In this topic I'm going to show my common used lures,Since I promised to do this in the 2K12 topic and some people also send me PM about this some some time ago.
Many of you have seen in my previous posts that I am a fanatic Pikefishermen,And I am hoping that by showing some of my lures maybe some of the readers of this topic are motivated to try them.
Let first start with the big lures:
The first(left) line of lures are all Pikefighters Triple Jointed from SPRO.
They are one of the most popular pikefishing lures in Holland,and they are great for trolling.
Because Pike sometimes are caught on one color only, I decided to buy some different colors.
But my favorite colour is the orange koi,this lure is on the end of the line for the longest time when I go trolling.
The second row consist of Spro Screaming Devils.
There from the same series as the Triple Jointed Pikefighters and also really popular in holland.\
There are really noisy and move to the water in a shaking type of way.
I ussually use the Koi and the Red-white colored Devils,but when the water is more clearly this can scare pike so this is the moment when the green and white are useful. Pike are inactive for about 90% of the day so a big noisy lure like the devil can really wake them up especially on days when nothing seems to be working.
Third row consist of Rapala lures,The first three are Super Shad raps and the last lure is an Xrap jointed.
They are commonly used here in Holland but they haven't really proved themselfs to me,Although I did catch a few on the SSD's and one on the Xrap. The Use/Catch ratio is really low for me right now.
Last row is filled with Triple Jointed Screaming Devils from Spro.
I am really excited about them but haven't really used them yet.
I am looking forward to use them this year.
These are my other large and medium sized lures:
First lure is a rubber lure called a Butterfly,it's large and has a lot of weight.
I have used it for a short period of time and caught a nice pike,sadly the tail of lure broke and I haven't used it since.
Second Lure is a Salmo Whitefish,This is a big surface lure.
Not a big fan of this lure,Use/catch ratio is really low.
Third lure is a Pikefighter from Spro it dives to 15feet or more behind the boat.
The waters I'm ussually fishing at are 9feet at max so this lure is staying in the box for most of the time.
All the other lures are Salmo Jointed except for the small one in the middle that from DAM.
The Lure from DAM has really proven itself for small pike,haven't caught anything above 14inch on this lure yet.
I am a big fan of the Salmo jointed lures,so I bough the entire series of them sadly I lost some during fishing and this is what remains of it.
They used to be my go to lures when trolling but since I started using SPRO lures they stay in the box more often.
The lures are effective,but don't have the Use/Catch ratio as the Spro lures.
Still caught plenty of big ones on those lures and when I go out fishing from shore they are the lures that bring in the 20inch+ pikes.
Now lets take a look at my small lures and shads:
First row consist of Pikefighter jointed juniors from SPRO.
I once read in a magazine that Pikefishermen should use small lures in the early summer to match there natural prey.
I decided to buy some of this small pikefighters and I was instantly hooked.
They bring in perch,zander and Pike from all sorts of sizes.
Once again is the koi color my absolute favorite,but the first yellow lures has also proven to be very effective.
When I go out and explore new fishinggrounds nowadays I always have a Junior PF at the end of my line to see what is out there.
combined with the Regular pikefighters and the Screaming devils these lures have brought in about 70% of the pike's I'f caught in the last 2years.
The first lure of the second row is from Spro,it dives to 14feet so I don't use it often.
But I caught 2pikes of 32inch of this lure so far so it's one of those lures that I always take with me.
The second lure from the second row is the 4a from Bomber Lures,I bought it from a US shipment last summer.
At this moment it has the highest Use/Catch ratio for pike from all of my lures however most of the pike are below 16inch so this is ussually a lure I give to a friend when he is having a bad day. On a regular fishing day,this lure can bring in a perch or pike in about a half hour.
The other lures from the second row are all Bill Lewis Clackin Raps,also bought from a US Shipment.
They have proven to be succesfull for Zander last year,but haven't caught a pike on these thing yet.
really like the noise these lures make compared to there size,really hate the treble hooks on these lures they are to soft for any big fish.
Had to replace all of the trebles.
Last Row consist of Sizmic Toads in different sizes,really love those things especially the medium and small ones.
When you know how to fish these shads you can expect a lot of pike's in you're future.
Also some large spinners and some ondex spinners.
Those Ondex spinners are lures I used in my childhood,they bring in pike on all type of waters.
However they aren't really strong and ussually useless after one pike.
Still it is cheap and effective so I always have one with me.
The last tiny lure is the ASP from spro,it's a small bait which has a spinnertail.
It has the highest catch ratio for perch of all my lures and there are days that you can catch 20perch in an hour on this lure.
Bad thing is that most perch are not over 8inch due to the small treble.
And my latest shipment:
These are some Reed Runners Spinnerbaits and a Shadclone.
Shadclone has proven to be succesfull for large Pike behind the boat.
