Topwater Friday
 

Got out tonight for about an hour and a half before it got dark. Threw a bunch of different lures on my tray but only needed one. Threw a Spook into a nice slack pool below a small weedbed and was rewarded with a few classic topwater assaults. First cast into the pool ended with a probably 3.5lb Smallie spitting the hook boatside. That ones going to haunt me for a bit! In the next 20 mins, I picked up two vicious Pike and a small Largemouth. Sun went down and i packed it in for the night. First teeth in the new kayak haha.
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You kept that fish? There is no way it will survive.

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Nice fish! Looks a lot more relaxing than your Big D trip.

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Great report and pics Rob!

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Better to release it and hope it lives rather than bring it home and eat it....... Then there'll be 2 fatalities, lol........

Nice Fish!!!!!

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Fish caught a treble hook to the head, not a circle hook to the gut. He had plenty of life left in him, I have no doubt it survived. I have caught these things with spinners in their gills, shitty mono hanging out of their mouth, broken jaws and even one with no upper jaw. They are resilient.

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You would be surprised how many people eat fish from Passaic.:p

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Nice pike! I'm sure the fish was fine. I've caught a buch with old war wounds too including severed gills hanging out of the gill plate.

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topwater explosions... great way to christen the new 'yak

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Awesomeness!!!

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Awesome. What's it like catching something like that in a kayak? I can't even imagine.

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Haha you're telling me. 1/8th mile paddle in no current as opposed to 60 mile paddle in death current lol.

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Very fun. The yak lets me sneak up on these things. I have a spot that I hit this week where I spotted and cruised over probably 30 Pike without them even knowing. Of course they didn't want jacksh*t to do with my lures, but was cool nonetheless haha.

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nice toothies skunk, great lookin fish. way to make a comeback from the big D chocolate milkshake! gotta love that topwater blast, sends ur heart pounding lol

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Nice fish skunk! I never caught a pike before but that sure looks like a good time especially on topwater.

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Awesome. I'll have to try it. Got some new spooks on the way, maybe I'll have to borrow a friends kayak and give them a try!

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Man you live in Wayne, right in the middle of Pike territory! You have no excuse! :eek:

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That new yak needed a little blood on the deck! I gotta tie on some bigger lures...The stuff I've been washing is half the size of that bomb you are throwing...Nice!

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Nice!