Pike lures for spinning - review and correct use

The right lures for pike in a spinning rod and working with them on a pond are the key to successful fishing. It’s not easy to understand the conditions of modern marketing - the counters are filled with multi-colored decoys, and each one shouts that it catches better. In this article we will look at which bait is better to catch pike from the point of view of an ordinary fisherman, and not from the point of view of a wise spinning athlete.

Pike fishing with spinning rod

Let’s talk right away - there is no better and working bait. It’s not worth going to the store in search of a philosophical imba that you threw and caught. This is the wrong way. There are many types of spinning baits for pike. Each of them contains features, requirements for gear and fishing conditions. The choice of bait is based on the tactics and characteristics of fishing, personal preferences in the method - jig, twitching, trolling, or a little bit of both. On an overgrown pond, the tactics are one, and on a deep reservoir, another.

They say that pike are indiscriminate - this is far from true. The toothy one grabs everything that moves. However, such periods are rare. The rest of the time, when fishing for pike with a spinning rod, an angler needs to use maximum ingenuity to lure out the predator and provoke an attack.

You need to treat this as a system, which includes the conditions of the reservoir, time, the spinning rod itself with equipment, and pike baits. The result of the correct combination of these factors is the capture of pike. Both old spoons and atoms work, as well as wobblers with jigs - each is better or worse in certain conditions. And which ones specifically – we’ll look at them further.

What are the winter lures for pike?

The choice of lures for ice fishing for pike is quite large, let’s consider the main ones:

Oscillating spoons are the easiest to learn and the most popular spoons. They slowly fall to the bottom and make slow oscillating movements. For pike, they imitate a dying fish. These lures are suitable for fishing in both deep and shallow waters and are quite versatile.

Rattle spinners (ratlins, vibes) are sinking baits that are a type of wobbler, but do not have a blade. When diving, they swing in different directions and make a loud noise that attracts predators. They can be pushed up and down aggressively. They are a good alternative to spinner spoons when there is no bite.

Bladebat (cicadas) - something between ratlins and oscillators. They create vibration throughout the water, attracting pike. It is necessary to ensure that it is in an upright position at all times.

Balancer - The balancer has side blades that cause it to swing and yaw in different directions. They do not always work effectively for pike, but sometimes they can give good results if other baits do not work.

We propose to consider ten, in our opinion, the most interesting baits:

Equipment Features

Previously, it was simpler on a spinning rod with a Neva reel - a 0.5-0.6 mm fishing line, a metal leash and a spinner. Now the gear has become light, comfortable and profiled. A soft leash is not suitable for wobblers - you need a twist. And to search for the only pike in a pressed-in reservoir during the period of passivity of the predator, it is better to use transparent fluorocarbon. The choice of bait, of course, is considered together with the equipment and the direction of the spinning rod chosen for fishing.

Fasteners, fastening methods, knotless hooks in a variety of lures allow you to create your own rigs. A catchable bait for pike will not be effective if used incorrectly. As they say, it is the angler who catches the fish, not the equipment. A properly configured spinning rod with the right bait is a tool for this.

Read more about the correct equipment of a spinning rod for pike

Foam rubber and PU foam baits

Foam rubber and polyurethane foam fish are the cheapest jig baits for pike. This class includes all cylindrical products that can be mounted on a jig sinker or jig head.

This also includes the mandula - an excellent tool for catching a fat predator.

Along with silicone, mandula is also a PIKE KILLER.

Foam rubber and polyurethane foam baits work great in the most cluttered parts of the reservoir, in deep snags, when fishing on the shore - everywhere they bring the best specimens of pike.

Despite their unprepossessing appearance, foam rubbers are excellent at catching thick pikes.

And why? But because you don’t mind throwing these baits into the “cramps”. And where you try to move an expensive wobbler or spinner higher and faster to avoid getting caught, you don’t regret the “foam rubber”, hang them for a long time in the water column or leave them among snags at the bottom. And as a result, a bite from an undaunted predator standing calmly under snags on the river bottom.

