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Old 09-30-2019, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mlee View Post
If you say so....
The 3 biggest pike I've caught this summer (2 over 40") were in 18+fow a foot off bottom....or there abouts. I've really changed how I summer fish for pike the last couple years and the quality of fish has gone way up imo.
And you probably would have caught said fish if your lure was 3-4 maybe even 6 feet off bottom. They are suspended as often as they are on bottom and they are ambush predators and will attack baits above them. One of big pikes primary meals are whitefish which are often suspended, I have caught lots near bottom but also caught a fair share of big pike mid water column in random parts of a lake, you will miss those fish if your ore is dragging on bottom. If in 18 fow I would use a 15 foot deep lure, avoid snagging bottom and still catch most of the fish down there. If fish were being super finicky and lazy I might mix it up and twitch lures on bottom if I am pretty sure I know they are there.
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