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First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
I headed over to Spruce Run for some night fishing about a week ago and decided to fish the point where Spruce Run Stream enters the reservoir. I figured some of the trout stocked in the stream might have found there way down to the reservoir with all the heavy rain and I also just wanted to fish.
I was fishing mostly with jerk lures looking for whatever would bite but I also had another rod rigged with 8 lb mono and a wacky senko that I would just cast into the current towards the van syckle bridge and hop back towards the end of the point. It was a very cold night and honestly I wasn’t really expecting to catch anything but after about a half hour I picked up the senko rod I had cast five minutes before and forgot about and when I tried to give the lure a little hop I realized I couldn’t budge it. That is when the drag started screaming and I had to carefully tighten it so that I didn’t run out of line. I knew whatever I hooked was big and figured it was a cat but was praying maybe it was a hybrid. I fought the fish for about five minutes and finally got it close enough to see that (1) it was a large pike! And (2) there was no way it was going to fit in my trout net. Luckily the bank where I was fishing was gradual and I had waders on so I got the fish as close and shallow as I could and then grabbed him by the gills and rested him on the shore. It was really cold so I quickly removed the hook with the pliers I was happy to have (I usually don’t) and took two quick picks before getting the fish back in the water. I realize resting the fish on the Bank is not ideal but it was the only way I could remove the hook before releasing. Please no lectures on fish handling, next time I will make sure I have a bigger net! Believe the fish was around 30” and fat. Great random catch! |
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Re: First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
hahaha great!
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Re: First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
very nice!!!
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Re: First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
Congrats on your first Pike! You never know what’s going to eat at night. Crazy things sure do happen, LOL!!! Awesome toothy critter man!!!
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Re: First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
Awesome. So much for them only being daytime predators.
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Re: First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
Like FazzEddie said, nothing is scripted when it come to fishing !!
Great report, nice Pike !!
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Re: First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
congrats on your first pike they can fight good and of the three toothy critters pike ,pickerel and musky i think pike taste the best. i remember when i caught my first pike at budd lake through the ice. good for you tight lines
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Re: First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
man, that exact spot has claimed to many jerkbaits of mine to those toothy critters. Was there on sunday, was happy to see the water levels back up at normal
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Re: First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
Simply awesome! Great nighttime pike.
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Re: First Ever Pike Caught in middle of night on Senko
Cool story and nice fish! I've caught a couple on Senkos but never at night!
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