hewesfisher
9/27/2020 6:42:19 AMNice! Pike are excellent table fare, and once you learn how, the "Y" bone is easy to fillet around.
PoopDeck
9/29/2020 11:01:34 AMThanks, I too fished CDA 9/25 pm and 9/26 am. Water surface temp was 64.7 F with wind and rain. All the fish I got to the boat were 27 to 30 inches long and 4 to 6 lbs. I had the most luck w mid size crank baiting natural colors 5 to 6 feet deep between weed beds as the small ones are in the shallows as always. Hunting for the big ones, I threw jerk baits (tiger, rainbow, white/blue), spinner baits & buck tails (bronze/copper blades, white, red, yellow, green), and jigged down to 40' of water. Mostly diamond 5 copper and bronze spoon jigs. Graphed some big fish but they just don't seem interested as of yet. I think I'll wait for the water temp to drop to 58 F before I role out the again.
Geno the Viking
10/10/2020 1:40:10 PMI let all my pike go and eat the walleye for sure. But it's amazing how good the pike taste when cooked into fake lobster meat. I'd rather catch and release a huge pike than almost any other fish. In cold water on light gear they are real fighters. I sure wish we had them here on the west side.