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Fished Rocky Gorge this afternoon from 4PM till 6PM.
Water very stained.
Put on a fire tiger jointed Shad Rap that dove around 12 feet deep.
Caught a 9 inch yellow perch on it within 15 minutes.
Paddled a ways and fished a rocky point where the main river channel was about 10 feet deep.
Solid strike and I set the hook. The fish stayed down. I knew it wasn't a bass. Heavy, stayed down. When it saw the kayak it made a run and stripped drag.
I saw it was a Northern Pike. As I kept pressure on the fish as it stayed down I searched my tackle bag for my lip grippers. None!
Let the pike get kinda tired. I then pinched it on the back behind the gills.
Unhooked the lure and put it on the hog trough to get a measurement. It was 25 inches.
Started to get my camera out and the fish flipped out of the trough and was gone. So no photograph, so that was a bummer.
But it was great catching my second pike of the year.
Water temp was around 70 degrees.
Talked to a boat and a few kayak fishers and nobody was catching much. So I was happy with my trip given the stained water conditions. The water had cooled off about 8 or 9 degrees since last weekend.
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Water very stained.
Put on a fire tiger jointed Shad Rap that dove around 12 feet deep.
Caught a 9 inch yellow perch on it within 15 minutes.
Paddled a ways and fished a rocky point where the main river channel was about 10 feet deep.
Solid strike and I set the hook. The fish stayed down. I knew it wasn't a bass. Heavy, stayed down. When it saw the kayak it made a run and stripped drag.
I saw it was a Northern Pike. As I kept pressure on the fish as it stayed down I searched my tackle bag for my lip grippers. None!
Let the pike get kinda tired. I then pinched it on the back behind the gills.
Unhooked the lure and put it on the hog trough to get a measurement. It was 25 inches.
Started to get my camera out and the fish flipped out of the trough and was gone. So no photograph, so that was a bummer.
But it was great catching my second pike of the year.
Water temp was around 70 degrees.
Talked to a boat and a few kayak fishers and nobody was catching much. So I was happy with my trip given the stained water conditions. The water had cooled off about 8 or 9 degrees since last weekend.
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