It had been a while since i got my twin brother Keith out on my boat.. mostly because every time he comes fishing with me we have awful luck and get skunked. I decided to take him to the CTR for pike because he had only caught one pike in his life and it was 19 incher years ago. I knew if i could get him on a solid fish he would start to understand why i fish so much and why i love pike and fishing in general. Water temp 72 degrees, clarity murky and the tide was super low. Lowest ive seen it in a long time. Hit 2 spots that produced good fish last week with zero hits and Keith starts getting the here we go again vibe.
Moved to a little cut in the river to get out of the ripping current and i picked up 2 pike, 25.75 and a 22 inch. Small but was some action. Keith had a few blowups on a buzz bait and we got to see a huge bowfin swim by us within about 10 feet. Ignored us completely but was my first time ever seeing one. Then we headed north to a huge weed bed on the main river and i get smashed on my spinner bait. Next cast i see this large fish follow me all the way to the boat. Then nothing. I tell Keith take a cast back there and let your spinner bait sink for 4 seconds and reel it back slow. Next words out of his mouth were " FISH ON " knew immediately it was that fish. After a great battle on the spinning gear and some great runs we had this beast of a fish in the boat. I told him how to hold it and he went for it no hesitation. The fish went 37 inches on the dot and was Keith's biggest fresh water fish of his life and also the first trophy sized fish of any species in his life. I couldn't have been happier for him and after all the bad trips we have had that fish made up for it and then some. Congrats Brother!
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