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Something I have been curious about lately. Does working a lure at the boat in a figure 8 work for Northerns like it does for Musky?
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At times�.
One of the best things Ive seen for pike is counter-intuitive. If one is following the lure, snatch it away from him as quickly as you can, then throw back to the same spot. I promise you won't get it away from him a second time.
Everyones impulse is to slow the lure down so he hits it. Do the opposite, make it appear like its trying to get away.
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Thanks. Never thought of that.
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When we see them following to the boat we'll slow the lure almost to a stop and then not quite jerk it but pull it away in an escape motion. Triggers a strike if they're inclined, sometimes they're not. If not we'll short cast over them to give them another look though splashing a lure down right in front of them can be a good tactic too with the splash triggering a strike particularly if they are a little better than neutral.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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If trolling a spoon (use a ball-bearing swivel), let your rod tip drift back a bit and then snap it forward - will sometimes turn a follow (if it's there) into a strike.
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The figure 8 works good if you see them coming for it close to the boat. One time I had a pike come up 10' from the boat, at a buzzbait I was throwing for muskies, and it saw the boat or me and took a dive out of sight. I made large oval with the rod about 2' in the water and the pike came up and nailed the buzzbait before I completed the oval. I use a large oval instead of a "8" in the water. That is the only pike I've caught on a figure 8 though, and I end every cast with a figure 8 weather I see a fish following or not. Other than that fish all the pike I've caught have been at least 20' from the boat.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj7XEpUed4IMy wife made a short pike video,,all the haters blasted her for rough fish handling,,it just went into the dogpot anyway!
I tend to use more than enough gun
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Ha! That was a great video!!
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most often an immediate speed "increase" after a short strike will initiate a hookup when trolling for northerns. it works on saltwater species like wahoo also. its always good to make slight changes in your trolling speed and direction on occaision.
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Best northern technique I know is to try to concentrate only on walleyes. ;-{>8
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That's when I catch those hammer handles, would swear it's the same one over and over again.
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Yeah, my best northerns came when I was bottom bouncing for walleye.
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My 42 incher came that way though not bottom bouncing. Was working a tickle tail (think fuzz-e grub) with a minnow across mud flats about ten feet deep in hopes of enticing a negative walleye. Light action rod with 6# line made for some fun! There are big carp in that lake and I thought I had one. Horsed it to the surface and then all hell broke loose.
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42" is my tops as well. Came on a #9 Rapala while making a big turn.
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Didnt measure it. Would this one make 42? An earlier one did make 42�I measured him�.
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Nice fishes!
(You are aware of the UFO in the top picture, right?)
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Nice indeed! Hope the UFO guys didn't steal your spot.
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Nice fishes!
(You are aware of the UFO in the top picture, right?) You wont believe this but we actually saw a bonafide UFO over that same lake one day�seriously.
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Pard caught a couple 42 inchers�.
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