I had a 13lb Pike on a Fox micro spikey this winter whilst Perch jigging down the side of a wall.The water had good visability and i saw the silver flash of the Pike long before the hookup,so exciting.
I've had other BPM baits th-cam.com/users/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 before and they've pretty much always came through for me with the suskie smallies here and even with the walleye and pike, but I realized I didn't have an "in-between" pattern so this junebug one fills that role in no problem. it pairs up magnificently with a junebug Zoom Z-craw Jr that was trimmed a couple millimeters before the hook slots and rigged sideways for that fatter panfish side profile while still being a nice'n'compact presentation, a real power-finesse bait. Hell, it was so pretty I even bothered to fotosketch the pic into a watercolor painting image just to show you it's beauty! Even the blades are really well made, sure, they're not of Hildebrandt-level exquisiteness but look at the bead's reflection on the colorado blade, definitely well-made! The only "problem" spot it had was a bald spot in the skirt but it was nothing that I couldn't easily fix with a but of tuggin'n'shiftin' with the strands for a couple of seconds, besides that it is pretty minty!
Fantastic video, very informative. I'm reasonably new to lure fishing but, as we all do, thought id learned quite a bit already just from reading and experimentation but this taught me a lot. Id never really given much thought to why certain shads had thinner and thicker paddle tails and i must confess i had no idea about the texas rig. Thank you for bringing these things to my attention. Ive mostly overlooked the smaller lures and concentrated on lures of 18cm or more, and even had some tiny pike taking them at that size too. Im definitely going to get my hands on some smaller shads and creature baits and give them a shot. Big trout in our local rivers too, when they open again, so I'll be chucking a few about in the river too. Learned a lot from this, well presented. Cheers 👍
Thank you very much for the kind words! 18cm+ lures are great for targeting big fish - you should find you get a lot more action by scaling down your lure sizes on canals.
@@samedmonds9009 thanks, and yeah i hope it does lead to more action as theres miles upon miles of canal near me, and rivers, and action is few and far between. A good session would be 2 pike lol and thats varying my lures, walking the margins and very actively working various depths and retrieves etc not just chucking out a lure and cranking it straight back. I know the fish are there, they just prove hard to tempt. We are blessed with good size perch too, 3lb not being uncommon, so i hope to get some of them on the smaller lures too. I had been pretty transfixed on pike upon my return to fishing so ive neglected most other species. It wasnt until i accidentally hooked into a good trout on the river and realised how hard they fight when caught on a lure that my interest in other species peaked a bit. I used to catch them on the stick with maggots but i don't ever remember them behaving so violently. Anyway, ranting 😂. Cheers man
Sam absolutely awesome video my PB pike is 27LB 90Z got to say though that was in the lake district on a fox rage shad i go to the USA once a year for 8 weeks absolutely awesome place to fish the USA last year i took all my fox rage soft lures with me i hammered the fish with them musky small and large mouth bass snook and many more my USA friends went crazy on the fox rage range of lures my best canal pike is 16LB 7oz last year i left my FOX RAGE VOYAGER TACKLE VEST in the hotel in USA i was gutted can't get one anywhere by me there absolutely awesome and i miss mine big-time thanks for posting guys ALIEN
That's awesome and thank you for the great feedback! When I fished in Ontario and Quebec a couple of years ago, the Rage range of softbaits worked really well for both Bass species, along with various other panfish, and a big freshwater Drum my Dad caught on a Critter!
Relative to the size of the pike and lure, I am beginning to question the size of the hooks we use for these small fish. As an angler I have to question the damage we can do to these small fish with such huge single hooks that often have barbs. Surely we don’t need 2/0 hooks and size 6 trebles on lures when we know most canal pike we catch are small jacks.
@@craigfarrell2939 I assume you mean Trace. I haven’t found that Trace causes deep tissue damage whilst hooks and certainly large ones do. And almost exclusively these lures with large hooks come barbed and I think this also creates risk to cause greater damage to often smaller fish in Canals.
Larger sized hooks take more energy to set down to the bend, especially with a substantial barb. Smaller hooks take less energy, have a smaller cross-section and shorter travel distance to the bend giving them a more secure hold. Large hooks are over-kill and unnecessarily damaging to most small to medium pike.
