4/1/13 Passaic -- first pike of the yr
 

Hit Passaic from 3-7 pm yest with a friend. Fished a decent stretch with merely a hit each until right around 6 pm. Immediately after the wind and rain stopped and the sun came bursting out again, I managed to salvage the trip with 3 fish--all pike. Nothing big but nice to get the first toothy critter of the year out of the way. All three fish hit within the hour--from 6-7 pm. All were caught on a #4 Mepps spinner w/ gold blade. The pic below was the biggest of the 3.

Catch em' up!

Re: 4/1/13 Passaic -- first pike of the yr
 

Glad you fought through the SKUNK. Congrats on the 1st of the year, now find the beasts!

Re: 4/1/13 Passaic -- first pike of the yr
 

Thanks dude... I'm dying for a double digit fish! These lil' f'ers went ballistic when hooked.

Re: 4/1/13 Passaic -- first pike of the yr
 

A little drama, but sounds like a good day to me. Nice fish you got there. I gotta get in on that action, but idk where to even begin on that river.

Gratz!

Re: 4/1/13 Passaic -- first pike of the yr
 

Find a slack pool, oxbow or laydown anywhere from Chatham to Newark. They will be waiting ;) .

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All three of mine were caught in areas where feeder/runoff streams dumped into the river. If that helps, too.

Re: 4/1/13 Passaic -- first pike of the yr
 

Nice catch. Congrasts on the 1st successful Pike outing of the year.

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Isn't that an expensive lure to be throwing in there where there is a lot of debris and blow downs ?? Just wondering. Nice fish BTW.

Re: 4/1/13 Passaic -- first pike of the yr
 

Congrats!! Nice Catch!!

Andy, that's one of the cheaper lures I loose regularly in the river, lol..........

Re: 4/1/13 Passaic -- first pike of the yr
 

Way to go buddy!!! Hung in there and it paid off!!!! Nice catch earned the hard way!!!!