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Way to go Victor, you gotta get an electric motor so you can keep both hands on rod. Not to mention save yourself some physical wear and tear.

Mmmm...tasty, I'll vouch for the bacon wrap method. Works good with perch too.

Id take that fish over the 850lb mako, at least in my kayak. Congrats on the PB. I'm going to estimate the length at 30".

Great photos of a beautiful place. I learned to ride a motorcycle near there at lake Papakamika (sp?) on a balloon tired suzuki 90. I remember the kids at the bible camp threw rocks at us.

No fish over 30" this year SNAG, last year I caught a 31". It was 3 years ago that I caught the 36". Our average at Mountsberg is one fish over 30" for every 20 fish caught.

Here's mine. Caught on Saturday with a bluefox spinner #4.

Thanks Victor. My camera mount still works, Snag, but the biggest pike I caught was only 22" so I was hoping for a fish closer to 30" before I used it for a picture.

Five of us decided to go to Mountsberg conservation area for the pike opener on Saturday. If you've never been there to see the birds of prey, it's worth checking out. If you have kids, it's educational and fun. They have a barn turned jungle gym with a floor covered in hay. Here's a link. http://www.conservationhalton.on.ca The Shipper brought along both his Sportspals, complete with swivel seats, electric motors and fishfinders. The Dalai Lama and Rufus go out in the little one (on the left) and the Shipper takes out Griff in the 12' transom. I took my kayak and caught this pike on a #4 blue fox spinner. First fish of the season. I landed two more on that spinner and caught one on a j-13 rapala before I had to leave for a Mother's day BBQ at noon. The j-13's were working for Griff as he caught this pike, one of his three, on a perch version of the lure. The Shipper was using the orange j-13 and caught this pike, one of two, while trolling. He caught big fish of the day as well at 28" but Griff's camera had dead batteries so it's just a fish story. The Dalai Lama caught one pike but there is no confirmed reports that he even so much as touched it during landing, unhooking or releasing. Rufus had to console himself with an OOS largemouth as the pike ignored him all morning. Good trip and great way to start the season. Mountsberg is a no gas motors lake with a pike limit of two fish per angler. The park staff was there all day making sure no one forgot to pay and making sure no rules were being broken.

Great family report, and what a perch. Bet that tasted yummy. Taking the bubbles along is always a good idea.

Excellent. Good work Dad

Fishing for pike in the conestoga river has definately declined in the last 20yrs. My personal record of 5 pike on 5 consecutive casts came on a cleo spoon at the Macton bridge in 1989. We used to get 10 - 15 in 3 or 4 hrs back in the late 80's. The good news is they started stocking browns, along with the rainbows that they have been putting in for years, just below the dam and at the Glen Allen bridge. So maybe the trout will make up for the lost pike. The smallies are still very good in the conestoga if you are willing to walk a little ways and explore. But not till the end of June of course.

I buy mine at the local medical supply store. I get the ones that they use in wheelchairs and scooters. They are deep cycle gel cell and you don't pay tax on goods for the handicapped. The only problem is they don't come with fancy handles built into them. I put mine in canvas bags with straps and carry them that way. My Sportspal canoe weighs 58lbs, my two gel cells weigh 66lbs total. With these two batteries I've never run out of juice, even after 6-8hrs of use.

You're the man FHR, very unselfish, what this board needs is more people like you.

Taking the kayak out for some conservation area pike.

Mmmm...Slopmaster

Great report Al. I can't wait for our season to open next weekend. Hope I do as well as you did.

I think that it is a pickerel not a pike. The pattern towards the belly really looks like a chain pickerel to me. Rather than bean shaped spots like a pike it's spots are so big that the area around them resembles a chain. If you have another pic of it, put it up. On another topic. Why is there a wine cork in your live well? Here is a pic from In-Fisherman of a chain pickerel, looks similar.

I'll bring a rainsuit.

Thanks, hope to be there.

Thanks for the info. I'll try to drag my little girl along so we can try out some tandems. Is it "rain or shine"?

My brother, Joonmoon, caught a musky and a carp on a Banjo Minnow in the Pigeon river about 10 yrs ago. The carp gave him a better fight and destroyed the bait, big time.

Sweeeet!

Pious Meese?

You need an ultra-lite rod around 5.5' and a ultra-lite reel with 4lb test for fooling the clear water, spooky fish.

That's great superbad, thanks. I wish I knew what big fish of the tournament was, or is that only a bass tournament award?