Tackle for pike fishing: for spinning, float rod, mugs

Catching predatory fish, especially pike, is quite an interesting activity. As an experienced fisherman, catching a pike is not at all difficult, but as a beginner, it is an unattainable goal. At least they think so, because they do not yet have the necessary experience.

First of all, you should choose the right gear and learn how to use them correctly. This article talks about the 4 main types of tackle that you can use to catch a toothy predator.

For pike fishing use:

• Spinning.
• Float gear.
• Mugs.
• Zherlitsy.

Spinning

Nowadays, pike are mainly caught on spinning. This is a universal tackle, with the help of which predatory fish can be caught both from the shore and from a boat, both in the current and in stagnant water. At the same time, various types of artificial baits are used.

Spinning fishing is interesting and effective, especially if you have some experience. Firstly, you need to find a pike and know promising places, and secondly, you need to choose the right bait, depending on the conditions of fishing and masterfully conduct it so that the predator decides to attack. Catching pike on a spinning rod requires a lot of effort and energy from spinning rods, since they have to travel many kilometers and make hundreds of casts.

Baits

For pike fishing, various types of artificial lures are used, which imitate the movements of the fish when wiring. Moreover, many baits not only imitate the movements of a small fish, but also completely look like a fish. In fact, pike can bite on baits that look like nothing else. Silicone baits are very popular these days. Their species assortment is quite rich, so you can easily choose a bait for any fishing conditions.

For pike fishing, the following baits are used:

• Wobblers.
• Spinners, both oscillating and rotating.
• Baits, both from ordinary silicone, and from edible.
• Foam fish.
• Castmasters.

For catching pike on spinning, spinning rods of various lengths, dough and action are used. In addition to the rod, a non-inertial reel and fishing line are selected for it. All elements must be carefully selected, depending on the fishing conditions. In this case, you should pay attention to the weight of the rod, since it will have to be held in your hands for a long time and cast.

The use of spinning for pike fishing requires the angler to have certain skills, especially in wiring the bait, since the outcome of the whole fishing depends on this. Before you go fishing, it is better to practice in advance on some kind of reservoir.

Floating rod

Some general anglers use a float rod to catch various types of fish, including pike. In this case, the predator is offered not an artificial bait, but a live fish, which is called live bait. The advantage of such fishing is that the pike does not need to be deceived, since the live bait behaves quite naturally in the water column, so bites are guaranteed.

The equipment of such a fishing rod is somewhat different, since a more voluminous float is used. This is necessary so that the small fish cannot drag the tackle into the thicket or into the snag. Such a float can be purchased at a fishing store or made yourself from foam or other improvised means.

Live bait should be at a height of 15 cm from the bottom of the reservoir. This is necessary so that he cannot hide from the predator in the bottom algae or other debris, which is always abundant at the bottom of the reservoir. When catching pike, be sure to use a metal leash, otherwise the pike will easily bite off the live bait and leave.

Pike fishing is active fishing, as pike must be found. Sitting in one place will have to wait a very long time. It may happen that the predator does not bite even once. Therefore, you need to know where the pike can stand. Promising places are thickets of reeds or windows of clear water. She can often be seen hunting small fish. If you managed to catch a pike in one place, then you need to move to another place, since the pike does not keep in packs and hunts separately.

Mugs

Mugs are gear for catching pike in the summer. We can safely say that this is the same zherlitsa, but only summer. This is a flat disk of foam or other material that has positive buoyancy. The advantage of polystyrene is that it is not afraid of water. Along the circumference of the circle, a groove was made for winding fishing line. A hole is made in the center of the circle into which the pin is inserted. Its function is to flip the circle during a bite to signal that the pike has taken the bait.

For greater fishing efficiency, several circles are installed. Mugs are used for catching pike, both in the current and in reservoirs with stagnant water.

To fish for circles, you definitely need a boat. The circle is set so that the live bait is at a height of 15 cm from the bottom of the reservoir. Therefore, first of all, you should determine the distance to the bottom. After that, the live bait is baited and the tackle is finally installed.

The sides of the circle should have a different color to determine if there was a bite or not. After setting the mug, the red side is in the upper position. After biting, the circle turns over with the white side up. It is possible on the contrary, then it is easier to determine the moment of bite by the red color. Colors such as white and red are visible from a distance.

Seeing an overturned circle, the angler swims up to him on a boat and pulls out a pike. It is good to fish with mugs in still water conditions, although many people fish with mugs in the current. Then the mugs have to be floated downstream, in search of promising places. In this case, hooks on snags or vegetation are possible. And yet, the best sections on the river are bays where there is no current. In addition, pike often visit the bays in search of food, as they contain a lot of small fish.

Zherlitsy

Zherlitsa is a tackle for winter fishing. When catching pike on zherlitsy, a live bait is also used. The design, although simple, is quite effective. You can easily make it yourself at home. Fishing with a vent is passive fishing, but that doesn’t make it any less interesting, since anglers set up several vents. It remains only to observe and respond in a timely manner to bites. In this case, this method of fishing can be conditionally called passive, since the angler often has to move from one vent to another. In addition, you have to drill a lot of holes.

The design of the vent is quite simple. It consists of a base on which a reel with fishing line and a bite signaling device are fixed. The base, in turn, serves to close the hole, then the sun’s rays do not penetrate the hole, and the pike is not afraid to approach the bait. The bite signaling device consists of a flexible wire, at the end of which a red flag is fixed. After installing the vent, the bite indicator is in a bent position. As soon as the pike takes the bait, the line begins to unwind. As a result, the bite signaling device is released, which unbends and becomes vertical. A red or orange flag is visible at a great distance, especially on a white background (snow background).

Seeing that the bite signaling device has taken a vertical position, as evidenced by the flag, the angler goes to the tackle and begins to manipulate the pike. Fishing on zherlitsy also has its subtleties. As a general rule, you should not hook right away, as the pike may not completely swallow the bait, as evidenced by the reel. It can unwind gradually, jerkily, quickly and confidently. This point is important to define. If the reel spins without stopping, then the pike has taken the bait confidently and is trying to go into cover with it. At this point, cutting will not hurt. After that, you need to carefully, slowly take up pulling out the instance. You need to be careful and careful, because you can cut your hands with a fishing line. As a rule, for winter fishing, line of minimum thickness is always chosen. In addition, if you hurry, then the pike can simply tear off a thin fishing line.

The zherlitsa is the ideal tackle for pike fishing from the ice. Winter fishing is different in that there are not so many options for using gear, compared to fishing in the summer. In the summer, many lovers of hunting for predatory fish are armed with spinning rods. Catching pike on a spinning rod is an interesting and exciting activity, especially since you can catch other predatory fish along the way, such as perch, pike perch, etc. The advantage of spinning fishing lies in the fact that there are a lot of different bait models. In this case, you do not need to use the barbaric method of catching pike – fishing for live bait. Yes, and carrying a live bait is uncomfortable and not practical. Whether business, artificial baits. It is enough to put them in a bag or in a box, in a box, etc. Carrying them with you is not at all a problem. As a rule, spinningists always have a whole collection of lures with them.