Deep Diver choice

Now then - a lake i plan to lure fish for pike and perch soon is about 17-19ft in places and has very prolific weed growth to about 3-4ft off the bottom - what lures would you reccommend to get down quickly to about 13-14ft so i can fish just above the weed and minimise snagging up etc?

For the perch i would normally use spinners or small rubber jigs and wait until i feel the bump of it hitting the bottom before retrieving, but the weed is so dense that every cast results in snagging up if you leave it that long.

is this casting from the bank, boat trolling?

and what sort of size lures are you wanting, oh whats the water clarity like although id assume its fairly clear if its got weed at that depth

Bankfishing - 60-100g for the pike outfit, 10-30g for the perch outfit - very clear water.

paddy pike wrote:Have you thought about useing hooks with a weed guard on them, You can get trebles as well

Cheers Paddy - I keep meaning to try them lol - maybe now's my chance. nice to see you back on mate.

How about attaching a jig to a pike float and twitching it back. Set at the right depth it could be perfect.

Andy

You could do as Andy suggested but with one of these instead Rob

Click on link below

Linky

Adie

very interesting adie - u used one?

No not yet but i'm sure Kell has got a couple of them

They do look good don't they

I'm sure someone must sell them over here But heres a link to someone in the states that sells them by mail order

Linky

Adie

Thanks Adie

tootall wrote:Bankfishing - 60-100g for the pike outfit, 10-30g for the perch outfit - very clear water.

in that case id be buying big soft plastics grubs shads etc and fish them on light jigheads with stingers spend a bit of time counting them down and then work up from the tops of the weeds (eg a 20 count to get to 20 foot then knock five of so its working at 15..
but once you have reeled in a bit let it drop again and you by counting again you will learn very quickly how to control the bait and work it up and down weed

a few jerks will work at that depth as will some cranks but its getting into hard work to control them and in the case of floating cranks you could use a lot of the retrieve just getting it down there

also if its gin clear fishing well away from the weed wont be that much of a problem say 8-10 feet down as more pike will see it above and around them

cheers Noodle
Went yesterday and found the 6" fox replicants pretty good. Didn't have any jigs with me but will take some next time.