Pike Fishing in the North! | Which lures and when?

[@joecalhounschasintailguide6703]

I understand walleye videos probably get the most views and interactions but man these pike vids are Soooo much more enjoyable. Keep up the great work bud. And bring us more pike content!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

You nailed it! Walleye videos always get better views, but I do not do this channel for the views. I do it because I love to fish for everything!

[@canam2436]

I fail to understand the fascination with walleye. I catch one and I feel I have a boot at the end of my line. No fight. (Generally speaking of course).

[@jq7323]

​@@canam2436id also like to know. Are they good eating or something?

[@canam2436]

@@jq7323 yes they are good eating from what I’ve been told

[@dahlinthefiend]

can confirm@@jq7323

[@kava8902]

Been a rough couple weeks. Brutal work schedule, not enough sleep and today when I got home I just thought I just need good food and a small break. Total happiness when I saw this video. Only thing better than being on the water myself is watching Clayton on the water 😁

[@kava8902]

And when I heard the dig on Jay Siemens I thought this is what I needed Lol

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Cheers man! Hope all is well! hopefully you can catch up on some sleep soon!

[@treedocmi2389]

Taking shots early, I like it. Don’t take it Jay, don’t take it! Tough to rib your fishing mates when you’re fishing solo- so, just call em out on the ‘tube!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

hah!! 100%!!

[@gianfunk9121]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors where did you get that perch shad i NEED one... or five

[@jam1324]

I love all the pot shots, Jay vs Clay is the highlight of youtube fishing lol.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

@@gianfunk9121 Lots of places are carrying those now :) google 4D Perch Shad from savage gear and find your closest place. I can help ya if you tell me where you are located :)

[@bushleague3472]

I've always found on any pike water, at least until late June, a good pattern is to find major spawning areas are and just figure out how far the majority of the fish are likely to have dispersed the since spawn. I find the dispersal is typically mud bottom bays, to shallow rocky flats, weeds as they come in and then deeper water. Just how I make sense of the way various spots on my home waters produce well at various times, and whenever I hit new water it seems to work.

[@richardthomas1743]

Hello Clayton and thumbs UP to you !

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Cheers!

[@frontierfishingwithRyanMacD]

Pike fishing is ALWAYS a blast especially when they start jumping out of the water! I remember times taking hooks off of our top water baits just to watch the pike smash and bash the top waters.. hilarious!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

The best!

[@rickwatson1601]

Great vid Clayton! You really had me chuckling a few times. BTW, your camera work is awesome and all your efforts are really appreciated. Pike are just so much fun, aren't they? You know, if they don't actually cause a coronary when they smash it beside the boat....

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@chris_2714]

Your comment made me laugh. So many times I've had pike hit a lure right beside me at the end of a retrieval. Scares the daylights out of me every time 😂

[@ballhawk387]

Excellent tips, well done. Pike fishing is so much fun. I sort of lob really big baits, often with a sidearm motion, never have broke a rod casting, only with accidents. In a couple instances, losing a couple inches off the tip *improved* the action, making a nice, heavier niche rod. I also mash down the barbs. The 4-Play lip lure is also great, but I don't see it in the link. Hope they haven't discontinued it.

[@jimcar9067]

Lov it, "I love Fishing" a solid quote. I like your 1st fish cause that happens to whenever I loose focus then get distracted and get the strike. At least y got yours.. Kudos y didn't loose the 1st big one.

[@msmith6713]

Looking to get and get some fall Pike action myself. I like that colour pattern on the buck-tail you used to catch that big fish. I do not have that colour pattern. Thanks for sharing.

[@jasonfrench3984]

I agree 1000 percent. Pike fishing tops the list

[@DatDamnLlama]

I primarily fish for pike. I use a variation of only 2 lures. However they are called Nonya and Business.

[@mattbrown7483]

awesome. Love the view/camera angle of you in the bow and the camera in the stern when you are hooked up and the rod is bent. you can get a sense of the power of the pike.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Agreed the power of the Pike is amazing!

[@Urdog9012]

Absolutely love your videos keep up all your great work

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Always appreciate you watching!

