6/6/16 Evening Trip, Well Worth the Effort

On a whim I invited Mike to come fish for Pike after work. I didn't think he'd able to but I was pleasantly surprised when he said that he could make it! We met up about 5 o'clock and began to drift downstream. When I arrived Mike was already on the water and had even already caught a nice fish! Before long I was into the fish on a bright colored jerkbait. The night was extremely successful for both of us. I landed a dozen or so Pike, 6 Smallmouth and a handful of other fish including one of the prettiest sunfish I have ever seen! We caught a ton of Pike in the mid-20 inch range. At one point I made a cast and then got distracted looking at Mike. My lure was just sitting in the water. I heard a splash and a nice Pike nearly took the rod out of my hand! I fought and lost a really nice Smallmouth at one point and missed several nice Pike. Unfortunately my only picture of Mike turned out a little blurry with the fading light. It was an awesome night!