Catching pike with a spinner spoon. Autumn is the time to catch a predator.

In this article, we have provided you with recommendations for choosing catchy spoons for pike, compiled a rating of the best lures, examined the fishing rods used in fishing and the features of catching predators by season, including in the fall, and also provided a method for making an effective spoon with your own hands.

Oscillating lines are proven and catchy baits for pike. Made from copper, lead, steel, plastic. On one side of the body of the vibrator there is a hook, and on the other there is a winding ring for installation.

Depending on the type of fishing, spinners are classified into:

• castin spoons – use when casting;
• trolling spoons – when towing (trolling method);
• jigging spoons – when jigging, they are especially effective during winter fishing;
• topwater spoons – when caught in the surface layers of water.

Casting Spoons

Jigging Spoons

Topwater Spoons

Trolling Spoons
According to the production method, they are distinguished:

• stamped spoons;
• forged vibrators;
• cast models.

The advantages of oscillators are:

• high flight performance;
• ease of use;
• universal use (work both in deep water and on the surface);
• efficiency with different types of wiring;
• the possibility of fishing in hard-to-reach places using spinners without hooks (among snags, algae, etc.);
• a wide range of variations, which allows you to choose the most optimal product for specific fishing conditions;
• possibility of making it yourself.

You can fish with spoons from the arrival of spring until the freeze-up.

Oscillating spoons work great:

• in places where streams and small rivers flow into a body of water, for example, into a lake, river channels connect;
• near coastal capes;
• on the border of direct and reverse flow;
• near entrances and exits from deep holes;
• near the old riverbed in the reservoir.

Important:

• In the spring, use spoons in deep areas with a concentration of small fish. Here it is important to use heavy spoons.
• As the water warms up, look for pike in the shallows. Use light spinners.
• During the hot season, pike lives among grass vegetation. You can lure it out using gliding spinners and spinners that create powerful vibration.
• When it gets colder, for example in the fall at the end of September, October, explore the shallows and holes. Experiment with heavy and light vibrators.

Choice of spinners

Lures with a shiny surface are distinguished by their high catchability, but use them carefully so as not to scare away the pike
Color:

• Use brightly colored vibrators on cloudy days, and dark and dull ones on sunny days. Playing in contrast will allow you to quickly orient the fish and provoke it to capture. The main condition is that the spinner should be as noticeable as possible.
• Lures with a shiny surface are distinguished by their high catchability, but use them carefully so as not to scare away the pike.
• Black spoons are suitable for fishing in clear water; they will be much easier for predators to detect.

Size:

• To hunt pike, equip your tackle with large models.
• Spoons up to 7 cm in length will be effective for catching predators in summer and autumn, and in spring - spinners with a length of 8-17 cm.

Lure weight:

• At depth, heavy spoons that can easily submerge into the water will work effectively.
• On the surface, use light vibrations.

Important! For pike, the best option would be wide and flattened spoons.

Hook: Select the hook size of your spinner according to the intended size and type of prey. In this case, the hook itself should not be wider than the bait. Otherwise, the likelihood of catching a pike decreases.

The traditional option for equipping the shaker is to use one tee in the tail section.

The best spinners

In such a device, a streamlined massive petal is responsible for catching prey, which visually imitates the body of a fish. Manufacturers offer different shapes, colors, and ways to play with predators in the form of oscillations during wiring. Additional developments include imitation of scales and light reflections. How realistically the decoy will fluctuate, the more actively the prey will show itself towards it. After analyzing the demand and supply of the domestic market, experts selected the top oscillating spinners.

Grows Culture Laser Chinook S

This product is also well known to fishermen, like previously announced brands. The universal version is made of high quality materials for long-term use. In fact, any product from the Laser Chinook S series copes perfectly with tasks, both in still water and in large currents. The shape and good color options will be a great temptation for predators in the pond. And to protect against catch failure, a special tee is installed.

Advantages

• Treble hook;
• Different colors;
• Metal base;
• Different weights, sizes to choose from;
• Intense game;
• Attractive to predators.

Flaws

• Replica.

