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Soft Plastics
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You would have to have been stuck on a desert island not to have noticed softplastic lures making there presence felt over the last decade or more. Between them and braid they have revoloutionised lure fishing and it is not without great reason. The soft plastic range have accounted for more fishermen getting success catching specimen pike than any other lure. A large percentage of my fishing is with soft plastics
The soft plastics fall into two catergories they are either curly tail like bulldawgs or paddle tail like shads or replicants etc. They all work very nicely with their tails doing their best to attract the pikes attention if you get one in the right zone you will nearly always get a bite.
There are many variations and twintail lures pictured above can really get the pike chomping. You can cast them or troll them fish them shallow or deep they really are a first class lure and you should have a few of these in your lure box.
Crank Baits
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The crankbait lures are often overlooked these days as the more popular ones take centre stage but don't forget that crankbaits have accounted for many big pike over the years. The tight wiggle that the lip at the front of the bait give them is irresistible to pike of all sizes
There are many different types of cranks and they all work at different depths as a rule the bigger the lip the deeper it goesbut it is also the angle of the lip that also has a say in the final depth of the lure and the packaging should tell which depth band they work at.
Again crankbaits can either be cast or trolled and the depth they attain while trolling from a boat will be deeper than what depth you can get them down to casting, generally if you want to catch a bigger pike put on a bigger lure but not always so it would be wise to try out various sizes while you are fishing as some big pike have fallen to very small baits.