Haven't used the reedrunners yet but they where only $5 each so I decided to buy them and try them out this year.
Many of you have seen in my previous posts that I am a fanatic Pikefishermen,And I am hoping that by showing some of my lures maybe some of the readers of this topic are motivated to try them.
Let first start with the big lures:
The first(left) line of lures are all Pikefighters Triple Jointed from SPRO.
They are one of the most popular pikefishing lures in Holland,and they are great for trolling.
Because Pike sometimes are caught on one color only, I decided to buy some different colors.
But my favorite colour is the orange koi,this lure is on the end of the line for the longest time when I go trolling.
The second row consist of Spro Screaming Devils.
There from the same series as the Triple Jointed Pikefighters and also really popular in holland.\
There are really noisy and move to the water in a shaking type of way.
I ussually use the Koi and the Red-white colored Devils,but when the water is more clearly this can scare pike so this is the moment when the green and white are useful. Pike are inactive for about 90% of the day so a big noisy lure like the devil can really wake them up especially on days when nothing seems to be working.
Third row consist of Rapala lures,The first three are Super Shad raps and the last lure is an Xrap jointed.
They are commonly used here in Holland but they haven't really proved themselfs to me,Although I did catch a few on the SSD's and one on the Xrap. The Use/Catch ratio is really low for me right now.
Last row is filled with Triple Jointed Screaming Devils from Spro.
I am really excited about them but haven't really used them yet.
I am looking forward to use them this year.
These are my other large and medium sized lures:
First lure is a rubber lure called a Butterfly,it's large and has a lot of weight.
I have used it for a short period of time and caught a nice pike,sadly the tail of lure broke and I haven't used it since.
Second Lure is a Salmo Whitefish,This is a big surface lure.
Not a big fan of this lure,Use/catch ratio is really low.
Third lure is a Pikefighter from Spro it dives to 15feet or more behind the boat.
The waters I'm ussually fishing at are 9feet at max so this lure is staying in the box for most of the time.
All the other lures are Salmo Jointed except for the small one in the middle that from DAM.
The Lure from DAM has really proven itself for small pike,haven't caught anything above 14inch on this lure yet.
I am a big fan of the Salmo jointed lures,so I bough the entire series of them sadly I lost some during fishing and this is what remains of it.
They used to be my go to lures when trolling but since I started using SPRO lures they stay in the box more often.
The lures are effective,but don't have the Use/Catch ratio as the Spro lures.
Still caught plenty of big ones on those lures and when I go out fishing from shore they are the lures that bring in the 20inch+ pikes.
Now lets take a look at my small lures and shads:
First row consist of Pikefighter jointed juniors from SPRO.
I once read in a magazine that Pikefishermen should use small lures in the early summer to match there natural prey.
I decided to buy some of this small pikefighters and I was instantly hooked.
They bring in perch,zander and Pike from all sorts of sizes.
Once again is the koi color my absolute favorite,but the first yellow lures has also proven to be very effective.
When I go out and explore new fishinggrounds nowadays I always have a Junior PF at the end of my line to see what is out there.
combined with the Regular pikefighters and the Screaming devils these lures have brought in about 70% of the pike's I'f caught in the last 2years.
The first lure of the second row is from Spro,it dives to 14feet so I don't use it often.
But I caught 2pikes of 32inch of this lure so far so it's one of those lures that I always take with me.
The second lure from the second row is the 4a from Bomber Lures,I bought it from a US shipment last summer.
At this moment it has the highest Use/Catch ratio for pike from all of my lures however most of the pike are below 16inch so this is ussually a lure I give to a friend when he is having a bad day. On a regular fishing day,this lure can bring in a perch or pike in about a half hour.
The other lures from the second row are all Bill Lewis Clackin Raps,also bought from a US Shipment.
They have proven to be succesfull for Zander last year,but haven't caught a pike on these thing yet.
really like the noise these lures make compared to there size,really hate the treble hooks on these lures they are to soft for any big fish.
Had to replace all of the trebles.
Last Row consist of Sizmic Toads in different sizes,really love those things especially the medium and small ones.
When you know how to fish these shads you can expect a lot of pike's in you're future.
Also some large spinners and some ondex spinners.
Those Ondex spinners are lures I used in my childhood,they bring in pike on all type of waters.
However they aren't really strong and ussually useless after one pike.
Still it is cheap and effective so I always have one with me.
The last tiny lure is the ASP from spro,it's a small bait which has a spinnertail.
It has the highest catch ratio for perch of all my lures and there are days that you can catch 20perch in an hour on this lure.
Bad thing is that most perch are not over 8inch due to the small treble.
And my latest shipment:
These are some Reed Runners Spinnerbaits and a Shadclone.
Shadclone has proven to be succesfull for large Pike behind the boat.
Haven't used the reedrunners yet but they where only $5 each so I decided to buy them and try them out this year.