This Chinese manufacturer is trying to make original exclusive tackle and bait available to every buyer. On the one hand, its products replicate iconic products as faithfully as possible from any angle. On the other hand, this is still a replica.

Mikado Trython No. 2

Classic lures of an oscillating shape, which have been tested by several generations of fishermen. Everyone will find the right option in the wide range of the Trython line, taking into account the fishing location and types of prey. Here you can see sharp hooks, durable materials, reliable connecting rings, durable galvanic coating. To increase efficiency, there are models with scale patterns.

Advantages

• High quality manufacturing;
• Different shades;
• Suitable for any season;
• Inexpensive price tag;
• Durable petal coating;
• Seasonal warranty from the manufacturer.

Flaws

• Not enough information about baits;
• Not always available.

The company itself is known more for its rods and tackle, but its baits are still only at the stage of being released for sale on the Russian market. Despite this, Polish production guarantees quality and long service life. The downside is the frequent absence of such a line of spinners for sale.

Profilux Storling M with front sight

Modern models of Storling lures are available in different modifications depending on the purpose. The option under consideration is distinguished by good catchability, a design with calculated geometry, and improved performance characteristics for use in different reservoirs. The user will be able to freely vary the game of lure, cast over long distances without overlapping the fishing line. In strong currents, the petal does not go into a tailspin, maintaining the fishing horizon. An additional trick to attract predators is the front sight.

Advantages

• Good catchability;
• Application in different reservoirs;
• Thoughtful form;
• Request range;
• Suitability for all weather conditions;
• Inexpensive price tag.

Flaws

• Mediocre appearance.

The spinner performs well on both moderate and fast retrieves. High performance is guaranteed in catching pike. The main bite occurs during free swimming after the fisherman tears it off the bottom. The only unfinished point is the too simple, uncomplicated design.

Do-it-yourself oscillator

Making a simple vibrator at home is quite possible.

Required tools:

• grinder or hacksaw;
• sandpaper to make the surface smooth;
• electric drill with drill.

The process of making a homemade vibrator:

1. Saw off the handle from a regular teaspoon.
2. Run sandpaper over the workpiece to smooth out sharp corners.
3. Drill several holes in the groove.
4. Pass the winding ring through the opening on the narrow part of the workpiece.
5. Pass the tee (double) into the hole located in the wide part of the workpiece.
6. The working vibrator is ready for use.

To make the bait more attractive, use pliers to make bends and equip the lure with bright plastic and feathers.

DIY spinner made from teaspoons

Tackle for fishing

Rod

If you plan to fish from a boat, then choose gear with a length of 1.8 - 2.1 m. For hunting from the shore, a three-meter rod is suitable.

Test

The test must correspond to the weight of the shaker.

Important! To avoid damage to the tackle, choose a test that is one third heavier than the weight of the spinner.

Rod test indicator

Coil

Buy a high-quality model with a friction clutch and rear adjustment. Product size 2500 – 4000.

Shimano Exage 2500RC rear drag reel

fishing line

Here it is equally good to use braided thread with a diameter of 0.2 mm and monofilament thread with a cross-section of 0.25 mm.

Monofilament thread

Leashes

For pike hunting, use tungsten leashes or steel leashes 15-30 cm long.

When fishing in strong currents or when casting long distances, add additional weight, placing it at the top of the leader.

Tungsten leashes for pike

What color of spoon attracts pike?

Surely every angler has asked a similar question. I will immediately answer the question that the natural colors of metals: silver, gold, bronze are a priority for pike (since they are more similar to the natural color of potential prey). And multi-colored and bright spoons primarily attract the fishermen themselves in stores. Of course I could be wrong! The size of the spoon plays an important role, like any other bait for pike. The formula here is simple - the bigger the bait, the bigger the pike!

Due to their design (they are wide), homemade spoon vibrators are best used in reservoirs where there is no current. On rivers, it is better to use narrower spoons (made from spoon handles). On rivers with strong currents, very narrow oscillating spoons with a complex body shape are used. No longer hang any flies on the tee, as they will interfere with the action of the bait.

