Quick Island report.

[Jonaton]

 

So a friend and I headed down to the islands to see if we could find some bass for the opener. We spent about 6 hours down there and not even a sniff of a bass.

 

The pike however were everywhere, I have never seen so many fish, at one point by sight I saw 4 just sunning them selves in 4-6 feet of water. We mush have seen 12-15 fish, noyt including the carp which were there in ridiculous numbers, why don't I fish for carp again?They however were uncooperative, you could literally bounce baits off of their noses and they wouldnt even move. There was one fish there that I thought was a carp at first but was in fact a pike. It was by far the biggest pike I have even seen in person and must have been a 20+ lb fish. Ater my friend caught the one fish for the day I spent a good 20 minutes trying to get this fish to bite, but it just wanted no part of it. I swear the fish kept looking at me and mocking me. Anyways even though I got skunked it was still a great day,other than the severe sunburn I got, I really have to put the sunblock IN my fishing bag.

[motv8tr]

Ya those Pike are pesky critters when fishing for something else aren't they Glad you had a good outing...

 

Maureen

[ccmtcanada]

Great report!!! I know the feeling about fish mocking you...happens to me all the time!! LOL. Good on you for getting out there though. Any day fishing is never a waste...even if you get skunked. I learn the most about fishing on those days.

[007]

Better luck next time with the bass. Nice pike though. There are lots of fish at the islands but finding them and then getting them to bite can be challenging - I know from experience.

 

007

[mikeymikey]

Hmmm...

 

A lot of pike? i was there at the opening and haven't seen any pike. but seen bass cruising around which weren't biting too well.

 

maybe we should share tips