After a great day of Salmon fishing on the Columbia on 10/06/2010, I thought I would go up to the Pend Oreille River to catch some LMB with three friends. Launched out of Cusic and hedaded North 15 minutes to an unknown slew on the East side of the river. Started of with a couple of dink LMB, then my friends wife Gina hooked into a 18.2 lb Pike. Her largest freshwater fish ever and she had a blast landing it (see picture). In total we ending boating 6 pike and a few smallies and 3 LMBs.
The 18 lbs Pike was caught on a finesse worm by Berkely, and a second pike was caught on a 4" Senko. I didn't know pike went after plastics. The other 4 Pike ranged from 5-8 lbs, and were caught on spinnerbaites, 3 on a chartreuse, and one on red. The smallies were caught on 4" black senkos. Fishing came in spurts, but overall a very good day of fishing. I caught my first Pike ever and enjoyed it very much, tho the fish are slimy as heck, and my boat needs a thorough cleaning.

PS Does anyone knows what/when triggers the fall bite for LMBs?