Pike on live bait

In ancient times, a predator was caught in only a few ways, while we are not talking about spinning. Pike on live bait was caught mainly on tackle, similar to modern donka or some kind of circles. Today, live bait is used as bait for many types of fishing, each of which is passive.

Advantages

In most cases, bait tackle for pike fishing gives trophy copies of a predator, because the natural bait that she sees every day attracts her attention. The main advantages are:

• Versatility, because the bait and a variety of tackle are used in any weather, regardless of the time of year.
• Getting the bait is simple, you can catch a decent amount of bait on an ordinary float.
• Additional costs are not required, so another advantage is the relative cheapness.
• Additional materials will not be needed either; the bait will be able to attract a toothy predator on its own.

However, there is a drawback, after the fish are caught in sufficient quantities, it is necessary to think about storage methods. Another difficulty is that the bait for pike bait bought in the store must be transported to the reservoir.

Fishing places

Live bait tackle is usually used for pike without any restrictions. With such a bait, they catch it both in reservoirs with stagnant water, and in rivers with different current strengths.

It is necessary to place the bait in a special way, depending on the season and weather conditions. A table will help you to study this better:

You need to choose promising places for fishing, such are in any reservoir:

• old houses, bays, river branches;
• on the border of clear water and places with vegetation;
• at snags, flooded bushes;
• channel dumps, edges, places with a reverse flow.

Fishing for pike on the river in May on live bait in the bay will bring a better catch than fishing in the current with live bait.

Live bait selection

In order for the fishing to be successful, it is worth being able to choose the right bait, in our case, live bait. There are no difficulties here, it is only important to know the preferences of the predator in the water area where the capture is planned.

The diet of the predator includes almost all representatives of the ichthyofauna, the pike does not disdain:

• if I look;
• roach;
• Ershom;
• bleak;
• top water;
• linem;
• let’s read
• white bream;
• scavenger.

In the summer, it is a pleasure to eat frogs, but this is the topic of another article on our website.

The most used are crucians, they are easy to find at any time of the year, and their survivability is at a decent level. Roach is also great for bait, but it is used a little less often.

Choosing a bait for live bait tackle is based on the following indicators:

• value from 5 cm;
• the most active ones are chosen from freshly caught ones;
• it is desirable to sort out injured individuals.

It should be understood that for a trophy pike, the live bait should not be small. In the autumn, they put a larger fish, then the trophy pike will bite on it.

Tackle for live fishing

If in ancient times they caught on primitive gear and there were only a couple of them, now there is nothing to catch. The most popular for fishing with live bait are:

• mugs;
• running donka;
• summer zherlitsa;
• float rod;
• Donka.

They are easy to assemble, and even a beginner will not have any difficulties in using them. Next, let’s talk about each gear in more detail.

Mugs

This tackle of this type is considered the oldest; a predator has long been caught on it. For greater effectiveness, several circles are put up at once, which are placed at different points in the reservoir. When biting, the base turns over, this is a signal for the fisherman.

The positive characteristics include the cheapness of tackle, it is easy to assemble it, even a child can handle it. A sufficient amount of fishing line is wound onto a circle cut out of foam plastic with a groove, at the end of which a weight and a hook with live bait are fixed.

They put up and take out the trophy from the water only with the help of a boat, without it it will be problematic to do all this.

Running donk

This type of tackle with live bait on the hook is used in the summer and at the very beginning of autumn. It is a spinning rod with a weight located at the end of the base and a small fish. This view will appeal to those who do not like to sit still, with a running donkey they move along the entire coast.

Summer girders

It is customary for many to use zherlitsy in the winter, but in the summer this tackle will work well. Pike in May on live bait on this particular tackle takes excellently, and the fishing takes place just in the coastal zone of the reservoir.

float tackle

They are collected on a form, at least 4 m long, while the float acts as a bite signaling device. The fishing technique is identical to other baits, the tackle is thrown and the attack of the predator is expected.

Donka

Many do not know how to catch pike with a live bait, but this is one of the old methods of fishing. It will be most effective in late autumn, but catfish, burbot, pike perch may be on the hook. There is no need to groom in search of a predator with a donkey, it is installed in a promising place and waiting for the reaction of a toothy resident.

Subtleties of fishing

Live bait fishing is possible at any time of the year, but there are some subtleties and secrets of success in this business. They are known to anglers with experience, but beginners will have to comprehend them on their own if there is no older comrade. To always be with a trophy when fishing with this method, you must:

• preliminarily study and learn the rules of planting live bait;
• be able to form tackle for any of the selected fishing methods;
• take into account seasonality and from this select the basis;
• use live bait, which was caught in the same reservoir, for a predator it will be “more familiar”;
• correctly choose a promising place, for this, carefully study all the material on this topic;
• use a leash, without it the predator can easily bite the base of the tackle;
• use high-quality tees, and they are selected depending on the size of the fish;
• sinker to choose a little less from the weight of the bait, it should not drown the live bait, but also not give him much will;
• immediately after the circle or vent is triggered, you don’t have to grab the tackle and spot it, let the pike turn the bait in its mouth and grab it as far as possible;
• it is worth pulling out gradually, next to it it is necessary to have a tie-back with a sufficiently long handle or a hook in winter.

The remaining skills will come to the angler over time, everyone, if desired, will learn to feel the tackle and skillfully manage it.

Catch pike on live bait all year round, and very successfully. For successful fishing, you just need to decide on the tackle used and install it in a promising place in the selected reservoir.