Mark Phillips wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13 2024 18:54 -... a few weeks post spawn; Spring and early summer are the best times to lure fish for pike, they're super aggressive and easy to locate. Once water temps start to creep up, usually early June - but can be sooner or later than that, time to stop and that's me done...
I understand the logic of this - actively feeding up post-spawn as waters warm - but frankly I've always struggled for anything bar jacks in Spring!... a few weeks post spawn; Spring and early summer are the best times to lure fish for pike, they're super aggressive and easy to locate...
May be partly because the open stillwaters seem harder than the closed rivers and drains that I'm more successful on, but has puzzled me for 15 years now!
Limited success with topwaters, or any of the tactics that work for me at other times.
Comments and tips welcome please!