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View Poll Results: What depth do you place your bait for pike fishing?
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On the bottom
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within 6 inches of bottom
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within 12 inches of bottom
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3-4 feet off the bottom
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halfway up the water column
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just under the ice (maybe within 12 inches)
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12-24-2011, 10:55 PM
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Poll: What depth do you place your bait at when fishing for pike?
Some say right on the bottom, some say within 12 inches...others say 3-4 feet up...and still others say right under the ice.
What say you?
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12-24-2011, 10:57 PM
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All of the above!!!! and more. as long as its in the water, you have a shot. 
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12-24-2011, 11:00 PM
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Sometimes...yeah, you're right, Wayne!
Glad to see you had a date with Moby's wife. Next time.....
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"There seems to be alot of urinating in breakfast cereal around here." - Rackman, 2010
"It is true, there are dead beat dads out there, and there are thousands of dead beat moms too, who live off the efforts of good men trying to do the right thing." -KegRiver, 2011
"You have social media to thank for turning everyone into self-righteous know-it-alls.." -random internet dude, 2015
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12-24-2011, 11:00 PM
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laying right on the bottom with about 3 feet of slack.
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12-24-2011, 11:04 PM
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yah if 30 pounders were easy it wouldnt be nearly as much fun, but Im on a quest for the new record, and one day I will have it.  pike are pike, they will eat what they want, when they want it, and where they want it. and thats what makes them so much fun!!!! theres no wrong answer to this poll
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12-25-2011, 01:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pickrel pat
laying right on the bottom with about 3 feet of slack.
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Now that answer has me curious! Why the slack? I am guessing the logic is that once they pick it up, they are already munching on it by the time the slack is taken up....plus, they feel no resistance so there is less tendency to spit the hook.
Sound about right? I might have to give this method a try....
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"There seems to be alot of urinating in breakfast cereal around here." - Rackman, 2010
"It is true, there are dead beat dads out there, and there are thousands of dead beat moms too, who live off the efforts of good men trying to do the right thing." -KegRiver, 2011
"You have social media to thank for turning everyone into self-righteous know-it-alls.." -random internet dude, 2015
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12-25-2011, 01:41 PM
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2 inches from bottom with a Jig and minnow
on the bottom with a big herring!
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12-25-2011, 01:57 PM
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What ever depth im getting hit on !! Varies from first ice to last ice !
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12-25-2011, 02:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack&7
Now that answer has me curious! Why the slack? I am guessing the logic is that once they pick it up, they are already munching on it by the time the slack is taken up....plus, they feel no resistance so there is less tendency to spit the hook.
Sound about right? I might have to give this method a try....
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Use a slip wieght than u can feed em alittle longer .... One stop , two stop , three stop , set the hook , sometimes i feed em for 10 plus minutes with the big herrin!
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12-25-2011, 02:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WayneChristie
All of the above!!!! and more. as long as its in the water, you have a shot. |
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12-25-2011, 02:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drop_Tine
Use a slip wieght than u can feed em alittle longer .... One stop , two stop , three stop , set the hook , sometimes i feed em for 10 plus minutes with the big herrin!
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yup,, i use a bit of foam sometimes that just lifts it off the bottom and gives the bait a wounded look and use those double pronged hooks colser the tail with the hooks facing tailward so after several inhales my hook set is at the front of the mouth. if i'm still fishing, i try to get a crank caster to fish above or by my set-up
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12-25-2011, 02:23 PM
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Glad to see all the responses, guys! I have been doing it 'my way' for so long...but I figured it's time to try some new techniques.
It's pretty tough to go wrong with pike IMHO, but every little bit of knowledge helps. You could tie your mother in law to the line and they will still bite. Yes...even then! 
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"There seems to be alot of urinating in breakfast cereal around here." - Rackman, 2010
"It is true, there are dead beat dads out there, and there are thousands of dead beat moms too, who live off the efforts of good men trying to do the right thing." -KegRiver, 2011
"You have social media to thank for turning everyone into self-righteous know-it-alls.." -random internet dude, 2015
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12-25-2011, 02:48 PM
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A foot off the bottom. I'd probably go 2-3 feet off the bottom, but I want to have a shot at burbot too.
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12-25-2011, 03:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drop_Tine
Use a slip wieght than u can feed em alittle longer .... One stop , two stop , three stop , set the hook , sometimes i feed em for 10 plus minutes with the big herrin!
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Sounds like a recipe for gut-hooking 
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12-25-2011, 05:25 PM
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I let them run with it until they stop, then give them a few seconds, feel your line, if their weight is on it they probably have the hooks, then its time to set it. Unless Im watching them, if I see it in their mouth I set the hook, and with big bait usually miss,buck fever!  with smaller baits they eat it quick so hit them fast. thats why I like a treble front and rear, once they stop even if they have it by the middle they will turn it and get the hook.
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