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Originally Posted by danyeo
I went to the same spot today on my way home from work for about an hour. I put a Senko on and hooked it weedless, or so I thought. 1st cast and snagged it, snap..GRRRRR. I then put on a mister twister and 1st cast and another snag. Snap, lost that one as well. So that's 2 consecutive casts and 2 lost worms.
Ok, I'm going top water. I put on a double jointed fireburst Rapala and I swear, 1st cast and I landed a Smallmouth that fought like a Bear. Really nice fish for the 14 or so inches he was, but these guys really fight. About 3 minutes later I land another one, slightly smaller but he fought like mad as well. And I had 2 more that both jumped out of the water and managed to
spit out the lure. The Rapala was hot today. But all I ever catch is smallmouths on the Passaic. Maybe I need a boat to find the Pike?
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Plenty of pike to be caught from shore, no need for a boat. And God knows there's plenty of snags in that river. First time I was there I lost $70+ dollars worth of Husky Jerks, Thundersticks and X-Raps. After that I switched to soft-plastics, cheap white spinnerbaits and Storm Swim Shads. I've had a lot of success on all of them. I found with the stickbaits that not only do you have to worry about the snags themselves, but if you hook one and the pike swims into brush or a blowdown, there's a pretty good shot you're not getting it out. The single hook on the back of a Storm shad or a spinnerbait makes it much less likely you're gonna get hung up when fighting a fish. Keep casting man, you'll catch one.