[@Urdog9012]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors hey you post I watch..lol

[@doby7106]

Love your videos man! Much love from Northern Sask! Tight lines Clayton.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Cheers dude!! Appreciate you watching!

[@brandondelgado8203]

Pike are so fun to catch! I understand if you want to eat well, perch and wall dogs. Pike still taste great and are amazing to catch

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

I agree!

[@Boondock84]

My prayers have been answered!!!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

2 more to come after this too :)

[@willsmith3268]

What pound test should I use? Great video.

[@hugueshaudreau1748]

hey Clayton! great video i'm learning a lot watching your channel!, I am curious what model of boat you have in this video? thanks

[@robkreutzwieser9162]

Great video Clayton keep them coming. Love the jab at jay.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Will do!

[@saboowilson5643]

Hi Clayton. We love the videos, and appreciate the effort you put into your product, which is top class. Great filming, variety, good fish handling and respect. Thank you. Can you also give a steer to where you get the rods ans line thru lures, cannot find a stockist so must bedoi g something wrong.

[@brateng71]

Thanks for the pike video Clayton!!!!!!!!! Pike are my favorite even the small ones as well. Had a great day pike fishing a month ago using the 3d burbot from savage.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Great bait!

[@donnypatoine4475]

Great tips for casting and explaining why people are breaking their rods, always cracks me up when people break a rod on a snag. (it's a painful sound but still gets me)

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Rods usually don't just "break" You have to likely have done something to it. NOT to say it's can't happen :)

[@ianstryker4250]

Love the video, Great Job Clay

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Appreciate you watching Ian!

[@m3trod92]

Really like the video, it’s so chilled and entertaining ! Keep it up !

[@robertbasner2546]

Ware do u buy a perch shad like the one your useing?

[@basim_ali]

Hi Clayton.. loved the video .. Pike is my favorite fish too. I use the bluefox vibrax is a killer for me, catches small and big pikes. Best of luck. Bas

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

That is a great lure!

[@veesentdaysendz8113]

Awesome video! What rod and reel you use for pike fishing? Thanks.

[@firebrand07]

Pike are a hoot. Small, big, gator…they are just plain fun. And very easy to find.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Yup!

[@robgrubb420]

I've only broken one rod where it actually snapped on a hookset. And like you said it could have had a weak spot in the blank... usually user error 100%

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

100% man!

[@loboyd691]

Another good video Clayton! Comin to you from ND. Hope all is well up in Canada. Are we getting to a point in the season where we can start casting swimbaits for walleyes shallower again? I miss it.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Should be very soon! Likely going to upgrade the size of the bait as well! :)

[@crwildmb]

These pike vids are epic. So good. I was pike fishing the other day in the boat, biggest was only 30 inches but it was so funny seeing the little ones hammer the massive spoon I was throwing that was almost their size. 🔥🔥🎣🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

So much fun!

[@44Wizards]

Busted my two piece on a hook set last summer. Broke at the eye right above the join and 100% my fault, in that I suspect that it’s because I was constantly using that eye as leverage when breaking down the rod. Live and learn

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

right? live and learn.... But like you said likely your fault.. BUT doesn't mean that some rods don't have a fault in them either.

[@djr13099]

have you done the same with a walleye lake youve never fished?

[@pal-pdbaits1119]

Nice video 💪 good to see the bigger pikes are fat and healthy, need to be some 20-30lbs Northern in that lake. Wondering - in the late summer we often fish dropoffs from 25 to 35ft that goes to more deep cold water. The bigger pike here often feed on 40-50cm wallye, whitefish and borbout in and over deep water during summer. I know you have more different baitsfish than us in Scandinavia but is anyone trying fish with big rubber 10-15" on the deeper edges?

[@donaldcubberley4260]

Group of family guys went to Lac La Martre in Northwest Territories of Canada. We caught several hundreds of Pike from each 3 boats. I think we caught 2 or 3 of those hammer handles you were catching, the entire week. You should check it out. Only one resort on the lake. Food was unbeatable, cooked by a chef who really enjoyed putting up superior meals.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

What’s the point of the comment?

