Caught several bows and a few pike at Stagecoach yesterday. The weather was awesome...sunny and 30, no wind. Lost a pole to something HUGE. Was using a red ratso with flame red powernuggets , which I was catching all of the bows on, all were averaging 14-15 inches. We were fix'n to move to find some bigger fish when I heard the drag go a little and then I heard a splash...my $40 pole/reel was gone! I use some decent pole holders which require many pounds of force to pull the pole down towards the hole. The strange thing was, that same hole, all of the bows were biting light. You had to be on top of your pole, ready to set or you would miss. Whatever took my pole wanted that lure bad. What could of it been? A big pike on a Ratso??? ???
All the pike(total caught was three, 18-19 in. and lost a couple) were on a Tip-up, 11ft of water(1 foot off bottom) with whole, 5-7" suckers on a bare hook.
Well I am ready to eat my first pike fillet, I heard they are pretty darn good. The meat is a off greenish, yellow color which doesn't look to appetizing but here we go.
All the pike(total caught was three, 18-19 in. and lost a couple) were on a Tip-up, 11ft of water(1 foot off bottom) with whole, 5-7" suckers on a bare hook.
Well I am ready to eat my first pike fillet, I heard they are pretty darn good. The meat is a off greenish, yellow color which doesn't look to appetizing but here we go.