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The "water wolf" generally needs little encourage to slash a bait. Razor-sharp teeth allow pike to eat fish measuring up to a third of their own length. But northerns aren't always this eager. Finessing a pike can be the only way you'll get one to bite on some days.
Hook a soft plastic shad body onto a heavy hook. The shad body looks a lot like the real thing and can fished along weed bed edges, under lily pads and in other prime pike territory. A slower than normal retrieve can attract pike who aren't even interested in eating. Maybe that's why they're called the "water wolf."
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