In article , Ergo
wrote:

the summer but mainly on fry which hang around to be eaten. If you want to
catch these fish in the summer try small baits. This probably explains why
in the summer you can catch Pike on Maggot.

....and in winter on bread.

Neither of these is the bait of choice though.

If you are flyfishing or plugging/spinnig for pike in the summer you fish
close to the surface over cover and fairly quickly. In winter it's deep,
near cover and dead slow.

Cheerio,

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