This is a good topic. Pike are my favorite fish to go after. In my experience... I have just as many with plugs as with spoons. Plugs (rapalas) that have perch coloring seemed to work well for a few years abut I seem to get bites on the yellow and red colors. In terms of spoons – up north on Pine and Siebert... all pike I caught up there were on a simple silver spoon or a massive plug.
Last year though when I was flattening the barbs... I actually removed all but one treble on all my rapalas and plugs (they all have just one now). I find the action in the lure much better, the damaged to fish is much less (in my mind) and my tackle is a little less tangled up without all those 2-3 treble rapalas creating havoc.
Actually to be truthful... I find I have way more fun fishing for pike with a fly rod. I do this most often now. I picked it up about 5 years ago and became “hooked” right away... I get a few strange looks... you need strong rig set-up... but it is becoming more common.
Good luck...
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