Nice day out for pike

[l2p]

...... okay well let me start off with, I didnt catch any pike.

was out from 2ish - 8 today, figure there should still be some hammer handles to play around with.

Well i was wrong, every single pike that i saw today was big and fat with the exeption of 1 smaller pike that

turned out to be one of two pike that i lost today. I dont thnk ive ever seen so many large pike in a day down at this spot,

but heres the catch. They were all just basking in the sun, not one of the atleast 30 fish that i saw today looked one bit interested in my lures

and i tried all of em! My guesses are they stuffed themselves when the minnows bloomed and now want nothing to do but sit and digest the food.

Oh well atleast they all looked healthy and fattened up compared to a couple weeks ago when they just finished spawning lol. Im sure it wont be long now til they shoot back out into the lake, water temps are deffinatly on the rise.

 

Now heres the awsome part, mid way through all the pike frustration i get a nice solid hit. Finally get some adrenaline running and this thing just went crazy back and forth from boat to boat. I already knew it wasnt a pike and could only be two things. Either i snaged a carp or a brown.

About 7 min into the fight i still havent seen the fish and by this point was almost certain that it was a brown since it was swimming way to fast to be a carp, it jumps and confirms my guess. After a 10 min battle and almost running me out of line twice i get the beauty 6-7 lb brown to shore. I also managed to catch the attention of a cruising rainbow trout with my rap but didnt feel like hitting it, aswell as another follow from a larger brown that also did not hit. Whatever 1 is enough to keep me satisfied, I just love it when these gems give ya a nice surprise, been 2 years since i caught one down at this spot.

 

 

 

couple pics and back in she goes!

Edited May 25, 2009 by l2p

[Greencoachdog]

Nice report and a beauty fish!!!

 

I've heard others say that the fish were shut down today too!

 

... I looked at the Solunar tables and the bite is on a downward trend until about Thursday... it looked like a nice day to be out on the water up there though!

[rbaquial]

Nice!! BEAUTY FISH FOR SURE!

 

Too bad I couldn't hook into anything either... same with my buddy.

 

Ah well..... Nice to bump into you there though

[l2p]

Deffinatly a nice day to just get out and enjoy the nice weather!

[rbaquial]

You forgot to tell 'em about the Pike that stole your lure from you!!

[Trevor0179]

nice fish man way to go

[Whitespinnerbait]

Same here with the Pike not biting , All's they wanted to do was Sun Tan yesterday.....

[Zubris21]

Beautiful fish, makes up for the slow piking.

[Leecher]

Great report and pics l2p

You got yourself into a great fight with that brown and certainly a surprise to strike your lure!!! Congratulations on this beauty

and thanks for sharing

Leechman

[trapshooter]

A bonus Brown. Very nice fish you got there. Congrats.

[MJL]

That's awesome! I've noticed over the last few years a fair number of browns hanging around the piers and harbours with the pike while I'm fishing for carp...Never thought to go back with lures to get them.LOL

 

Beauty catch Mark

[l2p]

haha theres always a couple of browns cruising this certian marina at any given time of year, i once found my self fighting a 10 lbs CHROME chinook in the middle of june perch fishing with minnows... it inevitably broke off since i was using 6 lb main line on a short stuby 6'6 med light. just wasnt gona happen.. lol. anythings possible on lake ontario