Raritan Surprise!

[DanH]

The"surprise" was I lost a MUCH bigger one 10 minutes later!

[thmyorke1]

Nice! pike? Im no good at esox/musky/hybrids.

I was planning on targeting them in the raritan just this weekend. Know some stretches where ive seen them but never caught a raritan-esox other than 1 dink pickerel.

[bigfishy]

Way to be persistent!!!. next time put somethin in the pic for scale....any estimates on length??

[FASTEDDIE29]

Nice Pike man!!! There’s a timer cam app you can download to your phone. Set a timer hit a button and boom, you have a pic of you holding your catch. Takes some work but easy if you do it a million times.

[DanH]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

Nice! pike? Im no good at esox/musky/hybrids.

I was planning on targeting them in the raritan just this weekend. Know some stretches where ive seen them but never caught a raritan-esox other than 1 dink pickerel.

I haven't caught a lot of them in the Raritan , usually I am fishing for other species and just happen upon them. I am guessing they come from the Millstone, but these guys were far up from the confluence.

[Mikey topaz]

That’s a fatty! Nice job man

[AndyS]

Nice surprise, is it a Pike ?

[DanH]

Originally Posted by bigfishy

Way to be persistent!!!. next time put somethin in the pic for scale....any estimates on length??

This guy was maybe 18-20 inches , but the one I lost was in the 28-30 inch range, !
The bite has been REAL slow but I think things are finally improving!

[DanH]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Nice surprise, is it a Pike ?

Yes!

[AndyS]

So silvery, that's why I asked. Very different in color than the one Fast Eddie caught a few years ago.
Not many Esox go through the ladder, they must be few and far between. Those numbers may ultimately drop even further with stocking discontinued on the Millstone.