Shaun Rickard Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto_Angler Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Good stuff! Can't wait until the Monsters come into the Harbours....Almost time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsn Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Thise are some awesome shots with the teeth. Nice going Shaun. Keep them coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 (edited) some nice shots and fish there,wtg Edited September 26, 2007 by fatherof3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhook Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 beauty report Shaun!!! awesome pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickGG Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 (edited) Nicely done, you guys must have had a blast thanks for your pics. Edited September 26, 2007 by PatrickG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 WOW! Very impressive pics. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Congratz Guys and some terrific pictures there, Shaun. Love the ones showing off the lures in particular. Almost like art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mistyriver1 Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Nice going Shaun. Some nice gators there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntervasili Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Great Shots you took... some nice fish there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 nice report, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishHeadRic Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motv8tr Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcallister.grant Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Nice pics man. Can't wait for them to move in to the bays!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 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!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Rickard Posted September 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbog Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster4 Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 nice pike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whopper Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Good fishing and catching report. Some fine pics too! Thanks for sharing a rant free report Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Rickard Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 (edited) 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikoflexer Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Great pics! Wow! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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