Hoog Pike

[Fried Lemons]

Pike were really chewing the Hoog trout. I’ve been experimenting with bait size on these fish and I get the impression that there is no bait too large for these fish to attack. 
 

[bassbass]

Nice pike

[northeast_trev]

i've also been on the pike grind. Nice one!

[CG_Fishes]

Sweet pike, I need to get out on some soon! You are right that there is no bait too big for them to eat, but there are baits too big for them to have a good hookup ratio. I find my best success on hookups in the 6-7" range and most bites on baits at 8"

[yev14]

On 10/25/2022 at 10:47 AM, Fried Lemons said:

I’ve been experimenting with bait size on these fish and I get the impression that there is no bait too large for these fish to attack. 

If it moves it's food. 

[FishDr]

On 10/25/2022 at 11:41 AM, CG_Fishes said:

Sweet pike, I need to get out on some soon! You are right that there is no bait too big for them to eat, but there are baits too big for them to have a good hookup ratio. I find my best success on hookups in the 6-7" range and most bites on baits at 8"

I've had a similar experience, at least fishing with Slammers in a lake that has limited fishing pressure and lots of small to medium sized pike, and a few big ones (40"+).  The majority of the fish hit the 7" Slammer, a few hit the 9" Slammer (though it gets lots of looks), and very few hit the 12" Slammer.  That 7" size seems about right, at least for the pike I encounter.