Surprise Passaic Pike and a big Thanks to 3 strangers is a boat

[flyboy1]

Originally Posted by tycomps

great story! swallowed as in gut hooked or swallowed as in no f#%$king way I'm putting my fingers any closer to that mouth? Being a fan of spoons I deal with trebles often but between the quick retrieve and ferocity of the strike rarely do they get more than one hook. in the rare times that they have I lay them down on a wet towel and do a gentle "spock" grip from above. this allows me to keep their head still while I use the leverage of the hook to remove it, I've never been bitten. then again I've been handling snakes, snappers, and other toothy critters all my life so I'm probably used to it

Swallowed as in "No F'n way Im putting my hand in that mouth"... Lmao It was a good hook set but it was just deep in the back of the throat and the Pike was huge so you can imagine how far deep back a small popper would in this beasts mouth... Normally Im quick retrieving spoons, spinners and cranks as you have said so that when the Pike hit its usually hooked in the lip or front of the mouth.. the fact that this beast crushed and inhaled a popper which was on the stop explains why it was in the back of his throat... Im gonna have to get bigger poppers... lol cant wait to get back out there...