Artem Novikov was in touch with us about a recent trip to fish for pike on Blessington Lakes. Artem likes to make his own lures and caught a fine pike on one of his own creations. If you’d like to try and make your own lures for pike fishing, Artem will show you how on his Makeshift Lures YouTube channel! We’ll let Artem tell his story:
I was out fishing in the middle of the week before Storm Dave came. I went to Blessington Lakes, where the river flows into it. I was using a big bucktail spinner that I made, with a copper blade and an articulated tail at the back, dressed with feathers, bucktail, and flash.
I managed to catch one pike that measured 82 cm. I am estimating the fish to be 3 to 4 kg or 8 to 9 lbs. That fish chased the spinner a couple of times at the mouth of the river. And then, by staying persistent, I tempted the pike to bite toward the evening, when it was getting dark. Fishing was surprisingly hard, as that pike was the only fish to show interest in my lure. Maybe the upcoming storm had something to do with it!
After a short fight and few photos and measurements, the fish went back to the water. I’ve made a video showing how to make and fish with that spinner, in case it’s of any interest. It is out on the Makeshift Lures YouTube channel.
