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Fishing Equipment & Tackle for Trophy Pike Fishing
Rods: Medium Heavy to Heavy bait casting or spinning rod, 6 to 7ft. long with long handles (We love St Croix Avid rods)
Reels: Matching reels with strong drag system (Our favorite are the Shimano products especially the Calcutta series for bait casting)
Line: Minimum 17 LB test monofilament line. (We prefer Berkley line)
Leaders: 9 to 24 inch - 30 to 50LB test Wire or preferably Titanium leaders (If you use titanium we suggest to make your own or use Terminator leaders)
Spoons
Johnson Silver Minnow (gold, silver, five of diamonds) tipped with white Berkley power grubs or your favorite trailers
Len Thompson spoons #2 and #4 five of diamonds pattern
Red Eye Wiggler (gold, silver)
Little Cleo (silver, gold, blue, chartreuse)
Doctor Spoon (gold, silver, 5 of diamonds)
Spinners
Tandem Bucktail Spinners such as the northland bionic bucktails (Use musky size in the summer months)
Big bucktails spinners such as the Mepps musky killer
Blue fox vibrax #5 and #6 in gold and silver
Jerk Baits/Crankbaits
Sluggos 6 and 9 in. white
Banjo Minnows (work great in the spring)
Suicks 6 to 9 in. weighted (sucker, red & white, black, perch)
Bulldogs 6 in. (white, silver spec. black & white, black & green, black & orange)
Pigs & Pig jr. (perch, sucker, shiner)
Squirrelly Burts 9in.
Rapala super shad rap
Mann's minus one and Minus one super stretch in chartreuse and fire tiger
Clothing and miscellaneous gear
It most important to bring layers of clothing rather than heavy coats
A good set of Gore-Tex 100% waterproof raingear
A good fleece jacket
Long and short sleeve shirts
2 to 3 pairs of pants
One pair of shorts
Thermal or fleece long johns and shirts
Socks (Neo-preen water proof sockets are awesome)
Water proof gloves
Water proof shoes and or waterproof boots
Hat
Polarized sunglasses
Sufficient underwear for your length of stay
Polarized fishing glasses
Camera and film
Needle nose pliers
Zip loc bags to waterproof items
Toiletries
Any prescribed and over the counter medication
Sunscreen
Chap stick
Bug spray with 100% deet
Bug eeze or any ointment that treats bug bites
Small first aid kit
Flashlight
Small waterproof duffel bag
Handheld GPS if you have one.
Fillet knife
For Unguided or Outpost Guests
It's a good idea to bring a portable fish finder if you have one.
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