Its more difficult for little fish to strip them off the hook, so if your bobber goes down and doesnt come back up, theres a better chance its because a bluegill big enough to swallow an entire leech is on the other end
Pike get lethargic. Up in Ontario and over in the Dakotas, where the ice season doesnt end until the ice is gone, small-lake pike fishing gets red hot again during March, when pike gather near the mouths of creeks, sloughs, and wetlands where they spawn shortly after ice-out
The most recent seabird bycatch estimate for the fishery, for 2019, was 1002 captures, of which 96% were retrieved dead, and likely were captured during setting 7,11
Even at slow retrieve speeds, the paddle tail produces enough movement to attract attention without overwhelming inactive fish