steverowbotham Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Rarely am I at a loss for words, today however, is inexplainable. Just one of those days every angler dreams about! Pike season opened today in one of my favourite regions. I am a bass angler at heart, but I like to consider myself a multi-species angler, and lets face it, I dont have much choice at this time of the year. I was excited to get out today and that indecisive lady we call mother nature wanted to throw me a curveball. With 35-40K winds, and 25-30mm of rain in the forecast, I decided to cancel my trip with my dad and my girlfriend. At 10:00am this morning, I checked the hourly forecast and it was supposed to clear up a bit as the front came through. I figured what the hell, lets do it. We packed up and headed out. On the water at 12:45pm. It was drizzling and pretty windy, but not too bad overall. It didnt take too long, after about 15 minutes of fishing I noticed a pollen bloom i nthe water and fired my jerkbait through it. Twitch, twitch, pause. Woosh! The unmistakable feeling of a pike plastering a jerkbait, I put a solid, but beat up looking 33.5 incher in the boat. After another half hour and a few OOS smalljaws, we made a move. We pulled into a shallow bay and dad cast to a log and got hammered. I watched closely as a pike in the mid-30 inch range made her run for deep water and pulled off. Too bad, poop happens. We made another move to a deeper shoreline and Dad swings the rod back and it buckles under the pressure of another solid fish. After a few quick runs, I got the net under a nice 36.5 incher, a new PB for dad! I got dads jerkbait untangled and made a cast on my own rod. I got 2 twitches into my retrieve and dad swings back again! Another solid fish at 35 inches! Big head on this one! No more fish for a while so we make another move. Kelli is still fishless and I'm starting to get anxious, wanting her to get bit. I tie her up a soft jerkbait and go back to fishing my jerkbait. Not 5 minutes later, I heard a toilet flushing behind me.... wait, not a toilet, a HUGE pike had smashed KElli's jerkbait from the surface! A long fight ensued and KElli was soon holding her new PB pike! A BEAUTIFUL 41 incher!! It took a bit of reviving time, but she was soon on her way! Now I'm starting to feel left out haha, but thats okay, because within five minutes, my rod was nearly ripped out of my hands with a line screamer, a solid 39 incher inhaled my jerkbait! We made another move across the lake, but the high winds and cold front moving through made for very uncomfortable and un productive fishing, back to the 41 incher spot. I was watching a school of smallies fighting over a big jerkbait when that d@mn toilet flushed again. Oh wait, no, Kelli is tangling with another GIANT! After 4 long runs, I finally put the basket under her new PB, a 43 inch northern!!! Not gonna lie, I'm glad we salvaged the day. Tight Lines! Steve Rowbotham Sir Catch-A-Lot Pro Guiding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistaredone Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Wow!! Congrats on a banner day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 High Fives all around ...... Some fine looking snakes ,,,right there :clapping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Those are some nice snakes indeed. 43" is a great result. Congrats to her and your pop too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muskymatt Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Now that's a fishing story A day you'll never forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 EPIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishing n autograph Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 nice gators...way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbaquial Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 OMG!! That's AWESOME!! Great stuff man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin joe Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Congrats this is the day anglers dream of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Awesome day out on the water Steve!!....great report and fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadian_copper Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 NICELY DONE BRO. GLAD TO SEE THE MS OUT AS WELL WITH YA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny G Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Great job. We were fishing lake Muskoka and did really well too. Sure was windy though. Kenny G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapshooter Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 a 43 is an awesome pike!! Congrats Steve, nice guiding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted May 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Great job.We were fishing lake Muskoka and did really well too. Sure was windy though. Kenny G. It sure was, I didnt get to fish some of my favourite spots, we just fished the areas best protected from the wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 WOW. Those are huge pike. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubris21 Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Sounds like a great day! I can't wait get into some of those toothy critters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted May 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhare Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Good Shootin' bro! some nice pike indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Fabulous, just fantastic feesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 awesome gators great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Great report, pics and video Steve You just can't beat a day like that Congratulations on the PB's Huge beautiful gators Thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yeah that was epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
express168 Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 That is my fishing fantasy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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