How to assemble a set of pike baits for yourself

Each angler has his own best lures for catching pike with a spinning rod. With experience, some are cut off, others take the main place in the box. The wobblers have boxes with bitten fish, the spinners have a set of iron that has been working for years. Still others rely more on homemade pike lures made with their own hands.

The pool of working baits is large when it comes to specific names and manufacturers. In some hands they catch, in others they don’t. Therefore, we will not compile ratings of pike lures, since it is impossible to do this objectively. Let's look at common and proven types of fishing.
If an angler is a supporter of a particular type of fishing and bait, then you need to move in this direction. If a spinning player has mastered the use of spinning baits, has been fishing with them all his life, comes to the store and suddenly buys the wobbler he likes for twitching, the legendary rudra - most likely he will not catch anything with it. Unless, of course, you have prepared yourself in theory and studied what kind of spinning rod you need to equip for this wobbler and make a game.
On the other hand, an experienced twitcher will have difficulty luring a toothy fish into a jig in the absence of a zhor, if he has not used it before. You should not fall for the admonitions of sellers about bait that the angler knows nothing about fishing with. The Internet can help - before you try something new, you need to study it.
Most amateurs are not adherents of a particular spinning method. More often than not, the approach is universal. Most fishermen have one spinning rod for spinners and jigs, as well as surface poppers or Croats in the grass in the summer. Some took wobblers seriously, without giving up the jig and iron - and successfully. With a regular light and medium class rod you can catch pike successfully with many baits, with the exception of twitching large wobblers. This will require special characteristics of the rod - tanginess, fast action, in order to pull them through.
However, if you want to try wobblers without buying a special spinning rod for them, this is possible. Some pike minnows are not very persistent - for example, Ito Shiner or its copy from Berking. You need to know which wobbler to take for the specific spinning rod you have. Nowadays, simply getting a spinning rod for everything is no longer the lot of athletes with expensive equipment.

More information about universal spinning rod for the amateur:

https://rybafan.ru/spinningist/osnashchenie-i-snasti/universalnyy-spinning

The message of this paragraph is one - you shouldn’t go to the store and buy what you like, or what you read from incomprehensible ratings compiled without relying on equipment and fishing conditions. It’s better to immerse yourself in theory, study, read normal articles, forums and watch videos on YouTube. Make a list of specific baits in your head and look for these on sale. A general picture of baits that can be used to effectively catch pike is further in the article. Specifics by type - spinners, jigs, wobblers - are in special articles on our website.

Silicone baits

This class will include all jig baits for pike made of silicone - twisters, vibrotails, worms, octopuses, leeches, slugs, regardless of size, color and game.

Silicone, one might say, is already a classic of jig fishing.

All of them imitate the food items of the spotted predator in different bodies of water - from small lakes to large reservoirs and rivers. Fry and large fish, crayfish, leeches, worms, large insects, small animals - all of them are pike prey and the object of its hunting.

There are now more than a hundred types of silicone lures for pike fishing alone, and thousands of varieties.

Silicone jig baits for pike are great for pike mouths - they are soft, bulky and have enough volume to hide hook hooks. In order for the predator to hold the bait in its mouth longer, giving the angler additional time to set the bite field, attractants in the form of oil or salt are mixed into the bait or applied externally.

To further attract the predator’s attention to “silent” silicone baits, they additionally have noise capsules built into them, which can be bought at any decent spinning shop.

Also, silicone pike lures can be additionally equipped with petals, propellers, turbines and other devices that increase the irritating effect. Just don’t forget that all this additional “tuning” increases the cost of a silicone bait on a jig, and the jig bait goes along the very bottom among snags, branches, stones and debris. Hooks and breaks are a common occurrence in jig fishing.

Don't skimp on bait - catch a fat pike. This pike was caught using a foam rod.

“Tuned” jig baits for pike make sense only when it comes to catching a truly trophy specimen. When you stand at a point above a hole and are sure that under these, for example, snags there is a pike of 10-15 kilograms.

Then any costs, any number of baits left on these snags, will have a certain meaning.

