~*~ Spruce Run Weekend ~*~

[Andrushkin33]

Ahhh crazy weekend finally behind. Barely had any sleep but all the fishing was worth it.

Location: Spruce Run

Days fished: Friday night, Saturday day and Sunday Night

Bait Used: Shiners, fatheads, nightcrawlers and chicken livers.


Friday Night from 8pm till 11:30pm

My pike wrestling friend being upset that he didn't catch any night before convince me to go again.

I kept on fishing shiners while he decided to use chicken livers. Night was great and barely windy.

First 4 white catfish were bagged so already my friend was making up for the night before.

Hybrid Special:


Just when we were about to go home his line starts screaming and tipping over. Being close to the rod I have hooked the beast. and let him handle the fish. That bastard managed to take about 75 yards of the line while making a run for it. A short time later 24-25 inch hybrid with a solid mass of about 6lbs was reeled in. It was a beauty of the fish and on that we decided to call it a night.

Saturday day - that was a family outing with significant others and kids tagging along. BBQ was set, lines were dropped and beautiful day was enjoyed by all. Still managed to land a 30 inch pike which was the only fish of the day. Fish was hooked and landed by friends 8 year old son and his excitement was priceless. He handled the beast like a pro, carefully reeled it in, giving the fish some slack when it was making a run for it and all around like a true professional. Was standing next to him just in case and my jaw was hanging out watching him working the beast. NO words to describe it, you just have to be there to understand the full magnitude of it.

Kid with his supreme catch:


Only thing I ended up with on that day was my first sunburn of the year.

Sunday night fished from 6pm till 11pm

Now yesterday the wind was kicking our ass. Could not keep the bobbers in place so switched to the worms and chicken livers.

First fish to fall prey was a stockie brown. How he managed to make it to the place where we were I have no idea but he did. He took the worm and was happy with it. Since fished of the bottom took me awhile to realize he was on.

Short time later chicken livers started to work their magic and 3 ore hybrids were hooked of 3,4 and 5 lbs

After tripping on rocks while trying to get the last one I decided to call it a night.

Word of caution to all. Check yourself for ticks. I was thinking it was still too cold for them to be out but managed to find two of them on me last night.

Will be updated with pictures once I receive them.

Tight lines to all

Andre