Fishing where there are pike
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- Stickleback
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Fishing where there are pike
Bit of a strange one but say for instance you want to fish a stretch of river for perch with a lure or a spoon but pike live there is it acceptable to take the chance of hooking a pike in the summer months?
- Mark Phillips
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Re: Fishing where there are pike
No issue there at all. Any pike you get, just get them back quickly, which is easy enough when lure fishing. I do much the same thing - have a stretch of river that I occasionally fish for chub on lures in the summer evenings - it's got decent flow and is well oxygenated - occasionally I get a pike or two, zero issues. I don't target pike in warm water, but if I get the odd one chasing other species, it's not a big deal if you're quick to get them in and release
Piking Plonker
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- Jack Pike
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Re: Fishing where there are pike
I do a lot of lure fishing for chub and perch in the summer on a small river and canal. If I'm honest, I catch as many pike, but generally nothing massive.
I was out for an hour yesterday evening trying to temp a chub on a small crank at dusk....had 3 pike of about 1lb, no chub.
The thing is, I was targeting chub where pike are present, and caught pike instead. Not a lot you can do about it really.
Take the precautions Mark has mentioned and you'll be fine.
A light wire leader won't do you any harm either if the pike population is high.
I was out for an hour yesterday evening trying to temp a chub on a small crank at dusk....had 3 pike of about 1lb, no chub.
The thing is, I was targeting chub where pike are present, and caught pike instead. Not a lot you can do about it really.
Take the precautions Mark has mentioned and you'll be fine.
A light wire leader won't do you any harm either if the pike population is high.
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- Stickleback
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Re: Fishing where there are pike
thanks fellas, I was planning on using a light wire trace so all is good!
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- Perch
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Re: Fishing where there are pike
I'd add, I've found small soft plastic shads and smaller curly tailed worms are much more selective for perch, especially in fluorescent orange and motoroil. One can more easily target perch with better lure choice.
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- Barbel
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Re: Fishing where there are pike
It's pretty much unavoidable, just release it asap and don't p**s about taking pictures.
- Steve Dennington
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- Barbel
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Re: Fishing where there are pike
Steve Dennington wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22 2021 11:41 -Very true, I never bother weighing pike in summer, just enjoy the scrap, unhook in the water if possible, make sure it's recovered and let it swim away.
You'll catch bigger fish in winter anyway.