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Best Northern Pike Spoon? #7317393
07/30/21 02:14 PM
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Green Bay Offline OP
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I have a friend going to northern Canada ask me this so I thought I would ask the experts.

I suggested: Dr. Spoon (chrome and brass), Daredevils (Red / white and Yellow / Diamonds), and Red Eye wiggler.


Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317394
07/30/21 02:15 PM
07/30/21 02:15 PM
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james bay frontierOnt.
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Williams wabbler one silver one gold.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317396
07/30/21 02:16 PM
07/30/21 02:16 PM
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Green Bay Offline OP
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Johnson Silver minnow


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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317405
07/30/21 02:28 PM
07/30/21 02:28 PM
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Michigan
I have always liked a hammered finished copper spoon. The heavier the better in the 4-5" range.


Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317413
07/30/21 02:39 PM
07/30/21 02:39 PM
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Firth, Nebraska
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We are hammering them up here on mantrap lake MN this week. No spoons. Just using 4" to 6" paddle tail swim jigs on ball head jigs. We trolled them along weedy edges.
Couple outings a day and averaging 5 to 6 real nice fish a trip. Cleaned a lot of northerns this week.
Single hooks were way easier to release fish in healthy condition within the slot limit here than if we had used trebles on spoons.

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Last edited by jabNE; 07/30/21 02:42 PM.

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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317443
07/30/21 04:26 PM
07/30/21 04:26 PM
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Central MN, sort of old
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Green Bay you have made excellent choices on suggestions. I would add to go with the larger sizes in those to target larger fish and the smaller ones have no problem with the larger lures either.


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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317444
07/30/21 04:32 PM
07/30/21 04:32 PM
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Coeur d' Alene, Idaho
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Williams Warbler.

Jim


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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317451
07/30/21 04:49 PM
07/30/21 04:49 PM
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Mn
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Whopper Stopper Online content
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Mn
Five of Diamonds

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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: James] #7317452
07/30/21 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by James
Williams Warbler.

Jim


Now you went and done it James.
You just made the best pike spoon into a liberal spoon.
Now nobody on here will use it,lol.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Whopper Stopper] #7317461
07/30/21 05:04 PM
07/30/21 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Whopper Stopper
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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317464
07/30/21 05:16 PM
07/30/21 05:16 PM
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ND
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anything I'm dragging behind the boat walleye fishing... grin


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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317469
07/30/21 05:25 PM
07/30/21 05:25 PM
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Five O' Diamonds! (X3)

Moosetrot

Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317484
07/30/21 05:49 PM
07/30/21 05:49 PM
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Crivitz WI
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Five of diamonds, mepps 4's, 5's, and giant killers.


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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317486
07/30/21 06:01 PM
07/30/21 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Green Bay
I have a friend going to northern Canada ask me this so I thought I would ask the experts.

I suggested: Dr. Spoon (chrome and brass), Daredevils (Red / white and Yellow / Diamonds), and Red Eye wiggler.


Excellent recommendations.


Eh...wot?

Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317495
07/30/21 06:18 PM
07/30/21 06:18 PM
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Northern Wisconsin,Rhinelander
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Many fine options above. I like 5 of diamonds and Johnson Silver minnows the best.

Chris


>>In God we trust<<
Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317496
07/30/21 06:19 PM
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Ohio
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Five a diamonds. Hands down.

Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317497
07/30/21 06:20 PM
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Crivitz WI
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My biggest pike caught was with a black and chrome rattlin rapala.


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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317499
07/30/21 06:22 PM
07/30/21 06:22 PM
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Northern Mn
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Covered most of them,don't forget top water walk the dog,top water hit's are very impressive and a load od fun watching the double wake sometimes.Good luck.

Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: Green Bay] #7317503
07/30/21 06:27 PM
07/30/21 06:27 PM
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If you're going to fish for them topwater, a fly rod and fly are the only way to do it. What a kick to watch them strike at the fly when you give it a twitch.

Jim

Last edited by James; 07/30/21 06:28 PM.

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Re: Best Northern Pike Spoon? [Re: James] #7317516
07/30/21 06:47 PM
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Northern Mn
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Agree I use popper's with my 10 weight here on Lake of the woods.

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