Re: Pike-a-thon 2014, june 28-29
 

isn't that 2 words??? good luck to all who participate:D

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Good luck to all...and for God sakes take some decent pictures;):D

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Well do our best to take the best possible pictures. You should come up and be our on the water photographer! Bring some Scotch!!!

Re: Pike-a-thon 2014, june 28-29
 

Good luck to all! Hoping to see some pic's of some monster pike! :eek:

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Live report: water is up and murky. Picked up a 31" before 830am on a big lure. No action since. Heard Gatto got a 29". 3 or 4 other guys said nothing yet. Catch em up boys.

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Nice! Gotta love live reports! Good luck out there guys!

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Its Tough takin pics lol

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Yea !!!!! CATCH EM' UP!! waiting for the next report!!!!

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Nice catch !!! But did you have to rip his head off to stretch the fish !! LOL LOL Nice going. Catching is the easy part.....a good picture is the hard part.

Danny V

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NorthjerzyJ (pops, lol), got one at 28" (bad pic). I.........Suck!!!
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/...G/ZOE_0016.jpg

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The sun should be behind the photographers shoulders not yours!:eek:

Nice yard stick though:)

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Nice catches so far fellaz!!! 11 anglers showed up for day 1, not too bad. Big thanx to Scott, BigTom, Scowardnj, SkunkCity, Gatto, Duke, Thyer, Beardo Larry, NorthJerzyG & Pops and JonS from the Kayak Fishing Store for coming out. I got the big SKUNK today up in GPM. It's all good, it was the most peaceful float I've done in a while. I paddled 6 miles up the Passaic searching for BEASTS, 6 miles back to my launch spot. That's 12 miles, pretty good excercise today, LOL!!! All that water and I never saw a fish with TEETH, only Deer, alot of Carp and a Black Bear running through the woods. Great day for wildlife! I also managed to catch a good sunburn eventhough I loaded up on sunblock. AHHHHHHHH, watcha gona do? We'll be back at it tomorrow morning at Dundee lake. Hopefully the fish are hungry.

The pot currently stands at 220 BUCKS fellaz. Let's give em hell tomorrow. Contest is officially over at 5 PM. No exceptions!!! If you have pics of today's catch please post em on this thread. Let's see em boys!

FASTEDDIE OUT!!! TIGHT LINEZ!!!!!!!:D

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I wouldn't exactly Call it ripping his head off lol. Maybe just trying to hold him up to the tape. Some grab behind the head some grab under the mouth.

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Nice Fish fellas. Tough day out there. We caught 2 today and a smallie and that was it. The Pompton was in pretty good shape. Slight murk to the water. The Passaic was pretty dirty. Try again tomorrow

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Nice. Im hoping my value city yardstick isnt long enough for the fish I plan on catching tomorrow. 40orbust!

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Dundee Lake! See you guys out there! I've got a big old 41"er stringer'd to a half-sunken dishwasher, gotta grab her before anyone sees me!!

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LMAO!!!! A dishwasher!?!?!?

Alright then, it's 7:55 and no other anglers are here, @ Dundee lake. I'm launching in 5 minutes. See you guys on the water...............................I hope!:eek:

TIGHT LINEZ!!!!

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Be there in15 min lol lateeeee start

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I heard there were some big fish caught today fellaz!!!! Hope you came to the river FOCUSED!!!! YEA BUDDY!!!!

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After starting in Elmwood Park, going up and downstream, me and Eddie found some cooperating Pike. I landed a 36"er and Eddie landed TWO 36"ers. In addition, Eddie added a fat 33", a 29", and a lunatic Pike that jumped onto his kayak, hooked his backpack, then hopped back off. We each lost a few more Pike, but made sure the big girls made it into the yaks. These big fish are no joke in the kayak, so for each plus sized fish, we paddled to shore, hopped out for a clean measurement and picture, and released.

Bonus Dundee condom pics, also released unharmed :p.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...psodmd91to.jpg
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Re: Pike-a-thon 2014, june 28-29
 

Nice fish gang! Thanx to all that participated. It certainly was a lovely weekend for a paddle. Big thanx to JonS from the Kayak Fishing Store. He came out both days to see us off. He did fish today as well. How did you make out buddy? Did you get that big old Carp on the fly rod? Pleasure meeting you, I can't wait to come to the shop to purchase a big boy kayak. It's definately time for an upgrade, LOL!!!!

