steverowbotham Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 HAd the day off today and a cancelled charter so I made some calls and found some old friends to take out for the day. We hit Couchiching for some gators! We started the day off in about 12 feet of water throwing jerkbaits and big grubs. We landed a bunch of long, skinny fish. We moved onto some sand flats in 6-8 feet and got some better sized fish throwing flukes and flappin shads on 3/16oz jigheads. We eventually made out way into a marina on Simcoe and landed a few more fish crawling the big grubs in the deeper pockets of the marina. Any questions, PM me. Steve Rowbotham http://sircatchalot.piczo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Nice pike porn. I just used up a whole box of tissue !! Thanks, now Im gonna go for a smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbouck Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I don't quite know how to reply after that one Nice Pike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Great report and pics Steve Pike opener for us is this coming weekend and after seeing this report, can't wait any longer!!! Great jobs you guys and thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 The bite was slow today, the jerkbait fish were caught on LONG pauses and the jig fish were all on a very slow drag/hop retrieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Nice job Steve. Not surprising how you caught them. My number one bait for shallow post spawn pike is a 4" power leech on a light jighead. They suck it in like candy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozaibak1 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Nice report and results Steve considering a tough day. I noticed the tree in the side of the pictures, with the shade, that's always been a great producer of fish for me, regardless of the species! I find finding that nice shaded spot during the day gather quite a few of the smaller fish attracting the bigger predators in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Nice report and results Steve considering a tough day. I noticed the tree in the side of the pictures, with the shade, that's always been a great producer of fish for me, regardless of the species! I find finding that nice shaded spot during the day gather quite a few of the smaller fish attracting the bigger predators in the area. Generally I would say thats true, however at this time of year with the warming waters, the pike seem to spend more time sunning themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinbanger Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Nice work ! and a great day to be out . Our opener on Saturday was fairly prouctive ( untill the rain !) 8 smaller fish with one over 30". The rain seemed to really shut them down . will post a report later. TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 nice gators steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 nice gators steve thanks buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 NIce SLIME report Steve..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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