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Last Updated on 16.07.10
The predator fish number one, the pike watches still the pray until it comes closer so it can attack at the right time. The spindle-shaped body is perfectly adapted for a striking spurt. The pike has a rapid growth, reaching 15 mm in only three weeks and its sexual maturity at the age of 3 years, when it weighs about 700-800 grams, and it can reach a weight of 20 kilos.
The largest pike caught in the Danube Delta weighed 16 kilos! The reproduction period is after the ice has melted (that is in February-March). The optimal feeding temperature for the pike is 17-180C. There are 8 species of the Esox family of which 6 are in the North America. The minimum size of the caught pike is 40 cm.
The lure used for sport fishing: The most used and efficient lure in the Danube Delta is the oscillator. You can also get good results using wobblers and spinners. An advisable lure when the pike is slothful and when it doesn't bite the spoon, is alive fish.
Fishing places in Danube Delta - Caraorman: The pike generally prefers clear shallow waters with rich vegetation, deeper lakes such as Puiulet, Lumina, shallow and with rich vegetation areas such as flood patches, clogged channels such as Suez, or portions of channels where the lack of stream has led to the clearing of the water Crisan-Caraorman channel.
Fishing period: except the prohibition period that starts on the 1st of February and lasts for about 2 months, the pike is fished during the whole year. There are periods when they are harder to find: for example in the spring time when the flood elevations are reached and the fish go into the more surfaces, so the pike follows them in these places.
During summer months, due to the vegetation and the large amount of fish sapling, the pike isn't very attracted by the spoons - one usually gets smaller items- while during autumn, when it goes to winter sleep and the hornwort falls on the bottom of the lake, large items are caught. The optimal period for pike is October.
