Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:

If he really wanted that lure, believe me, he would have had it. AND,
if muskie fishing was easy, everyone would be doing it.

Welcome to the often times frustrating world of toothy critters.

Dear Steve, thank you for your stimulating answer and for that
suggestion, so you experimented to put the tip of the rod in the water
and drawing a big 8 is an attempt to do. very interesting, I didn't know
it.
And I'll take advantage to ask you a suggestion.
I'm planning to fish small live fishes like rock basses and bluegals (?)
to use them as bait for pikes. is it a good idea?
I use a green 30lb Spiderwire Original braided (thick as a 6lb), pikes
are used to care at them?

I agree with you that it's better it's a difficult fish to catch, that
makes their fisking so interesting!

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ciao
Vittorix