Spoons

Old-school spinners rightly believe that the best bait for pike is a large, wide spoon weighing about 20 grams, such as Atom, Storling, Spoon. The new generation of anglers has focused more on jigs and wobblers – also for good reason. We won’t argue – in all these groups of baits there are killer options for pike. I myself have been fishing with spoons for years, but I mastered jigs and wobblers relatively recently.

Detailed article about pike lures and proper wiring:

Oscillators

Pike do not take all lures well, and the magazines, meanwhile, are overflowing with iron of various designs. Experience suggests one thing - you shouldn’t fall for the tricks of advertisers and buy expensive hardware for 1000 rubles or more. From the point of view of catching, not collecting. Pike takes ordinary hundred-ruble pieces of iron very well, you just need to choose and use them correctly. There is only one approach - it’s better to have several proven and working baits than a box of untested ones. But these few gain experience. The cool ones go in a box, the non-working ones go on a shelf in the garage.

Pike Killer - Atom 2

The best lures for pike from oscillating spoons are wide, large, with a deep hole in the back. Pike loves uniform amplitude play, waddling from side to side, and gliding oscillations while on vacation. Not all atoms and spoons from the store are equally useful. Some catch, others don't. Therefore, you need to take different manufacturers - Spinex, German, St. Petersburg spinner, etc. Then, after checking, buy in large quantities those that work. An ordinary homemade spoon made from a tablespoon catches better than a commercial spoon, if done correctly.

Spoon

Expensive spoons are nickel-plated and galvanized - so the cost grows disproportionately to reasonable limits. Among the cheap iron, you can choose an effective arsenal of spinners for pike. We take ordinary atoms and spoons, senezhes and shtorlings, regular castmasters in three colors - silver, yellow brass and red copper.

Formotype Storling

If an old, catchy spoon has darkened over time, don’t rush to clean it, it will come in handy in sunny weather. On cloudy days, on the contrary, we use bright glare lures. The weight of the spinners is selected depending on the test of the rod, but usually these are pieces of 10-30 grams.

Purchased lures are being finalized. We replace the winding rings with more reliable ones, enlarge the tee so that it is approximately equal in width to the spoon - otherwise there will be frequent idle grips. We add a provocateur to the tee, which serves as an attack point. Previously, they simply knitted a tassel from red threads, which, if wet, could worsen the performance of the vibrator.

Now it is more practical to use plastic red tails. What you need is red, bright scarlet, and not transparent pink. Pike take better on them, and perch even more so. Red fins can be found in fishing stores. I bought 100 pieces in a bag from Aliexpress at once - it turns out cheaper, and this quantity will last for years.

Red ponytails with Ali, 100 pcs: https://ali.pub/486ize

Turntables

A spinning spoon is also a popular bait for pike, especially in the central regions where there are few large predators. Fishing is mostly for perch, but the toothy one doesn’t miss the spinner either. Naturally, if there is a high probability of pike biting in a reservoir, we put a metal leash, even on a small spinner. In spring, pike are sometimes more willing to take small baits.

Any medium to large sized rotators will do, but usually 03-05. The approach to colors is similar. It’s better to stock up on several models in basic colors, check them, focus on choosing a place and wiring, than to spend 2-3 casts on the whole box of unknown baits. We experiment with colors, sizes and placement of twisters on the hook.

In addition to metallic colors, it is useful to have provocative colors in stock for pike - acidic yellow-green, orange, red. Such bright lures catch an active predator well, especially in muddy water.

Mepps Aglia №5

The main thing is that the petal starts at low speed. You can drive both branded Mepps Comet, Aglia Long, and Chinese, if the petal rotates normally. The set will require both surface spinners and heavy ones for depth. If there are no deep ones, a sinker is placed in the rig between the spoon and the leader. The attachment on the turntable tee does not affect the rotation of the petal. For pike with spinners, hook baits sometimes work - twisters, tassels, streamers.

Cicadas

Bladebaits, or cicadas, are lures that vibrate when pulled and are suspended on the back, most often used for perch. However, in some conditions they are useful for luring pike, for example, from behind the edge. To target pike, it is better to use large, heavy cicadas for fishing in deep places.