Subbed! Thank you for Your knowledge on pike fishing.. I’m a very keen carp fishermen.. never thought about pike before, can’t wait to get out next week and fish for pike for first time
hi, great video, nice to see a father and son spending time together! I was wondering what size / weight chatter bait you were using? Im just trying to get my son set up so we can go out together!
Hi, just getting back into lure fishing. Been away from fishing for a while. What is the best way, to attach a lure to the wire trace. Old fashion way, just tied it on. Now, from what i see. You get links for the lure and wire trace! Thanks in advance
Hi I found your channel and subbed you please can you recommend any braid as I am starting lure /dropshoting on my canal and it's a bit of a minefield many thanks for your channel too 👍
Who whole Spiel sounds like what a newb would get in a bad tackle shop. You'll need one of those, one of those, actually why not make it 2. For a change it's worth trying one of those too, and one of those. You leave the shop with 20 different types of shad, in 30 different colours, and a load of other crap you didn't need.
Also, good to see that the even pro's catch sticks as well!
Ha ha.... That's all I had out today 😂 couple of nice perch though. Tight lines!
I had a 13lb Pike on a Fox micro spikey this winter whilst Perch jigging down the side of a wall.The water had good visability and i saw the silver flash of the Pike long before the hookup,so exciting.
Great work! It's amazing when you actually see them come out after your lure.
I had my pb of 20lbs 9oz out of my local canal recently
I've had other BPM baits th-cam.com/users/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 before and they've pretty much always came through for me with the suskie smallies here and even with the walleye and pike, but I realized I didn't have an "in-between" pattern so this junebug one fills that role in no problem. it pairs up magnificently with a junebug Zoom Z-craw Jr that was trimmed a couple millimeters before the hook slots and rigged sideways for that fatter panfish side profile while still being a nice'n'compact presentation, a real power-finesse bait. Hell, it was so pretty I even bothered to fotosketch the pic into a watercolor painting image just to show you it's beauty! Even the blades are really well made, sure, they're not of Hildebrandt-level exquisiteness but look at the bead's reflection on the colorado blade, definitely well-made! The only "problem" spot it had was a bald spot in the skirt but it was nothing that I couldn't easily fix with a but of tuggin'n'shiftin' with the strands for a couple of seconds, besides that it is pretty minty!
This bloke is great very entertaining
Started off my fishing piking and only piking, this video has inspired me to get all my jelly lures out and the old spinning rod 👍🏻🎣
That large Rage landing net is the best. I have one...good video again. Thanks.
Thank you for watching 👍🏼🎣
This was a great vid btw, loads of good tips
Fantastic video, very informative. I'm reasonably new to lure fishing but, as we all do, thought id learned quite a bit already just from reading and experimentation but this taught me a lot.
Id never really given much thought to why certain shads had thinner and thicker paddle tails and i must confess i had no idea about the texas rig. Thank you for bringing these things to my attention.
Ive mostly overlooked the smaller lures and concentrated on lures of 18cm or more, and even had some tiny pike taking them at that size too.
Im definitely going to get my hands on some smaller shads and creature baits and give them a shot. Big trout in our local rivers too, when they open again, so I'll be chucking a few about in the river too.
Learned a lot from this, well presented. Cheers 👍
Thank you very much for the kind words! 18cm+ lures are great for targeting big fish - you should find you get a lot more action by scaling down your lure sizes on canals.
@@samedmonds9009 thanks, and yeah i hope it does lead to more action as theres miles upon miles of canal near me, and rivers, and action is few and far between. A good session would be 2 pike lol and thats varying my lures, walking the margins and very actively working various depths and retrieves etc not just chucking out a lure and cranking it straight back.
I know the fish are there, they just prove hard to tempt.
We are blessed with good size perch too, 3lb not being uncommon, so i hope to get some of them on the smaller lures too. I had been pretty transfixed on pike upon my return to fishing so ive neglected most other species. It wasnt until i accidentally hooked into a good trout on the river and realised how hard they fight when caught on a lure that my interest in other species peaked a bit. I used to catch them on the stick with maggots but i don't ever remember them behaving so violently.