And the winner of PIKE-A-THON 2014 is................................................ .......well, there's 2 winners, FASTEDDIE and SkunkCity. After looking at the pics we took of each other we decided to call it a draw. I'm sure one fish was a quater to half inch longer than the other, but the pics show them being equal. Landing these thick fish from yaks and having to take measurements is a task. I was drenched at one point from netting fish, fish trying to heave themselves out of the net. SHEEEEEEESH, this contest isn't all that easy. Hopefully I'll see more of you fine anglers out there next year. Again, thanx to all that gave it hell. For those of you that didn't make it, well it is what it is. Show up next time, you might have fun and possibly win some cash.

PIKE-A-THON 2014 is now over. See you maniacs out there!

TIGHT LINEZ!!!!!!!!!!! YEA BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

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Congrats to all you guys who caught! Some mighty beautiful fish there BoyZ!

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GREAT FISH, Eddie, and Skunk !!!! WOW, some beauties and great pictures too! I wish I could have made it, but with work and my daughter having my grandson, and minute/day....it's tough to be away for too long without checking my phone every two seconds.

CONGRATS !!!

Danny V

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WOW, nice fish. Another Pike-A-Thon in the books. Looks like fun was had by all, congrats to the winners.

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Nice fish guys. Those are some thick PR slobs! 'Grats on the draw Eddie and rob.

That last pic redefines jerk bait lol... Coney Island whitefish are migratory after all! Haha!

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I only fished for about 2 hours today and came up empty, again!! Anyway, Congrats on the co-win!!! Some real nice nj gators ya got there!! Congrats and nice fish to all. Def a cool event and had fun participating. Maybe next year I can manage not to get skunked..........:o

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Nice work finding those lower Passiac River monsters! I fished the hell out of the Two Bridges area Saturday only to come up with a large mouth and few rock bass. Huge thanks to Eddie for putting this thing together! Thanks also to the Kayak Fishing Store for supporting the Pike-a-thon!

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Congrats guys you def found the fish. After catching and releasing a dirty tampon, we decided to leave the dundee area and went back to the muddy water which payed off. Got some decent healthy fish. Just came up a little short for the contest. Thanks to everyone who set it up. Can't Waite for the next one.

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thanks for setting it up eddie, nice meeting everyone and a great day to be on the water. I should have packed it in and followed you guys, we didn't catch squat. I had one stupid bass take a swipe at a jerkbait and saw JonS catch a carp on the fly. those were all the fish I saw all day. ill get em next time!

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Had a great time fishing with the guys as usual. Met a few new guys, finally met the infamous NorthJerseyG, missed meeting Gatto, all in all was a good weekend. Thanks to the guys who showed up and fished and thanks to Jon from The Kayak Fishing Store.

And Gatto, that's a great fish man!

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It was fun meeting everyone I did meet and in time I'll meet more of you. So with a tie how about we do two $50 gift certificates and that will square up The Kayak Fishing Store with the Pike A Thon 2014? Just stop by the store whenever.

I added another fish to my kayak bucket list from the kayak with the carp I caught. It was actually my first ever and I'm glad it was on the fly rod. That makes my 101st species from the kayak. I had been stuck on 100 for a while. Glad that's over as 100 is too awkward a number.

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great fish guys! skunk, eddie, and gatto......if you do not mind me asking, what were the 36" pike caught on???? It looked like a swimbait hanging out one of their mouths??

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Thanks :). I will be by this week. What are your hours during the week?

101 species??? I've got some work to do lol.

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Awesome fish guys! Sorry I couldn't make it saturday, but gatto and I gave it hell yesterday. I wish we would've moved spots earlier bc we were on fish the minute we did after hours of notching. Congrats to Eddie and Skunk those are some beasts! Here's another one gatto got yesterday, prob somewhere around 30".http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...psou5syzbp.jpg

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Gatto knows where the bigguns live. I have an NJF shirt for you BROHAM! JonS, thanx again for everything. One of these days I'll be in there to get the gift certificate. In the near but somewhat distant future I'll be in there to upgrade my kayak. YEA BUDDY!!!

PIKE-A-THON IS OVER! SEE YOU OUT THERE NEXT YEAR!!!:D

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Nice teeth boys, and great pics of them. Wish i could have joined my house is 30 seconds from pompton R, i coulda floated down. Was campin in stoke all weekend tho.