Don't believe the hype

[Esox Luciano]

https://youtu.be/Aigtj2AGASg
Put in work, get some back. More to "contribute" to night fishing for pike. Besides putting in time, have some lures that will draw attention. Whether bright or dark, spinners, and noisy, slow moving stick or crank baits seem to do the trick for me. Believe it or not, the darker colors seem to work better for me at night. Cast EVERYWHERE!! Unless you know where they are and have some live bait. Little clips off of parts of the baitfish should slow them down enough for the pike to commit.
1st fish 36" from 6/8 @12:08am. 2nd fish a bit smaller from last week, & 3rd fish 38" from this morning at around 3:08am, just before the rain. Had a pike fling my forceps clear into the water while unhooking it. One thing this site has taught us is to BE PREPARED!! Good thing, cuz the other pair was right there on stand-by. So long as we take heed to the conservational fishing threads that have been posted here, especially during a contest, we can keep all the esox thriving in NJ. Without a doubt, these fish all lived to fight another day. Catch em' up!!

Save a fish, read these threads:
http://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76805
http://www.njfishing.com/forums/show...ndling+muskies