[KegRiver]

Meat works for Pike, the others do not as far as I know.

I find that fish parts or whole minnows is the best, second to that is fresh red meat, Beaver is one of the best red meats for this but any fresh red meat will work, if they are biting.

Generally I only use bait if I can not see through a foot of water. Pike are sight hunters and react better to visual stimulus then to scent, in my experiance.

I doubt very much that corn or cheese would work at all, weiners and worms might work to some degree but I have never had success catching Pike with any of the above.

I do however use bait for Pike, a lot. This river is murky at best and liquid mud at it's worst.