Autumn is the perfect time to start pike fishing!

Discovering a new species or a new fishing technique is not always easy. However, some fish, notably pike, are not very demanding from a technical point of view, provided they are particularly active. Autumn remains an interesting time to start pike fishing.

The pike is a particularly moody fish and as such, it is very complicated to lure it in heavily fished environments when it is not active. On the other hand, when it is active, it can be caught using many techniques and families of lures, the simplest of which can be used. Pike is therefore an ideal fish to start fishing with lures, provided you make the right choices.

Autumn, the right time

Autumn is a very good season for pike fishing, because it is a season that offers good weather conditions. Indeed, the windy, rainy and cloudy episodes are regular and favor the hunting actions of predators. Combined with the fact that it is necessary to make fat in anticipation of winter, peaks of activity are frequent and it is the right time to take advantage of it and start fishing for this species.

In areas with strong fishing pressure, these slots are often quite short and targeted. But in preserved spots, you can live incredible days where the catches will follow one another!

Spring, especially just after spawning, is also an excellent time for pike fishing. This is a season where once again the fish will be very aggressive and at times very easy to catch.

Les temps couverts sont souvent très bons pour le brochet, surtout si le vent s'en mêle !
Overcast weather is often very good for pike, especially if the wind is blowing!

The right conditions

The pike is therefore moody, so to multiply your chances of encounter and success, favor short trips at key times.

On windy days or episodes, especially from the west, consider fishing the bank exposed to the wind!

  • Rainy episodes in a sunny day (or the opposite)
  • The cloudy passages
  • The ends of the day in summer. The midday shot being also particularly good in winter.
L'automne est une période faste pour la pêche du brochet et donc pour débuter.
Autumn is a great time to fish for pike and therefore to start.

One technique for beginners

In full activity, the pike is an easy fish to lure. Modern lure fishing techniques offer a multitude of approaches requiring (or not) a certain motor control. Within this wide range of approaches, line fishing, also called crancking, which consists in bringing back the lure in a continuous way to the reel, is very efficient for pike.

This is the approach you should take to start fishing for pike. Fishing simply and at the right time will be enough to catch your first fish.

La pêche en linéaire est simple et efficace. Privilégiez là pour débuter la pêche du brochet.
Line fishing is simple and effective. It is the best way to start fishing for pike.

An adapted selection of lures

Thus your box will not necessarily have to be very provided, but will have to comprise lures which can be animated just with the reel and which will have to be adapted to the constraints of the fished environment.

Thus, you will have to choose them according to the depth, but also to the presence or not of cover.

Then build a simple but complementary box with :

  • Soft lures (5 to 7 inches) mounted on different leaded heads and in Texan
  • A lipless
  • A chatterbait
  • A spinnerbait
  • Some swimming fish (minnow, cranckbait and swimbait)
  • A spinner
Considérée comme démodée, la cuillère tournante est pourtant incontournable pour le brochet.
Considered old-fashioned, the spinning spoon is nevertheless essential for pike.

Vary the animations simply

If fishing in linear is very simple to implement, you can nevertheless vary your animations by playing on :

  • The speed
  • Duration and frequency of breaks
  • Swimming depth

Vary size and color

Finally, don't hesitate to change the size of your lures and the color if ever the hits are slow or discreet. A simple change can often result in a more decisive attack.

It is always better to have a natural color and a more aggressive one like firetiger.

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