What is the difference between fishing for bass and fishing for pike?

Are you sure you dont mean pickerel? If its pickeral keep doing what your doing but fish in more lilly pads and stuff. Pike just use a bigger lure

Pike and bass both bite hard. But, i think youll have better luck with a lure for bass, and live bait for the pike. For my pike, i use small panfish and hook there backs and cast out near were i think there might be pike. Usually, i get my fish. Now for bass, lures. Deffnitly lures. Just keep casting out and bringing in and youll get a big bite by a bass.

Im no expert but pike are ambush fish and will hide in shallower weed beds waiting to ambush a smaller fish or baby fish that swims by. Try fishing for them when the water warms up a little bit. Lure wise it just depends on where your fishing. you might need specialized Pike lures but your bass set up might work just as well. Not sure what kind of rod you have but I would make sure its big enough to handle pike. And dont forget the steel leader.