Pike fishing: fishing lines used

When an oscillating spoon falls into the water, it produces a characteristic splash, which has an exciting effect on the fish.
When fishing for pike, correct fishing is important.

In open water you can hunt for pike using vertical lures, spinning rods, and trolling.

The most successful time for fishing is early spring, 7-10 days after the end of the spawning period.

If you conduct spinning fishing, then use a uniform retrieve, casting the tackle a little further from the predator’s shelter.

Wait until the bait sinks, support it with the tip of the tool and begin to slowly and evenly rotate the reel handle.

Good results are achieved by varying the bait - first the spoon should be placed on the bottom, and then raised to form a cloudy cloud.

Another way to attract pike is a chaotic game, in which the spinner imitates the agony of a wounded victim.

You can use the twitching method. It is a jerky reeling with twitching of the tip of the fishing rod.

Stepwise retrieving is performed as follows: make a few turns with the reel, stop, reel in the line again, stop again. Continue in this order.

When using the trolling method, hunt along the underwater edges and grass edges. While the boat is moving, control the depth of the bait, experiment with types of animation and fishing horizons.

When an oscillating spinner falls into the water, it produces a characteristic splash, which has an exciting effect on the fish, so the bait can be captured at the very beginning of the spinner's dive.

Be careful here, constantly monitor the bait to ensure timely hooking. Pike is a fairly serious and intelligent opponent that can quickly determine the inedibility of a product.

Fish carefully, slowly, so that the fish gets tired and offers less resistance. A landing net is required.

Fishing for pike with a spoon

Spoon baits are still popular, despite all the efforts of companies producing new baits for catching predators. Oscillating spoons are also popular because they are easy to catch. They forgive wiring flaws.

Moreover, pike often take just any kind of wiring. Apparently the fish sees in the unevenly twitching spoon a completely wounded creature and easy prey. The spinner catches immediately after falling into the water - playing while diving. This fishing technique cannot really be repeated with any other bait.

And refined techniques for guiding spinners allow you to achieve the largest pike catches. Many anglers claim that it is the spoon that brings the most trophies compared to other baits. But how do they achieve this, how to successfully catch pike with a spoon? Nothing complicated, simple techniques...

Wiring Features

Playing at great depths with small and medium-sized spoons is almost impossible. At depth, only a heavy, oscillating spoon can be used successfully. But it can also be carried out in the middle layers of water.

Pike also prefer medium and large spoons. Moreover, the colder the water, the closer to winter, the more relevant a large heavy spoon becomes.

The simplest wiring of the vibrator, but very effective - uniform movement. And that’s it – the spinner does its job! For beginner spinners - a fairy tale...

The usual rule for catching pike with a spinner is to make the retrieve as slowly as possible, at the limit of the spinner’s ability to oscillate when moving.

But it is important to know the desired horizon and maintain it. For example, in the fall, pike loves depth and stands on the edges, slopes into the hole. You need to lift a heavy spoon along the edge from the depths, or even better, from the opposite direction, roll the spoon from the shore to the depths, imitating the usual movement of prey. In summer, there are a lot of pike where small fish are found - in overgrown shallow waters. And here there are some peculiarities of fishing.

A decent pike took the bait on a dive near the reeds

Unhooked ones are caught in shallows and snags

In summer, overgrown shallow waters are just suitable for light spinners. And the main predator is the grass pike, not large, but very aggressive towards the spooner that makes its way between the stems.

Non-hook spinners are spinners in which the hook is covered by metal antennae to prevent accidental snagging. Indeed, they can be carried out along snags and grass - very promising places for fishing. When the pike grabs the bait, the antennae contract and the predator gets hooked.

It is believed that on a non-hook it is better to use a single rigid hook protected by antennae. It catches pike more effectively than a tee with such protection. More information about catching pike in the grass with a wobbler

But if we talk about the effectiveness of fishing with various baits, then there is an opinion that with an oscillating spoon the percentage of strikes during bites is higher than with any other baits. This is due to the shape and material - the spoon easily slips through the mouth, and the hook reaches the target faster.

