First nice Smallie of April

[Skunk City]

Launched the kayak at a new spot on the Passaic today with hopes of landing a Pike or two. Paddled upstream to an area I fished from land over the week and began tossing the usual spinnerbaits and husky jerks. Was kind of dead for the first 2 hours until I hooked up with something solid. Was fighting the fish for a good 20 seconds until the fish surfaced, rolled and the lure went projectile passed my face. I did get a decent glimpse of him, it was a pike without a doubt : (

About 10 minutes later though, I hooked up with this solid Smallie on a green/orange 5" husky jerk. The bastard drew blood when he shook his head while I was getting the hooks out of his face! Fished for a little bit longer then the rains came. Was glad to break my week-long skunking.