Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network

Show Name: Fisherman’s Friend

Episode Title: The Pike!!

Hello Fellow freshwater fisherman, you are listening to Fisherman’s Friend_ the podcast with your host Gio.

In this episode of Fisherman’s Friend the Podcast we discuss: Rod and line for pike,lures for pike, and where you can find pike and what to do when you catch the pike.

Pike are huge and long fish. Pike sometimes gets chunky and very powerful. When you are picking out a rod and wanting to target a pike, you need a very powerful rod that can withstand a ton of force. You are going to want to buy a fast action and heavy weight rod. The best rod brand you could choose for pike fishing is ugly stik. I'm saying this because ugly stik make their rods out of carbon fiber. Now line, when you're fishing for a big fish, you're going to want a heavy line. The recommended weight of the line is between 20-40 pound braided line.

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People always wonder what lures or bait huge fish like pike eat. Pike are very unusual when it comes to lure. Pike loves eating BIG bait or fish. People don’t know the reason for this but we know that pike sometimes eat baits that are twice their size. Some recommended colors for lures when fishing for pike are purple, green, orange, red, yellow, white, and neon blue. Recommended baits and lures are:

• Big pike lures
• Large spoons
• Bucktail lures
• Squid
• Live minnows
• Worms
• Jerkbaits
• Crankbaits

Pike like big bodys of water since they are big themselves. When you want to target pikes, you should target them mostly during the fall. You can sometimes fish for pike during the late summer. Also, if you do ice fishing you can fish for them during the winter. You can most likely find pike in reservoirs in the north or big lakes. Pike mostly like the cold so they will be most active during the colder days. Pike like to hide in the shade, so try to throw your lure or bait near a shady area. Now, when you catch one, what should you do? I recommend you buy a net for pike since they have very sharp teeth. If you don’t have a net, that's okay, it will just be a little harder to get the pike out of the water. Pike also get pretty big so they can get pretty heavy. But, when you are holding the pike, you're gonna want to hold it up by its gill, right next to the jaw of the fish. (Keep fishing and keep catching huge fish)

• Chertovski by done with fish