Lockjaw in effect

[Esox Luciano]

Was finally able to wet my lines after like 2weeks, so was excited whether I would catch or not. Hit the river around lunchtime & trooped around with some modified lures to try out & play with. Missed out on 7-8 pike because of lockjaw, lil bitches!! Managed to land 1 decent 5#r and miss out on one more that was def a biggun. Semi hooked into him but he took a strong run right after the set and was just unhooked. I'll get at him soon, hehe. No pics cuz of the monsoon but hopefully have some 2morrow.
Supposed to go surf fishing 2morrow & get some kinda beast!?! I can def use any pointers or tips for bait/rigs and what I might look for. Any info is appreciated, good look fellaz!