15 miles on the river and my new PB Pike
 

Had a nice open schedule this weekend so I took advantage of the great weather and spent it covering some new water. Did 7-8 mile float trips both days, picking up today where I ended yesterday. Had the pleasure of "guiding" two first timers in my uncle and kid cousin Saturday and had a blast. Picked up 3 Pike to 32", a slab Crappie, and Yellow Perch and my first ever PR Pickerel. Wasn't big, but my first Pickerel for the hundreds of Pike landed in the river, pretty exciting.

Day 2 started a little later than desired. 6am alarm went off this morning and a quick check of the radar showed rain passing through. Fell back asleep til 9, then headed out. Did another 7-8 miles on a stretch of river I've yet to wet a line in and was rewarded heavily. Ended up with 5 Pike, including my new personal best 39" gorilla. Was getting lots of short strikes on my crankbait, so I swapped on a big spinnerbait and it got hammered first cast by this big girl. Not a long fight, 2 quick surges under the yak and she was in the net. Hopped onto the muddy banks for a solid measurement and a few photos. Oh so close to that 40" mark, but I'll take it. I'm a big believer of being up early/late to catch fish during magic hour, but this one came at 1:45 in the afternoon!? River was crazy low, had to portage around complete blockages twice. Deepest holes held the fish.

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Some BIG girls, nice fish man!

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That's awesome. Great pics.


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Sick reward for covering all that water, gator!

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WOOOO Beast Mode!!!! Nice catches!

Def cool when a pickerel comes out of the river. They fight just as well if not better than a pike of the same size.

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sick, that things head is massive

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Sweet fish dude. You kill it out there

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Nice going Skunk and congrats on your new PB pike !! Nothing like trying new areas and catching a few.

Danny V

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I believe I seen your car When I fished the passiac river on Sunday. Was that you and did you catch your fish close to that launch? because I did not have any luck at that spot

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Always feels good 2 conquer new spots! Great job n sweet fish man!!

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Thanks guys!



We didn't have much luck for the first 2 miles or so, just a few nice Crappie to keep things interesting. Lots of shallow, moving water until you get into the woods a bit. The key was finding deeper holes in the oxbows of the river. The ones deeper than 3ft usually held the fish.

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Been on a quest the past few months to get away from the popular areas to find some fat, virgin Pike that haven't been caught or seen a spinnerbait or Rapala wiz passed their face 100 times. Been catching lots of fish miles away from the nearest stocking points, which is a good sign that these fish are moving around a bit. Plus it's nice having the river to yourself for 6 hours :p.

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Nice going Robbie. Really nice shits as usual! Don't worry man youl get that 40 incher ice season!!

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If I have to wait til ice season, it needs to be bigger than 42" lol.

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Nice looking Pike! Congrats on the new PB!!

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Thanks I have a kayak so I might try soon

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Congrats on the PB bro! You definately put in the time. Well deserved catch!!!!!!!
YEA BOYYYYYEEEEE!!!:D

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thats a solid beast there buddy, good job Rob. U def put your time in on that river, time to enjoy the rewards!! lemme know when u wanna jump on for some stripes bro

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39?!?!?! Ughh! That's like a slap in the face lol. j/p nice job man you're on fire

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Or 42.5! Lol!

Nice fish dude... Way to get away from the high traffic and reap the rewards!

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HAHAHA my father said the same thing!

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really nice Rob....congrats....I bet there are a few fish in there pushing 30 lbs.:)

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Great GORILLA!!!!