Devons

Devons, or propellers, are to some extent similar to spinners, and are also not originally pike baits. Propellers are more often used for high-speed fishing for asp, perch, chub, which love fast small vibrations, and in small sizes - for semi-predatory fish. However, a hungry toothy beast that goes hunting can grab such a piece of iron.

Cicadas and Devons are not exactly pike baits. Perhaps somewhere in someone's hands they show remarkable results. However, if the angler is targeting pike specifically, it is better to focus on the large spoons and spinners described above, rather than wasting time and effort on the whole variety of spinners. During the feeding period, pike can take anything, but the rest of the time, special toothy baits work better.

Jig

Many spinners combine jig fishing with lures. Of course, for jigging for pike perch or pike perch, it is better to use specialized jig rods with a Solid tip - a thin glued fiberglass tip. Sensitivity is important here - the bites of these predators are often pokes and semi-noticeable grabs.

Pike usually takes it boldly. The majority of pike lovers do not achieve the condition from the rod that the bait touches the bottom and hits the hand, guided by the sag of the fishing line on a stepped retrieve. In most cases, the pike bite is still felt. Therefore, jig is used together with spinners, on the same rods, of which most amateurs have only one.
The weight of the jig heads is selected depending on the fishing conditions and the test of the rod. On a regular average spinning rod for pike with a test of 10-30 grams, it is quite comfortable to fish with jig baits with heads from 10 grams, but it is better - 14-16, for better sensitivity. On micro jigs, a much smaller caliber is used, and on heavy spinning rods for Heavy jigs on deep rivers with currents - 30, 40 grams or more.
Typically, spinners and jigs up to 20 grams are used in small and medium-sized rivers, ponds, and small reservoirs. On a large river at depth, along the edges it is easier to use a heavy jig. However, craftsmen at such points confidently operate heavy vibrators.
In bushes and shallows, unloaded silicone works well for pike with its wiring on top with stops and twitches.
In jigging for pike, a simple installation on a jig head is usually used, as well as a swivel connection - an offset hook or a double in a collapsible Cheburashka or through a ring into an eared weight. Spaced rigs such as drop-shot, Carolina, Texas can be useful for passive pike.

Any silicone or foam fish is placed on the hook. These are vibrotails, twisters, crustaceans, octopuses, worms and slugs. Still, the main artificial bait for pike in a spinning jig is twisters and vibrotails. Pike loves large, bulky baits, especially in the fall. Therefore, in jigs you should not be afraid of size - a 20-centimeter vibrotail can easily attack even small grass. On the other hand, sometimes the toothy one responds better to small baits, down to 1-2 inches, like perch.

The approach is the same as in wobblers - it is better to use bright, provocative, acidic colors for active pike, and dark, natural colors for passive ones, for example, purple or machine oil.

Retrieving a pike is not always a step at depth. In shallow water and overgrown areas, we use a uniform pattern, hold the bait over the upper edge of the algae, sometimes touching and swiping along it - it works on pike, it’s been tested.

Read more about the right spinning silicone baits for jigging for pike

Vertical wobbler Salmo Chubby Darter

Vertical wobbler Salmo Chubby Darter
Chubby Darter is a vertical wobbler designed to sink slowly into the water, but creates powerful vibrations when rising. He constantly rushes about in the water, thereby attracting pike. Works well at depth. There are many copies and fakes that work much worse, look for the original one.

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Wobblers

Relatively new lures for pike fishing in our country are wobblers. Few anglers use them while continuing to fish with spoons or jigs. Some have tried without success. An even narrower contingent catches successfully, and sometimes more effectively than with conventional bait. Wobblers catch pike not only when it is feeding - and this is their main advantage. With the right wobbler, and with the appropriate play, the toothy fish can be baited to bite, even when the predator ignores other baits.

Large minnows for twitching

The right wobblers for pike are, first of all, large twitching minnows. The size of these baits ranges from 110 mm to 160 mm. A simple retrieve of these pike killers, a straight line or a stop and go, sometimes works. However, the main killer weapon of these lures for pike is twitching. With the right twitches, the bait yaws with strong vibrations and rolls, that is, sways, swaying from side to side. Such strong vibrations bring the pike out of its stupor, forcing it to drive the competitor away from the point, and the residual swaying directly causes a bite.

