What Do Pike Eat?
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Grown northern pike eat yellow perch, minnows, chub, shad, bluegill, crappie, ciscoes, and the occasional smaller bass or walleye.
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They also go for smaller water mammals and their own young.
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Juveline pike mainly feed on smaller insects and aquatic crustaceans.
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Pike also eat other pike! Cannibalism is relatively common among both grown and juvenile pike.
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On average, healthy pike will eat 1.5 to 3 times their own body weight per year.
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Pike will eat the most from May to August, with a peak in June and extremely little during the winter months.
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The best livebaits for pike are:
Shiners
Perch
Suckers
Lake herring
Shads
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The best deadbaits for pike are:
Herring
Mackerel
Ciscoes
Smelt
Chub
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