>>869212They're pretty damn territorial, usually musky techniques work for me.
Cast in towards shore, play some games with em, then stall when you get near the boat.
This or just getting lucky dropping a live bait. I drop young rock bass on a flounder rig of all things and usually have some good luck. Very weedy where I am so I look for open patches if I'm dropping.
You should fish for smallmouth and musky though, and youll probably catch a pike accidentally, and have more fun actually catching fish lol.
Pike are very hit or miss, they tend to separate from each other and you really have to just get lucky with a cast.
They like to sit around structure in weeds and just wait, alot like barracuda.
Also I usually use mono with a good leader, but I think it's up to location.
Except for the leader part lol.
They'll tear that shit up if u dont
I have a handmade top water rig they love, but I think it's just my location that makes em go for it. Very swift currents and good amount of noise. They seem to really go for the skipping along the top, as far as I can tell.
Hope I could help.
