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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: fishyfish on June 11, 2007, 03:00:59 PM

Title: What size hook for pike minnow?
Post by: fishyfish on June 11, 2007, 03:00:59 PM

Hello,

 What size hook would you guys use to troll around for pike minnow at Cultus Lake?

Title: Re: What size hook for pike minnow?
Post by: Rodney on June 11, 2007, 07:13:57 PM

Northern pikeminnow have a pretty big mouth, so the hook size doesn't have to be too small. I've by-caught them on a size 2/0 hook while spinning for salmon in the Fraser River, but a size 1 to 4 would be more suitable. The hook in the photo is size 1.

(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/album34/060819_3.jpg)

Good luck at the derby. :)

Title: Re: What size hook for pike minnow?
Post by: BwiBwi on June 11, 2007, 09:27:30 PM

In Cults size 4.  Rodney is a pro catching those critters in Fraser which is alot bigger than in Cultus.

Title: Re: What size hook for pike minnow?
Post by: kingpin on June 11, 2007, 09:30:47 PM

good luck getting any in cultus they've culled thousands of them in an attempt to 'save'  cultus sockeye, ya real effective

Title: Re: What size hook for pike minnow?
Post by: Rodney on June 12, 2007, 01:13:35 AM

What BwiBwi said. The average size is smaller at Cultus, because there are so many of them. See the fish in the photo below.

(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/2006cultus/2006cultus14.jpg)

Hey, but big hook gets big fish right? ;D So better use big hooks if you want to win the derby. ;D