing is early May until the end of June and almost always in less than 3m of water. In anything less than 2m of water, a type V sink will hang up on the bottom with anything less than an immediate strip back. By mid June, it will be dredging through weeds.
To me, for pike fishing:
Intermediate is #1 on priority (you can still fish topwater popper and sliders with an intermediate).
Floating line is #2. If I could only have 1 line, it would probably be a floating line, so I could use sink tip. WAAY less than ideal, but it works.
Full sink is a nice option.
In the 25ish times I fished pike last year, I never used my sinking line. I used my floating line 10 or so times (most ever!), but used my intermediate every single time