Pike fishing tips | Make a wafter deadbait with Paul Garner

I find that slow-sinking or wafter deadbaits are very effective.

They will not only see you get more runs, but will increase the number of pike that you land, too. 

There are loads of ways of producing a slow-sinking bait, but using Deadbait Sticks is my favourite. 

1: Select a stick a third of the bait’s length. A short length of rigging wire in the end enables it to be fixed to the trace. 

2: Carefully push the stick into the bait, – through the mouth (whole baits) or into the body cavity if it is a tail section.

3: Tie the rigging wire to the top treble hook on your trace so that the Deadbait Stick is secured.

4: Test the bait in the margins. If it is too buoyant, add a swan shot or two to the trace just above the hooks.