[@donaldcubberley4260]

Just making a suggestion for a great fishing venue. You couldn't pick up on that?@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

@@donaldcubberley4260 it just sounded like you were saying that you only caught big fish and that was all…. I have guided pike for 20 years at some of the best fishing in the North American and we even caught small ones too :).

[@donaldcubberley4260]

Fishing with my grandson for 5 of the six days, I can honestly say we might have caught a 1/2 dozen 25" and less. The group caught 2 to 3 dozen fish in the 40" to 46" range. Great fishing on this lake. Only one resort with around 200 fisherman a year. Light pressure.@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

@@donaldcubberley4260 I know the lodge very well :)

[@darcybain2657]

Haha good roast on Jay, , I have cooked pike and Walley and people didn't know the difference, great video , looking forward to seeing drop shot on a minnow, leaving in 3 weeks to go north and want to try that technique.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

I love eating Pike! They are so good!

[@mikeeger6102]

Just got back from the Cranberries and that last bay is very recognizable - best we got there was only 35”, but lots of fun. Also got on some nice walleyes thanks to the advice of a certain angler who knows the area 😉!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Awesome! Glad you had a good trip!!

[@legacyrant5826]

You’re smashing em! Good form, CSO!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Was a good day!

[@dalbert4991]

I've never caught a huge Pike, looks like so much fun!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Pike are honestly the best!

[@dalbert4991]

I'm not avid enough to know where to look for Pike in western PA, other than the Allegheny River.

[@jaredgibbs1011]

Keep the Pike videos going. I live on the very southern edge of their range and am lucky to catch 50 fish in a year and most are under 30 inches lol.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

2 more Pike videos coming :)

[@matthewwells7835]

Love your videos, sitting by the beach in Hawaii on vacation!!!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Geez... that sounds amazing!

[@Labradorbackcountry]

Hey Clayton. Where did you get your fish ruler ?

[@adamkoindustries88]

Another video of superb quality, good sir!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Cheers man!

[@jamesm1566]

It's great to see a pike video, good vids are tough to find! I'd love to see you and Jay do a fly in to catch some lakers with Justin Jenken!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@tylerstackle3796]

Caught my biggest pike this summer at 34" on same boucher tail did same thing love me my pike!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Love it!

[@tomfilipiak3511]

Have got 3 40 inches,my biggest is 43,3 of these on orange and brass,large Doctor spoons!2 guys I know have caught 50 inch,pike,the truth!

[@man-of-fish8165]

when I get a lot of small pike I always pick up my walleye rod and cast a small crankbait and fight the small ones

[@DominicMorber]

Love all the videos. But the “boots with the fur” karaoke put this one over the top😂

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Haha :). Sure appreciate you watching the videos!!

[@Mrfrerob]

Did NOT expect that at all 😂

[@justinstofer3160]

That last spot looks like Beaver Bay on Lake #1!

[@tylersquirrel3473]

Love you videos man ! Have you ever iced fish Tobin lake ? Maybe see you on the hard water 2021/2022 ice season !

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

I have a little bit yup :) Love it there!

[@masonbrent3365]

Hi Clayton hope your having a good day. Love the videos man!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@DB-FISHING]

So what’s the best way to buy Savage gear in Canada?..and do you have code for them?

[@ciscofarrero3519]

Where did you catch your big ones?

[@anonviewerciv]

Catch and release. (4:44) 20:20 Here with the gear.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

ok :)

[@roccojc8071]

Awesome vid!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Thanks dude!

[@hemps37]

I know this is an older video but what kind of seat/post do you use in the front?

[@gregporth356]

"shots fired" Look out Jay... lmao

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

hah! :)

[@adamsmith3996]

Nice. Was waiting for a pike vid . Thanks. And if your watching Jay. Take cover! Incoming!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

HAH!! Heck ya!

[@North_Star_Fishing]

Hey Clayton how do you mount the GoPro to your hat like that?

