When it comes to pulling a spoon through weedbeds for northern pike, nothing beats a Johnson Silver Minnow.
This old-time favorite will come not only through the weeds but also through trees, rocks and just about everything else.
The key is to keep that adjustable weedguard turned up so it is just above the single hook. This deflects the weeds but bends down when smacked by a pike.
I like the red-and-white, silver and gold colors best but it's worth getting this spoon in many colors.
You can make this lure about a hundred times more effective by adding a trailer to the single hook. As the photo shows here, my favorite trailer is a plastic curly or twister tail.
This is hooked through the side of the plastic worm, not skewered on like you would with a jig.
The tail needs to be positioned so it is exactly in the sternmost curve of the hook to give the lure its fantastic wiggle that pike find irresistible.
This lure should really come with its own hook sharpener because if you don't keep the hook needle sharp you will miss most hook-ups when a fish strikes. In fact, if you are getting strikes and not hooking fish you always need to sharpen your hooks with any lure.
Retrieve this lure so it develops its maximum wiggle -- too fast and it just spins, too slow and it comes in like a little underwater boat.
Always keep your rod tip low on the retrieve. This makes the lure run deeper.
You also need to really set the hook when it is struck by a fish since you must sink that single hook into flesh.
But that single hook is also a great advantage of using this lure. You can quickly remove it from the fish's mouth and get back to casting for more.
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