Anyway, ranting 😂. Cheers man
Excellent work sir. Enjoy your delivery 🙂
Thanks for the video buddy. I just moved here from the states a few months ago. And I'm heading out to my first canal today. 🎣🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
Great vid, very useful!!
This is brilliant. So informative. Cheers.
Sam absolutely awesome video my PB pike is 27LB 90Z got to say though that was in the lake district on a fox rage shad i go to the USA once a year for 8 weeks absolutely awesome place to fish the USA last year i took all my fox rage soft lures with me i hammered the fish with them musky small and large mouth bass snook and many more my USA friends went crazy on the fox rage range of lures my best canal pike is 16LB 7oz last year i left my FOX RAGE VOYAGER TACKLE VEST in the hotel in USA i was gutted can't get one anywhere by me there absolutely awesome and i miss mine big-time thanks for posting guys ALIEN
That's awesome and thank you for the great feedback! When I fished in Ontario and Quebec a couple of years ago, the Rage range of softbaits worked really well for both Bass species, along with various other panfish, and a big freshwater Drum my Dad caught on a Critter!
Awesome sam you and your family stay safe brother tightlines for you and dad ALIEN
Relative to the size of the pike and lure, I am beginning to question the size of the hooks we use for these small fish. As an angler I have to question the damage we can do to these small fish with such huge single hooks that often have barbs. Surely we don’t need 2/0 hooks and size 6 trebles on lures when we know most canal pike we catch are small jacks.
I personally use the biggest hook I can safely get away with, this means less chance of my line being in the mouth which I think causes more damage.
We fish in a shallow narrow canal and I pulled out a big pike. It was a small hook too. I think I was lucky I managed to keep it on! 😂
Canals are so underrated, these waters have been around a long time and hold some good fish
@@craigfarrell2939 I assume you mean Trace. I haven’t found that Trace causes deep tissue damage whilst hooks and certainly large ones do. And almost exclusively these lures with large hooks come barbed and I think this also creates risk to cause greater damage to often smaller fish in Canals.
Larger sized hooks take more energy to set down to the bend, especially with a substantial barb. Smaller hooks take less energy, have a smaller cross-section and shorter travel distance to the bend giving them a more secure hold. Large hooks are over-kill and unnecessarily damaging to most small to medium pike.
Subbed! Thank you for
Your knowledge on pike fishing.. I’m a very keen carp fishermen.. never thought about pike before, can’t wait to get out next week and fish for pike for first time
Great to hear, good luck with your fishing 👍🏼
This guy is very informative
hi, great video, nice to see a father and son spending time together! I was wondering what size / weight chatter bait you were using? Im just trying to get my son set up so we can go out together!
Hi, just getting back into lure fishing. Been away from fishing for a while. What is the best way, to attach a lure to the wire trace. Old fashion way, just tied it on. Now, from what i see. You get links for the lure and wire trace! Thanks in advance
Hi I found your channel and subbed you please can you recommend any braid as I am starting lure /dropshoting on my canal and it's a bit of a minefield many thanks for your channel too 👍
What rod is that ? Looking to get into the lighter lure fishing but can’t decide what rod to use
What type of reel is recommended for pike fishing
Nice 👍🏼
Nice vid,What rod is he using?
💪fox rage
Hi hi what bait cast set up are you using
Hi Lee, it's the Lew's BB1 Speed Spool:
www.foxrage.com/home/product/bb1-speed-spool-baitcast-reel-series?b=Lews&c=casting-reels
What licences are required to fish for pike
What rod is best for this kind of catch anything fishing?
3-14g or 7-28g are great options Claire. Take a look at the range on our website 🙂
Great video 👌
Thanks 👍
what reel is that baitcaster that he was using
Its a Lew's BB1 Speed Spool:
www.foxrage.com/home/product/bb1-speed-spool-baitcast-reel-series?b=Lews&c=casting-reels
Who whole Spiel sounds like what a newb would get in a bad tackle shop. You'll need one of those, one of those, actually why not make it 2. For a change it's worth trying one of those too, and one of those. You leave the shop with 20 different types of shad, in 30 different colours, and a load of other crap you didn't need.
Lures catch us much quicker than fish!
Nothing like catching a pike below your feet.
😲 👍
Not gonna lie I know exactly were your fishing I've fished there before😂
That's great, hope you did well 🎣