1) buzzbaits. 1/4 and 3/8 oz are best, but bigger can work in different conditions. STINGER HOOK added.
2) Zoom superflukes. 5", rigged weightless and texas style. Once you find the pike but they won't hit, or you spot one, throw one of these and work it slowly.
3) Spinnerbaits: 3/8- 1 oz. A trailer is a good thing to use, I like a double tail curly tail grub.
4) X-Rap: Pike 5-10 feet deep. Twitch twich pause, twitch twitch pause...pauses are 10 seconds.
5) Bomber long A: Dives a couple feet deep. Reel in pretty consistently with occaisional pause, no jerks.
6) floating rapala: runs 0-1 ft. occaisional pause
7) panther martin spinner: #6-15, 15 is ideal. Work slowly and deeply if possible, don't just burn it.
8) swimbait. I don't know how my dad does it or what he uses but he catches the hell out of pike on them.
9) anchovies (or other fish) under a bobber a few feet over weeds or in a pocket.
10) daredevil spoon. Proven technique, but I've never seen it work here. I'm sure it does if you find the correct conditions though.
NEVER USE WIRE LEADER IF YOU WANT TO CATCH COLORADO PIKE!!!!!!!!!! 10 pound test is plenty- once a pike gets in the weeds if you can hoist them out they won't fight anymore if they are covered in them. Pike are GREAT fighting fish, just be CAREFUL with them near the boat. I use a 20 pound florocarbon leader for extra durability and stealth. My largest open water pike was roughly 20 pounds and low 40" range from the yampa river.
Also, do figure 8 near the boat if they follow, and very speeds and directions when you are reeling, so say you are fishing a spinnerbait and the rod is to the left, sometimes during the retrieve move the rod to the right. It can trigger strikes. Once again, vary speeds. Watch shoreline contours and fish just off of them until the water gets hot. Then, trolling deep hammers the toothmen. Make sure to release most pike you catch in colorado to insure the health of our fisheries!
Fish on!!!