Pirk Coatings.

[The Jester]

Just waiting for the right one.....

I had a look at one today... I'll text ya a pic..

Hurry up...cant wait...

[easyfish1]

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[The Jester]

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To$$er...

[easyfish1]

Probably...

[The Jester]

Rob's Boat.....too much for him to handle i think...

[Kartonkel]

I just googled it and some say yes and some say no.....but it would be boring making black and grey lures, so i'll believe they can see colours...

I think white, silver and black catches the best

[easyfish1]

Rob's Boat.....too much for him to handle i think...

It's quite expensive on the river £18 an hour, and you have to row

But you have to avoid the ducks....

I even liked the name.....DEE

[The Jester]

I think white, silver and black catches the best

I've used silver many many times but never black or white, i'll give it a try..

[big_sean]

I always found the action of the pirk made the biggest difference, some times there would be an older guy on the boat who would be getting fish all the time but his actions was just a slow lift and drop other times it was fast jigs other times it would be high up fast etc etc

And I see now that the soft rods and braid seem to be not so good for pirking as the rod bends like mad so the pirk hardly moves


Something to think about as I have had days out where my 50lb class rod gets bags of hook ups but I have ben snagged and started using the 20lb class which has a good tip action but using the same pirks stops getting hook ups the next drift back to the stiff rod and bingo hook ups again

if I dont get them with a fast movement then a slow movement with a softer rod sometimes works better

It is a guessing game lol

Sean

[The Jester]

Interesting Shaun, i use a 15lb Ugly Stik for 75% of my fishing, including wrecking, i've never used heavy rods, but i'm after a 30lb class rod for the heavier pirks, after the 21lb'er last year when i couldnt get the rod tip out of the water...

[Graham B]

We fished with plain lead parks (courtesy of Keith)last year Chris fitted with 6/0 gummi's as opposed to trebles and found them just as effective as bright chromed lures. I think as has been mentioned it is the action of the pirk rather than the colour and for how long they last before getting snagged is it worth it?
Saying that if someone catches on a shiney one I know what I would be putting on next drift!

Graham.

[lingking]

being an old pirker this interests me.
in another life i used to fish from the front of the boat(crew only).
nothing i liked better than casting in the direction of drift and letting pirk drop down,then starting to jig it just before it came to the boat,depending on speed of drift you could get 2--4 verticle jigs in before starting to drift away from pirk.
years ago when pirks were "king" i found this very productive

worth mentioning this was over ground not wrecks.

also years ago pirks only seemed to be silver,nowadays orange black plain lead all seem to do damage in different situations on different days.

[The Jester]

What about weights of pirks, does everyone just carry one weight or an assortment... i try to change weights to suit tide and wind conditions and also depths, the lighter i can get away with the better for me, especially when using the light gear...

[lingking]

What about weights of pirks, does everyone just carry one weight or an assortment... i try to change weights to suit tide and wind conditions and also depths, the lighter i can get away with the better for me, especially when using the light gear...

mine range fom 10oz to about 18oz

[oldessox]

Plain lead pirks will catch just as many fish as any other colour, it's movement that attracts fish down there, not colours, I fish the lightest that will jig reasonably vertically and on the deepest wrecks heavy pirks to get them down quick and make the most of what might've a very short drift.
Shads are much the same , any colour will do , as long as it reminds the cod it's hungry