Good Times...DYN-0-MIIIITE!!

[Esox Luciano]

Had a nice few days on the water lately and also had some good company to keep me sane while the bite was slow. I guess starting from Dundee Falls looking for a biggun that shredded my braid under a rock, I got to score a few smallies & a small black crappie. The best smallie(12”-13"), took me straight under a rock in a snag and I literally waited and worked around him for about 7 minutes until something gave and he was free from the snag. Was expecting more just from the battle he gave me, these guys got fight!!

Next day was relaxing with the Chica and switched from trying for monsters to just trying...still a workout for me!!! Got to see a nice school of smallies, didn't want ANYTHING to do with ANYTHING! Another nice school of Lm with some perch in the mix. A few great blue heron. And also heard the streaks of a really close vulture. It flew through some wooded area and SOMEONE thought it was a bear, so we packed up quick n called it.

This guy took it deep and after removing the hook from his throat, tried reviving him for 10min but just kept going belly up. So I ate him for breakfast😆! Pretty good to, my 1st time trying perch actually!!

Back to the river the next day with a celebrity appearance by my buddy Sal!! Shot the shit, threw some back & scored some fish. I landed 1 pike, and set the hook on his 1st, cherry popped!! Then he landed two more decent pike on his own and landed a respectable river bruiser in the process!! Hope to get him out there more!🍻

Back at it the next day working the homemade lures again. Been having some really good results with the wooden jerkbait. So much so I had to resecure the hooks today because they felt a little shaky. But besides a few others, here's the largest of the esox I've gotten off of my homemade stuff. This girl taped out at 37” and weighed 8 1/2lbs! Hope my hooks stay secure, cause there's definitely more to come.

[kcritch]

Way to go my Steeler Nation Brethren. First game in less than 2 weeks. Heading out to Pittsburgh for the Steelers Jets game on Oct 9th with my 2 boys, my brother and his son and son in law, and my Dad. Can't wait to get back to the homeland!

[AndyS]

WOW ! Nice fish, great photos !!

[Fred E. Goose]

These pike are getting nice! Beefing up for fall already? That was on the wooden topwater? Real nice Pike, and the rest are some whoppers too!

[NJSquatch]

Great Report. Thanks for sharing

[Andrushkin33]

Great report, great fish and looks like an awesome time.

Andre

[23cardinal]

Sounds like a great time- and yea perch dont seem as hardy as bass, but they sure are tastier
Nice work!

[Chrisper4694]

Hell yeah! Nice bank beating! I got skunked night fishing from shore last night and then got poured on...good times...

[tradingfrank27]

good stuff man!! Sal's got a beauty river smallies there. Never fished below Dundee, only from the HS and up to the weir, it was fun fishing and would do it again.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Nice mixed bag of fish! River Smallies got a lot of heart! Tough fish all around! Beautiful river Gator!!!