Passing time in a Hurricane...w/ pike report and a pumpkin!

Hey everyone, just sitting at home waiting for Sandy to pass through. Still have power but the heavy heavy winds haven't even hit yet. Knock on wood.  So this past weekend we hit 2 rivers in CT for pike and it was very very slow. Its odd we caught more numbers and had more aggressive fish in the summer which should be the opposite but part of the fun is trying to break down spots and find a pattern. Lately its been hit or miss with a good day being 2 fish. 

Also, 
PIKETOBER was postponed due to Sandy. Date to be announced.


On Saturday we ended up with 5 pike but none above 30 inches with one break off on a hook set being the only large fish we saw. And Sunday we hit northern CT River with only 1 fish about 20 inches.  We tried throwing a bunch of different lures in hopes of striking gold. Good news was we caught fish on something other than spinner baits finally.  3 of the 6 pike came on swim baits.  2 on a large jerk bait and just 1 on a spinner.  One thing we are finding is the active fish are very shallow around weeds and they are only hitting lures with a steady retrieve. We also caught 4 smallies on our pike lures.  We will just keep trying, its been over a month since we have landed a good fish but if we put in the time its bound to happen soon.  Just hope our rivers wont get completely screwed up from Sandy.  So while being bored today i carved my first ever Pike Pumpkin!  Anyone in the path of Sandy stay safe!     Enjoy the video!

By : Joe Jacobowitz