Various spinner game options

With uniform wiring everything is clear - effective, but according to the mood of the fish. If the pike is lethargic and stubbornly does not want to take a simple movement, then you can tease it. Make an up and down motion, like a step. The fall of the spoon is very effective. Performed as winding with pauses.

Another variety of wiring is to place the spoon on the bottom, then lift it to create turbidity. The predator comes running to such an event.

The next twitching movement is a jerky reeling and twitching with the tip of the fishing rod.

Using these combinations, you gain your own experience in “driving” the spinner. But when the pike is actively greedy, a simple uniform movement of the spoon is enough. It should be taken into account that uniform wiring is the most rational. With it, the overall speed of movement of the spoon is greater, and a larger area is fished during the activity of the pike. As a result, there is a greater likelihood of encountering a predator and a greater number of bites.

Primary catch on the fall

The spinner plays on the fall. The predator reacts to it. It is better to first check an unfamiliar place with a fall technique. The point is that the oscillating spoon is allowed to sink freely. A pike, if it is close in ambush, may well take it right there. But more often it happens a little differently.

The spinner, plunging, attracts a predator to the place, especially if the depth is deep and an interested pike approaches the object for exploration. After this, the spoon is allowed to lie on the bottom for a minute or more - so that the pike comes up and gets used to the situation - the fish needs time to study. Then the spoon is lifted from the bottom to create turbidity, at which time the bite occurs. The pike is guided by a reflex - as soon as the object begins to run away, it takes it.

This is how they fish for snags sticking out of the water, they fish for reed walls and vegetation in windows. But even in open water, at depth, it is useful to begin examining a place with a free dive.

Seasonality of fishing

Cold water in spring and autumn, the concentration of fish in holes, require the angler to adapt to the behavior of pike - to fish at great depths along the edges. The wiring is usually stepped, often with dragging along the bottom. The spinners are heavy. Sometimes fast retrieval is better - the pike still takes, and the catch is wider.

In summer, in warm water, the opposite is true - lighter lures, higher stroke, above the grass, above the snags. Even at depth - at half-water. The usual technique of a predator is to stand lower, merging with the bottom, and attack from the bottom up. This is how they catch summer pike. But the wiring is only extremely slow, mostly uniform. Light oscillating spoons actively play with this movement.

It turns out that pike can be successfully caught not only during the day but also at night. How to catch pike in the dark - new article.

taut line

When doing any wiring with an oscillating lure, you need to learn to keep the line taut. This is especially true for the fall phase of the spinner. With a tight line, the bite is easy to detect. And with a slack bite, the bite will go unnoticed.

The pike quickly determines that it has grabbed something unnecessary and frees itself from the spoon. With silicone, for example, there is still some reserve of time, especially if it is odorous, then the pike may try to drag it away. But with a spinner, the catch for the fish is obvious, so more often the predator tries by all means to part with the foreign object. To prevent the pike from spitting out the bait, you need to constantly monitor the movement of the fishing line and make a quick hook if there is any suspicion of a bite.

Shine matters

In clear cold water, golden and silver, highly reflective vibrators tend to work worse. They probably create a light effect in such conditions that is too bright for the fish. Therefore, in the fall, fish most likely will not like silver and golden “beauties”. You need something dark, blued, gloomy-looking and not colorful. In general, color and reflection matter to a spinner.

In summer, when the water is cloudy, shiny ones, on the contrary, more often tempt pike. Most likely, the increased light visibility in such water is a useful addition to the sound stimulus. Of course, this is not a hard and fast rule, but you need to remember about the selection of color and light.

Fishing from a boat

Fishing from the shore is significantly limited. Being on the shore, you cannot reach or reach the best edges, windows of vegetation, snags and simply great depths, where they mainly catch trophy channel pike with heavy lures...

But with a boat, the choice of fishing spots expands beyond words. Especially if the vessel is equipped with at least an electric motor. Fishing from the shore, casting under the wall of reeds and much more becomes available.

