whats the best lure to use when its rianing and you are on shore fishing for pike?
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Johnson Silver Minnow, but use the bronze color. It's weedless  and casts nice. Silver in the sunshine and bronze when overcast. Great classic Northern Pike lure.
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Ray....you talking about the gold one? I can't recall a "bronze" one.

 

Have a few copper ones though.

 

I've found that pike will go crazy just before a rain.....when it's overcast....but hasn't started raining YET. Heavy rain seems to shut them down...but a few sprinkles don't seem to bother them.

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right as a storm moves into an  area the pike seem to turn on hot and heavy--i would think muskie would too, but i don't have that experance yet.--but once the heavy rains start, it's like a switch was turned off.

in thick weeds, the silver minow is the best thisng i have ever found to use. but you should be able to get a pike to bite about anything ya want to throw at them. spinnerbaits work great also in the weeds and alond the edges of weeds and dropoffs. 1 rule of thumb is dark the day or the water darker the bait. don't be affraid to bulk up the bait a bit, by adding a rubber worm to it.one of my favorites is a black spinner with a touch of red on the skirt with a neon blue worm on the hook.

 i wud go with sum large spoons.The rain seems nevr ending in CT.I drop in my  boat,but shore fishing shud b tha same.Look for grass and weeds.
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