CT River Shore Fishing 4/07

 After a long day of fishing yesterday nothing sounded better than going out and giving it another try..I got a call from Josh that him and his brother Jay went out in kayaks to chapman pond. They got the skunk and the wind picked up so they wanted to go do some fishing from shore. So i made the drive from North Haven to Chester to meet them. Before i got there Josh and Jay already had landed a bass each. Both on bass jigs.


 The water was crystal clear and the fish were all up shallow but the bass weren't in the biting mood. As you would get close enough to cast you would see them swim off. We decided to give the pike fishing a shot and id say it was a good decision. Walked down to the inlet all throwing jerkbaits. I was throwing a swithwich red and gold, Jay was throwing a large perch xrap and Josh was using a yosuri silver and blue jerkbait. 

After a few minutes Jay is the first one screaming Pike! It was his first time out this season after becoming a dad recently and we were beyond psyched to have him get on some fish. It was about a 22-24 inch Pike and it gave him a good solid fight. Was also his first pike on his new pike rod. Five minutes after i cast right where Josh was just fishing (sorry) and Bammmmm rod loads up and i set and see a huge flash swinging side to side like a snake. I knew it was a bigger pike than anything i had caught this season. It literally barrel rolled over and over the whole fight and i thought for sure my line would snap. I had a 2 foot 20lb Mono Leader and 20lb braid so my odds were against me. I yelled for Jay or Josh to come over to help me land her and Jay was there first. He jumped down off the rocks and grabbed her for me. The line was wrapped around her face and gills probably six times so we cut the line took some pics and let her go.  After that i got two largemouth on a white spinner bait and Josh got one more bass on the jig and one calico on a hair jig.  Good couple hours of fishing. Thanks Jay for getting that fish on shore and thanks josh for untangling the mess.

Personal Best Rod & Reel Northern Pike @ 31 inches