100 pike and an impaled foot !

[msgdan]

Of course I didn't catch 100 pike, but between the ones I caught, the ones I missed, the follows that I had and the amount of pike that I saw hugging the bottom in the clear water sections....was close to 100. I guess I landed about 15 with only 2 being over 30 inches with all the rest being in the low to mid 20 inch range. I am not even going to count the 15 - 6"-8" pike that I was catching in one spot like sunnies. I put on a smaller spinner bait and caught a 6" pike on every cast until I moved on. This area is miles from any place that they stocked unless they stocked by boat as well as by truck. So I am guessing that all of the small ones weren't stocked

The water was extra clear today and I can't tell you how many pike that were stacked together near trees that were in groups just hanging out. I was placing the spinner bait on a few of the heads of the pike and they just moved on.

Now for the bad part....There is a low section of the river that I had to get out of the kayak and drag the kayak through te river for about 25 feet to get back to deeper water. I must have walked the kayak through this section 100 times during the past 10 years when the conditions are this low. I guess I was lucky the past 100 times that I never found this "spike" sticking up from the bottom, attached to a piece of wood.

I knew it as soon as I put my foot down that something had gone through my hip boots and was now impaled in my foot. I was able to pull my foot from the spike, but I had to get my foot out and pull the boot off, which was not too easy.

I made it back to my car in 15 minutes and didn't take my boot off until I got home and of course my sock was soaked in blood. I made it to the shower on one foot and my wife did some first aid and gave me a few antibiotics. I had a tetanus shot within the past year so I should be fine with that. I am just glad that it didn't pass through the top of my foot, because this spike was big enough for that to happen.

The river is full of surprises !!!

Danny V