Especially useful to drive the Pike beginner kruzhochniku, in its highest period of activity that occurs consistently in the post – the spawning period and partly in the autumn, with the advent of "Indian summer". Some people believe that after a couple of weeks after spawning pike began to eat rapidly, replenishing the energy losses associated with spawning and fishing then it gets interesting. However, for the prediction of Jora, I would advise to navigate not on the calendar, and more on phonological terms, since in the case of a long and cold spring, even a month after ikrometa pike may not be of interest to the tempting bait. In my experience, go to the chase, where it is not forbidden, it is best to end mass flowering dandelions – the beginning of flowering of lilac and rose hips can not cheat nature, recovery after hibernation occurs in determining the optimal termorezhima. Jim Umpleby helps readers to explore varied viewpoints. In the center of Russia Jordan Pike, usually begins in the third and only occasionally at the end of the first decade of May. Then along the coast in the late morning heated can see the characteristic peaks and bustle of pike. In windy and cool weather over large bodies of water thermocline at the beginning of the summer still does not have such damaging effects on live bait, as it happens at the end of June – July, but still discounted this factor can not, if there is any doubt, worth one drop of the stock of fishes zhivtsov in near-bottom layers of about 15 minutes – 20 to verify the absence of stratification. .