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

I made the mount with a tri-pod mount

[@m14hh5]

Never understood why so many heavy rods "made for pike/Musky" are fast action. I cannot seem to find a decent moderate or moderate fast rod.

[@ericlasalle5470]

love that KGB impression lmao

[@gbussoutdoors]

Love the shade towards Jay

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

hah! Always fun :)

[@seansinclair_]

Hey Clayton what depth of water do you fish over the season for big pike?

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

5-15 feet. I know it's a big margin, but they could be in a lot of different places right now.

[@The_Inca_Stargazer]

Here in Colorado we don't throw northern Pike back. They are an invasive species, some places will pay $20 a head for pike.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

@@The_Inca_Stargazer sounds really dumb.

[@sunset2798]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors😂😂😂😂

[@pure_michigan_angler303]

"That pike would be good for jay" i lost it...lol

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

hehe :)

[@tater8]

You gained me as a subscriber after your first fish with that Jay Siemens comment 😂

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

HAH!! Jay is a good friend :)

[@ConorCrocker]

CC says Clayton Chicken. Gonna get scooped up by a monster pike!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

HA! YES!

[@ianphillips5418]

And now I'm singing Low (or Apple bottom jeans, or whatever it's called) thanks Clay!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

HAH! Love it!

[@dashybaby255]

Clayton... I never noticed... Are you left-handed or do you just cast and reel like that sometimes?

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

I’m right handed. I can cast both ways with a bait caster.

[@dashybaby255]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors Talented SOB... ; )

[@nighttracker1472]

Love the pike!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Me too!

[@tylerm9001]

What a blessing fish and deer are

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

I agree!

[@magic2066]

nice lots of fun

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Piles of fun!

[@SodakFishing]

Amazing video bud!!!!!!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Thanks as always!

[@oldpolak5203]

You run out of pants that fit ?😆 It's getting nippy out in my neck of the lake . Great video as usual Clay !

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

HAH!! Was still warm them!

[@donnypatoine4475]

My god man your giving me mini heart attacks landing 30"+ pike like that with trebles sticking out of em. No way I trust my handling skills that much🤣😳

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

:) I have been doing it for 20 years, my confidence level with Pike is pretty high :)

[@robgrubb420]

its not the 30 inchers bro its the little hammer handle shakers that get ya

[@donnypatoine4475]

@@robgrubb420 True usually but with how powerful their thrashes are, with travels sticking out of their mouth I'm not gonna go and gill them boatside and risk them thrashing the treble in my hand. With bass for sure its easier but I don't trust pike lmfao

[@Tigermuskienm]

New Supporter here👍🎣 Great pike fishing!!! The apple bottom Jean's song you sang😂

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Welcome to the channel! Appreciate you watching!!

[@ReelLifeWithMike]

Awesome catches man. I absolutely hate when you either have corrupted data or it doesn't record ha ha......Just heartbreaking.

[@joshbeadle6909]

what is best size pike to keep to eat?

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

24-28" are the sizes I like.

[@joshbeadle6909]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors thanks for the reply

[@frenchyangler935]

Hey Clayton! Have you ever fished in Alberta?

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Not really... The Bow river once like 20 years ago.

[@tomastro63]

use barbless all

[@thelonesomefisherman7425]

I like your videos. I'm not going to lie.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

haha! Love it!

[@thelonesomefisherman7425]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors Good

[@scimzown]

with these shots at Jay, can we expect a Clay vs Jay or Jay vs Clay monster pike battle in the near future?

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Ya never know!

[@brandondelgado8203]

Little guys are called snot rockets in the U.P. of Michigan. One time use that phrase

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

YES!! We call them snot rockets too :)

[@dvegamn]

Jay Pike! 😂

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

HAH :)

[@ipoopinwalmart5968]

When does the muskie fishing come? 👀👀

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Might not happen this year... I can never find enough time!

[@ipoopinwalmart5968]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors Dang. Keep pumping the vids out! I love em. Can't wait for the hard water season and your big walleyes. 🤘🤘

[@randygagnon9175]

Nice!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Cheers!

[@tuomi6638]

Hey guys

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Hi Hi!