Jakal Rerange

Spinning fishermen who understand 130 wobblers for twitching, it’s not for nothing that they consider them the most catchy lures for pike. Rudra OSP, Jakal Magallon, Megabass Kanata, Daiwa Moretan and a dozen others - these names flash in the Internet space for a reason. However, if you buy such a wobbler, hang it on a spinning rod and pull it like a spoon, most likely there will be no catch. To unlock the potential of these baits, it is important to meet the following conditions.

Jackal Magallon - does not require twitching, works in the surface layer with light twitches

Choose the right spinning rod. Stubborn wobblers, such as Rudra or 130 orbits, cannot be pulled through with a regular spinning rod with a medium action. These lures are used for pike with light and fast, rigid, elastic rods. The main movement of twitching is a jerk and release of the line so that the bait makes those very residual vibrations.
The spinning rod is equipped with a twisted string, then when casting and twitching, the front hook of the leash will not catch on the leash.
Each wobbler has an individual approach. This is a point tool. Each bait has a set of specific characteristics. Buoyancy, diving depth, jerk strength to pull through. For beginners, I recommend relying on buoyancy and perseverance when searching for wobblers. On a regular spinning rod you can, for example, race a non-resistant Ito Shiner, but for Rudra or Kanata you will definitely need a Fast or Extra Fast rod with a top weight of 35 grams.

Rudra

Some wobblers for pike attract predators with soft twitching, others with hard twitching. At the same time, one should not forget about uniform or intermittent wiring, pulling with a fishing rod. Before fishing with these baits, you need to study the theory, choose the right fishing rod and choose in your head which specific models of wobblers to look for. Detailed article about pike wobblers:

Kanata

Wobblers from aliexpress

Previously, amateur fishermen were confused by the price - original Japanese wobblers cost 1,500-2,000 rubles. However, the monopoly of the Japanese and Americans has been broken. The Chinese produce no less catchy baits at a fraction of the price. The difficulty is that on Aliexpress you can get both a perfectly working wobbler and an absolute slag. When it comes to pike for twitching, the best of the Chinese are definitely replicas from Berking, this can be seen from numerous reviews, videos and personal experience. My personal set of wobblers is almost entirely Berking, because of the price.

Screen Berking Rudra

Of what Bearking offers, according to reviews, the best are a replica of Rudra, a copy of 160 mm Kanata, Ito Shiner and Magallon. They also have other successful replicas - but it is these four that are killer for pike, according to many spinning anglers. The catchability of these spears has been repeatedly proven in water bodies. The price of these baits is about 300 rubles. I think that buying originals for 2000, given the same catchability of replicas, is pointless. In addition, the hooks and paint on the Berkings are already better than those on the expensive Japanese Megabass.

On Ali you can find even cheaper copies of wobblers, with prices up to 100 rubles. However, in this segment it is easy to stumble upon a bait that doesn’t work. You need to search correctly. How to do this is discussed in detail in the article on finding catchy wobblers from Aliexpress

Screen ItoShainer Berking

Shads, large cranks and small minnows

On a regular spinning rod, not specially sharpened for 130 wobblers, you can normally fish with large shad and cranks, as well as non-resistant minnows, which do not require twitching. Wiring - evenly, broaches, pauses, light jerks. In addition to the legendary Jakal Magallon, you can find no less catchy wobblers. These fat guys work on uniform wiring and intermittent twitching, making amplitude oscillations. As an addition to your arsenal, it wouldn’t hurt to have a couple of these wobblers in the box - someday they will save your fishing.

Some spinning anglers seriously bother with such baits and fish mainly with them. Here it is important to follow the general rules of wobblers - compliance of specific baits with the conditions of reservoirs, select them correctly in terms of buoyancy and depth, do the wiring correctly, and for each wobbler it is individual.

Large shads and fats with a powerful game are good at luring active pike from afar. These baits are good for exploring large water areas during normal biting times. Large perch also do not refuse them. Small cranks and small minnows do not require twitching, but work evenly and jerkily - therefore they are excellent for working on an ultralight.