It is equally important that the hook of the spinner is no longer its last act of action. On a boat, using a heavy hitch and a long stick, you can solve such problems. Moreover, branded modern spinners are not cheap. And which of the spoons are more catchy?... It’s better to look for answers yourself in fights with pike in summer and autumn. Read more - what techniques can be used when fishing with a spinning rod

Blitz - tips

Tips and tricks:

• Don’t get carried away by shiny products; in most cases they scare away cautious fish
  . Choose spoons based on the nature of the reservoir and fishing conditions.
• Don’t get carried away with shiny products; in most cases they scare away wary fish.
• Curved shapes of lures do not show their effectiveness when catching pike.
• For pike, you can successfully use double spoons with additional hooks. The baits are durable and reliable. When falling into the water, they make an unusual sound that attracts pike.
• The most advantageous wiring option will be smooth and slow movements.
• The use of steel or tungsten leaders will allow you to preserve the fishing line and not lose your catch.
• Start fishing a specific body of water at the very bottom, gradually moving to the middle and upper layers.
• After unsuccessful 5 - 6 casts at a slow speed, make the same number of casts, increasing the speed of the retrieve.

Top 10 spinners for pike fishing. We choose workers.

The toothy predator, pike, is the most popular fishing object in Russia and many other countries. It inhabits a variety of bodies of water: ponds, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, quarries. It is successfully caught throughout the year. To catch pike, you can use any spinning bait.

The simplest and most incredibly effective weapon for catching pike is an oscillating spoon. Lures of this class are made of metal and have a flat geometry. In the catalog you can find striped or wide models, as well as options with a fancy shape.

The most universal colors of spinners are silver, copper and gold. In some cases, models of acidic and other shades are used.

To catch pike in still water, it is better to use the widest and most rounded spoons. And if you have to fish in the current, we advise you to stock up on baits with an elongated shape, they hold the flow better.

So, what spinners are preferable for pike according to our experts? Top 10 best models!

All vibrators are created according to Soviet stamps. The legendary models Atom, Storling, Protva, Malek, Lozhka and many others fall into this category. They are inexpensive and stable. Tested many times on pike!

Spoons from the Finnish company Kuusamo – Professor and Rasanen. Very famous baits among experienced fishermen. Some models are equipped with a provocative red ball. Both options are available in classic and non-snagging versions.

Acme Little Cleo is a Canadian spinner known for its flawless performance in all conditions. Quite wide, but holds the current well. In addition to pike, it works great for salmon. The secret weapon of avid spinners.

Spoons produced in limited quantities, real works of Hungarian masters - Cooper Craft Fat Pike. They have a wide shape. The game is incredibly smooth and realistic. On slow wiring, this model works real miracles. It is also worth noting the unique colors, which no pike will swim past.

The most famous elongated spinner is Mepps Syclops. Due to the optimal bend and carefully adjusted angles, the bait demonstrates effective work against a passive predator. Equally good for rivers and standing water. Available in several sizes. In addition to pike, it is suitable for catching other predators.

Luhr Jensen Krocodile is a working American spinner for fishing in currents. This model is especially good for fishing the lower, bottom layer. Due to the thick walls, the bait is easily buried and goes close to the bottom. Available in several sizes.

A symbiosis of a wobbler and a spinner – Rapala Minnow Spoon. This hook-free spinner simply “mows down” the pike, especially in reservoirs without a current. For greater effectiveness, you can attach a piece of silicone twister to the hook.

A series of spinners from the Finnish company Blue Fox - Lusox, Esox, Inkoo. All three models are ideal for catching toothy predators. Lusox is the most versatile spinner of the trio. Esox is an ideal option for fishing in deep-water lakes, quarries and ponds. Inkoo is a strong current-resistant spoon that can be easily deepened.

Well, where would we be without the Japanese! Field Hunter Deep On Spoon and North X. These spinners are suitable for catching trophy pike and a variety of salmon. Unique, designer colors can seduce even the most passive predator. It's hard to find anything more suitable for catching northern river pike!

Rounding out our top list are American models from the Pelican lures company. The company's spinners have become famous not only for their interesting designs, more like works of art. But also excellent results on pike. Flutter and Jigging Spoon spinners are suitable for both vertical fishing from ice or a boat, and for casting.

Try interesting baits, experiment and catch big pikes! NHNCH everyone!