[@holford50]

The world needs Jay v clay v uncut longest pike

[@holford50]

Also need a filet around the y bone vid

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Yes, and YES!

[@scottrouwhorst881]

How much do they weigh

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Why do you ask that every video?

[@scottrouwhorst881]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors Hi Clayton love your videos. Yourself Jay and Tom have the best videos on You Tube. The reason why I ask is because the record books are based on pounds not inches so I always want to compare the length with the weight. Don’t worry I always ask Jay and Tom as well. Hey you where killing me this summer with so few vids. Love your work Clayton

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

@@scottrouwhorst881 appreciate your reply. :). From now on when you ask I’ll give you rough estimates as well now :)

[@tylermcintyre5177]

Them baggy sweatpants, and them Reeboks with the straps.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Hahaha!

[@deniskorolev7471]

Отличный улов! Много голодных приличного размера щук!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

Hope that means good :)

[@deniskorolev7471]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors Of course yes!

[@andrewfrench5865]

Are you calling out jay for a biggest northern challenge?

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

HAH!! Maybe ;)

[@andrewfrench5865]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors make it happen dude. Would make a nice video.

[@jardy6155]

Hey Clayton love your videos and will always support you but maybe some more time spent and travelling to locations and catch and cooks and camping would be good 30 mins of fishing is good to watch but a little more content inside them videos would be great !!! Keep up the hard work always support a local SK boy !!!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

100% understand... Trying to branch out more in the future :)

[@jardy6155]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors awesome I’m not saying anything bad love everything you do I just feel your summer fishing could get more views, seems like no problem for you to get ice fishing views !!!! Love everything you do bud my PB smally at Rocky lake was 19” trolling in the deep weeds probably just luck lol keep on doing what your doing !!! Love to meet you one day maybe you should have a meet and greet and a local lake by home would be awesome !!! I’d make the trip from AB

[@fisherbruce1150]

1:49 😂😂

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

HAH :)

[@DatDamnLlama]

Per the first spot: If the little ones are there, then the big ones are there. Keep casting.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

You must know more than I do.

[@DatDamnLlama]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors I don't pretend to know more than anyone about anything. Pike is my number 1 go to. I've been pretty fortunate including 3 silvers to my credit. Just sharing my experience.

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

@@DatDamnLlama ok nice :). I’ve caught a couple pike in my day too :). Also helps when I guided for them for 20 years :)

[@DatDamnLlama]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors just discovered your channel today. I feel like you took some offense to my original comment. It was meant to be encouraging, not patronizing. If so, I apologize. All I had heard is that you're a walleye guy and don't generally fish for pike.

[@DatDamnLlama]

@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors I come from a long, long line of pike enthusiasts, and much like the other video of yours I was just watching, I agree they're extremely underrated. This being my first video of yours, I was more in the line of thinking of "hell yeah, go get em" and not "you have not clue."

[@Ebjs]

Not to be rude... Because i love your videos.... And your content overall is top of the food chain .... But how about some new species... Pike and walleye are great.... And trout are always good.... But man o man id love to see a whitefish cisco burbot video.... Here in michigan i can catch pike all day every day and i guess they have lost their flair.... Just lookin for something new bud thanks for the great vids regardless!

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

I hear ya! If you go through my videos, I do have some stuff on Cisco, Perch, Stocked Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth, Largemouth, Pike, Walleye, Lake Trout... I do try to mix it up. Sometimes I need to fish for what I can at the time. Appreciate you watching the videos!!

[@joshbraun3743]

Ya something besides pike like maybe small mouth or rock bass even. Oh wait those are species that you have done recently…love your videos Clayton and all the species you chase all the time.

[@yt_serika657]

Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

HAH! Yes!

[@zachburger7126]

My brother drop my kids car seat on my rods and first cast it broke

[@ClaytonSchickOutdoors]

haha, so I am guessing the car seat might have damaged it a bit.

[@jasonfrench3984]

U can fish good but not so much for the singing😆😆😆

[@curtismarr4189]

This lodge is not a lodge anymore belongs to the school now 😢