NEW PB PIKE

[steverowbotham]

As an avid angler, it is rare to go out and see something that genuinely surprises me. Every day of fishing has highs and lows, but after around 100 days a year on the water chasing multi species adventures, the highs never seem as high. Don't get me wrong, fish get my adrenaline pumping. The day that changes, is the day I quit fishing, and I forecast a long fishing future. I just fail to gain the overwhelming excitement that I used to. Luckily, it doesnt take much to change that. Yesterday was that day. Over the past week and a half, I have been lucky enough to spend time on 4 different bodies of water targeting water wolves, big gators. So yesterday, I got off work around 8am and decided to rock over to one of the better lakes I had launched on previously. Armed with a devastating lineup of Imperium soft plastics, we went to work. Initially we started off deep with no sniffs. So we moved shallow. We saw some fish but they were very inactive and unwilling to play. Made another move to a mid range spot. Fairly shallow water with some really deep water nearby. We found the honey hole. Tons of fish around, almost all good size and these fish wanted to play a little more. They werent super aggressive, and we did have to finesse them, but they were willing. Ace's fished on ballheads and weightless did most of the damage, and when the going was tough, I switched to a fat 4 inch grub that Imperium will be bringing out in the near future. That twister tail fired them up when nothing else would. In the end, I landed my biggest pike to date. I wanted her back in the water after photos, and didnt get a measurement or weight, but I know she was big. She also showed me her lunch and why she got so big! Check out the video to get a true perspective on her size.

http://youtu.be/LH_8clR1r7s

[davey buoy]

What a beast,you sure have the Pike dialed in Steve!!!!!!!!

[Gnote]

Awesome pike!

[Skud]

Beautiful gator!

[Rich Clemens]

Uh .... WOW

[Muskieman]

Great Pike Steve ! but ... pull up your pants !

[Pigeontroller]

Nice Pike! Boo on the verticle hold!

[pidge]

Now thats cool. Great pics vid and story.

[laker19]

Awesome pike!!!!!!!!!! Good choice of meal for him too, those Omega 3's doin him some good lol

[Joey]

Nice pike. So he had that laker in his belly, and still went for your bait

[Rod Caster]

That's something else... very impressive fish

[Toad Hunter]

that is one monster fish there sir... perhaps a bigger net next time you're out huntin gators ? jus'ayin

[Peps]

Great Pike Steve ! but ... pull up your pants !

:rofl2: I'm thinking that might be the mojo Randy. Good thing he doesn't go commando!!!

[JoshS]

What a beaut!!!

[mattyk]

That thing is a beast!!!

[RJackson]

Beauty thick beast. Proof you don't need to spend $$$$ to find big pike. Good on ya!

 

I'm more curious how you keep your pants from falling down!

 

RJ

Edited May 30, 2013 by RJackson

[ehg]

Wow, that is a real decent fish.

[kickingfrog]

That would also be a pb laker for a few of us.

[Djeep]

thats a serious northern. congrats on the pb! imperium seems to be doing very well for you, i gotta try plastic more often for pike.

[Can_38]

Wow!