Tsuribito Jerkbait 80f

ZipBaits Khamsin SR

Colors of wobblers for pike

Anglers are constantly arguing about whether pike can distinguish color and which shades of lures are better. It is impossible to say unequivocally what color pike likes. It all depends on the preferences of the predator on a particular body of water, weather and lighting conditions. In one place, the toothy one reacts better to acid, in another – to natural colors. Experienced wobbler breeders recommend taking baits of each model in two colors - acid and natural.

The most popular color of wobblers for pike in acid is mattiger, black back, green sides with stripes, turning into yellow, orange stripe on the belly. Pike take this color in most places - checked. Another color that showed itself remarkably well in 2018-2019 is fruttiger, or in simple terms, watermelon.
Among natural baits, it is better to choose wobblers that change color from the back to the belly. Then they are better visible to the pike when oscillating and rolling. Even for a natural silver fish, it is better if the back is dark and the belly is light.

Ratlins (vibes)

Bladeless wobblers with a back attachment are not very well known among the masses, however, some anglers successfully catch pike with them. Ratlins sometimes help out due to vibrating vibrations. Ratlin wiring - tightening and releasing. When jerking, the bait vibrates its back, and when released, it sinks. These baits are convenient for fishing local depressions, lowering the bait exactly to the desired level.

Yu-Zuri Hardcore Drum

Swimbaits

Bladeless compound wobblers wriggle when inserted, attracting pike with movements similar to the movement of a live fish. These are relatively large baits, used more often for catching trophy pike in late summer or autumn. The main wiring is uniform, pulling with pauses.

Jerky

A separate direction of spinning is jerking. Heavy and large baits are used. More powerful rods and thick braided cord are also needed. The jerks need to be made even sharper than in twitching - the load on the spinning rod and equipment increases.

On a jerk spinning rod, special large bladeless wobblers weighing more than 40 grams are used, which usually do not have their own game, but are animated only by the jerk of the rod.
Gliders are the most common jerks, sliding to the sides during a herringbone jerk. The shape is flat, as if cut from a layer of material.
Divers - baits with a propeller on the tail, can lure pike evenly with jerks.
Pullbaits are large jerk baits of great weight, up to 20 cm long and weighing more than 100 grams. Depth is achieved not by a blade, which does not exist, but by heavy weight.
Twitch baits are jerk baits with a blade, more like ordinary wobblers, only larger.

More about jerk fishing

Salmo slider

Spinner or wobbler? Which bait is better?

The variety of artificial baits for catching predatory fish is amazing. Even for an experienced fisherman, choosing a wobbler or spoon can be very difficult. A beginner runs the risk of getting confused in the names and technical characteristics of such products, but the main question that a novice fisherman may have is: what is better - a spinner or a wobbler?

Gone are the days when predators were caught exclusively with live bait. The use of artificial baits allows you to completely abandon the use of live fish, especially since in some countries there is a ban on the use of live bait as bait. Each type of artificial bait has its own advantages and disadvantages, which you need to know when choosing a method for catching predatory fish.

Spoons. These baits can differ significantly from each other. Spinners can be rotating and oscillating. Each type has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, rotating products work well at different depths; they can be thrown a considerable distance from the shore. The petal in such products begins to rotate even with slight movement, which significantly increases the catchability of this method of fishing. Oscillating spoons with skillful placement of the bait will also allow you to get large catches of fish.

Wobblers. These baits are artificial fish made of plastic or a special type of wood. The choice of material depends on the fishing conditions, as well as on the breed of predatory fish. The advantages of such baits include their great external resemblance to natural fish that live in the reservoir. The disadvantages of wobblers are insufficient mechanical strength.

The choice of one bait or another depends on the fishing conditions. For example, zero-depth wobblers are ideal for shallow waters overgrown with aquatic plants. When using a spinner in such places, the bait will immediately sink to the bottom after casting, which will significantly increase the likelihood of it getting caught. An important advantage of wobblers over spinners is that many models are equipped with “rattles”. The cavity inside the artificial fish contains several small metal or glass balls, which create a characteristic sound during wiring. The noise effect attracts predators at a considerable distance, which increases the catchability of such bait. In clear water, when using a wobbler, there is also a greater number of bites.

