What Are The Best Surface Pike Lures?
On shallow venues there’s nothing more exciting that watching a pike leaping out of the water as it takes a large popper, imitation frog or similar pattern that you have been fishing over weed beds or close to reed-lined margins. Popper lures are best fished by jerking them across the surface where the concave-shaped head creates a disturbance and a ‘plopping’ sound that attracts the fish. You cannot miss the take as the surrounding water will explode when the fish hits the surface. It’s much the same when you fish a floating imitation, like a frog or mouse, but these are best fished in short jerks to mimic the natural swimming movements of frogs and such like. What Are Effective Shallow Divers? Moving away from the marginal features and into the open water where the near shelf drops away, we find possibly the best location to target patrolling fish that can also hold station for a long period. Buoyant, shallow-diving plugs and imitations, each of which has a dumpy, downward-pointing v
