Toronto Pike report and pictures

[Shaun Rickard]

After a busy weekend at the Legends on the Bay event on Georgian Bay my good mate Dan and I decided to get out on the big Lake O and try for some pike yesterday morning.

 

I have to tell you, I'm glad we did. the fishing was on fire and the pike were hungry. In just over 4 hours we managed to boat over 15 Pike, we missed and saw at least that many again 8)

 

Not only were the Pike feeding but they were feeding exceptionally aggressively, absolutely inhaling our lures - Pictures below.

 

We threw everything from Husky Jerks, X-Raps and soft plastics to Kick 'n' Minnows and spinnerbaits, they ate the lot! Colour choices didn't seem to matter, anything from silver/black, Perch, purple, white and shad patterns worked well.

 

We noticed that some of the fish were quite pale in comparison to other fish, it's my theory that these fish had recently moved in from the deeper open water to stage before entering some of the bays around the harbour area over the winter months. One large fish even had a lamprey mark on it's back, a likely sign that this particular pike had likely been cruising the open water chasing schools of bait, much like a trout or salmon.

 

Water temps on top were around 62F, fast retrieves worked better early as the sun got higher a medium twitch pause retrieve worked best for us.

 

Fall can be a great time to hook into a trophy pike; they're a lot of fun to catch on bass tackle that's for sure. Pictures below.

 

Cheers, Shaun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Toronto_Angler]

Good stuff! Can't wait until the Monsters come into the Harbours....Almost time!

[dsn]

Thise are some awesome shots with the teeth. Nice going Shaun. Keep them coming.

 

[fatherof3]

some nice shots and fish there,wtg

Edited September 26, 2007 by fatherof3

[fishindevil]

Great catch shawn !!!!! man thats some real nice lake o pike man way to go.. ...looks like they had you very busy for a while... ..and they sure were hungry,with them eating all those different baits....thanks for the report shawn....cheers

[Crazyhook]

beauty report Shaun!!! awesome pics

[PatrickGG]

Nicely done, you guys must have had a blast thanks for your pics.

Edited September 26, 2007 by PatrickG

[Guest Johnny Bass]

WOW! Very impressive pics. Thanks for sharing!

[007]

Wow excellent report and awesome pics. Congratulations on the great catch of pike. Good to see you were using a few of the lures I've got in my tackle box too! Will be trying them out very soon but from shore.

 

Thanks for sharing

007

[tbayboy]

Great stuff Shaun and Dan, some beautiful pics there. Gotta love good old perchie (the perch pattern x-rap) that guy is a pike catching machine isn't he

[Mike Pike]

Congratz Guys and some terrific pictures there, Shaun. Love the ones showing off the lures in particular. Almost like art!

[Guest mistyriver1]

Nice going Shaun. Some nice gators there

[huntervasili]

Great Shots you took... some nice fish there too

[mattyk]

nice report, thanks for sharing.

[ehg]

We noticed that some of the fish were quite pale in comparison to other fish, it's my theory that these fish had recently moved in from the deeper open water to stage before entering some of the bays around the harbour area over the winter months.

That one real pale fish looks like it has some genetic mix, with the black flecks on its cheeks etc.

 

Lots of big unmarked pike there. The Toronto waterfront could be one of the better pike spots in North America.

It is even better to fish it from a boat, the harbour license thing puts a cap on that however for most folk.

 

ehg

[FishHeadRic]

Man, I miss those Pike! Great job guys! Toronto angler, those pike already are in the harbor. They've been in for some time. You just need to do some leg work to find the good weed beds. Try from the base of spadina all the way to the Death Star over by that second cup. Drag bottom with a spoon till you find nice green weeds and then sink an X-rapp or a huskie down. They're there!

 

FHR

[motv8tr]

Wow, those are some nice fish! and great pictures !!! Thanks for sharing those Shaun, and I hope the weekend went well, I'm still waiting for your report

 

Maureen

[mcallister.grant]

Nice pics man. Can't wait for them to move in to the bays!!!!

[ccmtcanada]

Wow...great close up shots of the fish with lures!! Has me looking forward to colder temps and those bad boys moving close to us shore anglers!!!

[Shaun Rickard]

Wow, those are some nice fish! and great pictures !!! Thanks for sharing those Shaun, and I hope the weekend went well, I'm still waiting for your report

 

Maureen

 

 

Maureen, the weekend went great thanks, I actually put a report up on here yesterday, here's the link: http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11608

 

Cheers, Shaun

[bbog]

WTG Shaun and Dan. Great report and pictures. The last time I used a perch coloured X-Rap the darn Pike broke the lure by the rear treble. Great fun really!

[bassmaster4]

nice pike

[Whopper]

Good fishing and catching report.

Some fine pics too!

 

Thanks for sharing a rant free report

 

Cheers

[Shaun Rickard]

WTG Shaun and Dan. Great report and pictures. The last time I used a perch coloured X-Rap the darn Pike broke the lure by the rear treble. Great fun really!

 

Barnie's Ban, let's not forget the Glass Perch Husky Jerk, another great pike bait

 

Cheers, Shaun

Edited September 28, 2007 by Shaun R.

[ikoflexer]

Great pics! Wow! Thanks for sharing!