Many models of such baits have not only realistic colors, but also detailed elements and details. The most catchy models are wobblers whose back has a darker shade. Good results when catching predatory fish can be obtained when fishing with “big-eyed” models of wobblers. Lures with a disproportionately large eye bring the fisherman many more bites. These are the main advantages of wobblers over spinners.

The biggest advantage of spinners is their price, which can be an order of magnitude lower than the cost of a high-quality wobbler. Spoons are made of metal, therefore they have a greater margin of safety and, under equal operating conditions, will last much longer than wobblers. For the same reason, this bait should not be additionally equipped with a weight for fishing at great depths. The spinner can be thrown over a considerable distance; its greater mass and more streamlined shape allows you to throw even small spinners in windy weather. Among the advantages that are not available to wobblers is the possibility of galvanic painting on a metal base.

If you wish, you can make a gold-plated fish even at home, but you can always order a wobbler in bulk from Opt-Fish; you can immediately take a lot of inexpensive spinners and wobblers and not be afraid of tearing them off. If fishing is carried out with rotating spoons, then the fisherman only needs to move the bait evenly, and bites from the predator will certainly follow. Such products have a petal that begins to rotate from the moment the bait begins to move in the water column. Rotation creates vibrations that attract predatory fish.

In most cases, when purchasing a wobbler or spinner, the low cost of the product should alert you. There is a high risk of purchasing low-quality products when branded goods are sold at half the cost. Unfortunately, currently the number of counterfeit products on the domestic market is very large, so you should purchase such products only from a trusted seller who has all the necessary product certificates. An indirect sign of low-quality products may be uneven paint application or peeling.

A low-quality spoon, wobbler or other artificial bait is often equipped with hooks that do not correspond to this class. Hooks may not have sharp enough tips, and the metal of the hook can be broken by hand force. Low-quality wobblers may have an incorrectly installed blade, which negatively affects the balance of the product.

Unfortunately, this drawback is discovered during fishing, but usually counterfeit products have several signs at the same time that can be used to identify a low-quality product, so if a spinner, wobbler for pike or other artificial bait has poor-quality coloring, hooks, plastic or metal, then when used It will not be possible to obtain large catches of such products.

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Surface lures for pike

In addition to spinners, jigs and wobblers, a set of baits for fishing with a spinning rod for pike requires surface baits - for fishing in shallow waters and in the grass. In summer, the toothy fish likes to stand in thickets where it is impossible to catch with other baits. Such baits are not as demanding on the characteristics of the rod as large wobblers, and they can be fished with ordinary amateur spinning rods with a medium or parabolic action - as long as they are suitable for casting in terms of the test and weight of the bait.

Poppers and walkers

A type of bladeless wobblers specially designed for surface fishing. Wiring is carried out in small jerks. Poppers are baits with a depression in the head, which causes a splash when pulled. For pike in shallow water, splashing and smacking these baits on the surface works well, especially in summer and early autumn.

Walkers, or walkers, sticks are similar in wiring, only there is no recess in the head. When guiding, they also either come to the surface or make yaw movements under it. The walker's wiring takes some getting used to. For beginners, it is better to start with poppers - it is easier to produce a pop with the right jerk. The approach with flowers is the same as with wobblers.

Walker Rapala X-walk

Gliders

This bait is better known among fishermen as the Croatian egg. Due to the design of the body, the only hook is always located at the top, which allows you to carry the bait from above along the surface of the water in overgrown places. This is a common type of pike bait for spinning rods, a non-snagging one that works great in overgrown places in the summer. Through continuous thickets the egg is simply dragged with careful movements of the spinning rod.

Some Croatians are equipped with a recess, like a popper, so when jerking they create splashes or throw out a stream of water. The disadvantage is frequent idle pike bites due to the only hook sticking up, when the predator tries to gently bite the troublemaker from below.

