I can even add an icon over what I see on the screen so that I can pinpoint the exact location of the forage-even hundreds of feet away-turn and troll my lure right through them on the next pass.Īfter that I get my crankbaits in right front of the fish. This is why I like to use the StructureScan HD feature, which allows me up to 600 feet of side viewing in one direction (300 feet each direction if looking out both left and right) in high detail that’s easy to read and see where baitfish are bunched up. But baitfish will often scatter out from under my boat as I pass over them (especially so in clear water). More often than not, when I am trolling large Rapala crankbaits for suspended northerns, I’m not so much worried about marking these marauders on my Lowrance as I am with schools of forage fishes. In oligotrophic lakes, pike may suspend and feed on herring, shiners, whitefish and shad in the upper third layer of the water column.
Where you find the biggest of these beasts will depend on the type of waterway you are fishing. Pike can thrive in just about any kind of water-oligotrophic (large, deep, cold) natural lakes, mesotrophic (shallow, warm,) lakes and reservoirs or rivers with clear or stained water. With the right lure properly in the right place, catching a trophy northern pike can be a reality rather than just a dream. They did, however, move from the shallows and into deeper, colder water, and are feeding well on the other species of fish that too have migrated into the depths for a little reprieve from summer’s sweltering heat. No, they didn’t just disappear or lose their teeth and are refusing to eat. They are quick, attacking prey in mere seconds and can sabotage them using stealth.īut even with such a ferocious reputation, there are certain times of the year when even lakes loaded with northern pike seem to be void of the species. And they have a mouthful of razor-sharp teeth set at an angle within their bony jaws that doesn’t allow their quarry any hope of escape. They also have eyes positioned near the top of their elongated head so they can easily zone in on their victims from afar. The torpedo-shaped bodies of these plunderers are made for hunting. And Esox luscious has a veracious appetite and is not picky. The northern pike is one of the most unique predators on the planet.
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