napjohn8 Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 So decided to head down to the toronto islands fo some early pike action. I arrived at hanlins ppint at 11:30a and started casting a rapala husky jerk from the docks and all along the west side of the channel. In the 8ft-10ft depth i had 2 bites but the pike were just messing around and were very lazy and not aggressive at all. So i decided to change tactics and move to the chartenese booyah spinnerbait with a large colorado blade. However aound 12:30 fishing the stretch of the centre island channel i had some swans join my party. The day went fairly bad with hardly any pike being caught. The water levels were still a foot higher than there regular levels. i only took four photos with my iphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napjohn8 Posted May 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 2nd pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 when they're lazy like that, slow the retrieve, going to a "faster" bait like a spinnerbait may draw a reaction bite, but you're best bet is to just slow the retrieve on the jerkbait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napjohn8 Posted May 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 ya i was at doing a solid 4-5 second pauuse with the crankbait but still nothing, i find the pike didn't want to move from the 8+ft water to get the crankbait that was 4 ft deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 with cold water temps, i will often pause a jerkbait for up to 30 seconds, a 10 second pause is not that big of a stretch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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