I prefer a jig and minnow for pike, or with a plastic "twister tail".
Yellow or chartreuse ar my best colors. I used short wire leaders, but
eventually switched to Spiderwire® without the leader. My best catches are
with live 5-8 inch chubs on a small treble beneath a float. I fish the
jig/small minnow for crappie or crickets on a light wire hook (ul under a
quill float) for bull bluegills on the second rod while still fishing.

Plugs are usually reserved for big water trolling , and pike/muskie become
incidental catch with salmon, trout, walleye and striper hybrids making up
most of the catch. We use huge lures on the Great Lakes, with 6 inch or
larger heavy spoons or the largest Rapala type lures being preferred.

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Pepperoni

"Gandalf" wrote in message
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Oh well I did take a look into the murky world of lures and have come to
the conclusion that there are loads of very odd items out there.

Gone are the days when I single jointed plug was as complicated as they
got and we have some real wire contraptions that I had only seen used by
big guys in ten gallon hats chewing gum so please tell me what works and
what is out there to catch the angler. The young man offered me one that I
would not even use off of Key West let alone a British lake, it was that
big

The only new type I saw that made sense was the soft plastic type and I
bough a chubby shad ( I did mishear him and thought he was offering a fat
prostitute at first ). It looks like a little pike in the main so as my
one and only plug is like a pike and has caught I thought it a good idea.
I also bought an Ondex spinner, a normal looking spinner that is the same
as the one I caught my very first pike on all those years ago, which I
have confidence in.

So what is the best types of lures for an old fashioned simpleton like me
who wants some moderate fun without being stupid.

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Gandalf