Silicone ducklings, mice and frogs

A recently appeared surface bait for catching pike is an imitation of a frog, duckling, or mouse made of silicone with hooks hidden inside the rubber body. Thanks to this design, the bait passes through reeds and mud well. Due to the design of the hooks, there are also many slippages during sluggish tacking.

Such decoys quickly fail, as the pike quickly tears them with sharp teeth, and they begin to take on water and sink. However, despite all the shortcomings, frogs for pike are excellent for catching in our reservoirs, and they cost pennies if you take Chinese models from Ali.

Natural baits for pike

The best baits in terms of their attractiveness to predators are, of course, live fry. But their use is not always convenient. Live fry are used for fishing with float live bait rods, bottom rigs, circles, winter flags and girders. In spinning fishing, dead live bait is used, placing it in a special equipment. Pike loves small crucian carp, roach, and gudgeon as bait. In reservoirs where perch and ruffe live, these types of fish also pass for live bait. The toothy fish will not disdain loaches and spined loaches mounted on bottoms for pike perch and catfish, and small bee-eaters can serve as good bait for large pike.

Spinnerbaits

Another non-hooking device, but this time intended for underwater wiring, not surface wiring. It is a small rocker, on one wing of which a petal is attached, like on a turntable, and on the other there is a hook with a weight, covered with a bundle of silicone fibers. This type of bait is not very common. When retrieving, the bait is positioned with the weight down and the blade up. Clings to the equipment by the middle ring on the bend. The petal oscillates when playing, attracting the pike, and the toothy one usually grabs the silicone washcloth on the hook.

Anglers who actively use pike spinnerbaits claim that this is a very catchy bait for the toothy predator. It passes underwater thickets and mud well without catching them. And pike loves such places. Both trophy pike and small grass fish take spinnerbaits, and you can make it yourself at home or find it in any fishing store, as well as on Aliexpress.

In addition to Croatian eggs, ducklings and spinnerbaits, there are several more catchy unhooked baits for pike

Pike streamers

A streamer is a type of large, heavy fly used in fly fishing. In a spinning rod for pike, you need an even larger fly - a whole panicle of wool or fur. It is difficult to find a large pike streamer for spinning on sale - they are used by a narrow group of anglers when searching for trophy pike when the predator refuses to take traditional baits.

These baits work, and on large pike – and that’s a fact. Retrieving is a slow pull, in which the fur or wool flutters sluggishly in the water, depicting a fairly large living creature, which a large pike likes to pick up. This type of bait is difficult to find in the store, but you can make it yourself or to order.

Tackle

For dead fish, as well as for large silicone from 15 cm, you need to use a tackle. For a 20-centimeter vibrotail it is difficult to choose a jig head with a large hook. There are many types of tackle - it can be either an additional suspension for a tee in a jig, or several hooks with a knee joint for attaching a dead fish so that it does not fly off when casting.

Seasonal features

In addition to the conditions of the reservoir, the choice of pike bait for a particular fishing trip should be based on seasonal characteristics. In spring, pike prefers small baits (before spawning), since the belly is filled with eggs. In cloudy water it is better to use acidic colors, and in clear water - natural colors. In summer, lures for pike are spoons, wobblers and unhooked baits in overgrown places. We fish in pits with jigs only if we purposefully hunt for the trophy that lives there.

In the spring, pike come to warm areas where reeds sprout and its food supply is maintained - therefore, you will need wobblers with a depth of no more than a meter. In the fall, it goes deeper, begins to feed actively and loves to grab large baits. Therefore, at this time you will need large 130 wobblers with a depth of up to 2 meters or deeper, large silicone, and heavy vibrators.

At the beginning of autumn, do not forget about fishing in shallow waters - the pike can stand there, and not on the edge. Therefore, there is no need to put poppers and non-hooks out of the box.

More information about pike lures for autumn

Over time, each angler accumulates his own pool of working pike baits, which are used depending on the season and conditions of the reservoirs in which fishing takes place. You should not look for a universal and always working toothy bait - there are no such things. All of them are designed for specific fishing conditions. The bait should not be considered as an independent element, but only together with the correct tactics, fishing technique and spinning equipment.