No love pike report

[msgdan]

I haven't fished the river in about 3 weeks due to work and had a small window yesterday at around noon. I hit a spot that has produced between 5 and 15 pike just about every trip since June.

Perfect conditions and with a hard bottom in this section, the water was very clear. about 90 minutes without as much as a tap !! The leaves were a slight problem, but not enough to use as an excuse.

The good news is that I must have seen about 6 quality pike just sitting motionless near the bottom. There was a couple times that I actually casted and had the spinner bait pass inches from the fish and they didn't even move. The only way that I got them to move was to have the spinner bait hit the fish on the side while reeling in.

I even tried switching up to a soft plastic and twitched it inches from the fish, but still no interest.

I think it's time to devote all my time to deer hunting and striper fishing.

I hope to still read a few reports on the river and best of luck to those who get out !!!

Danny V