First Pike of 2013 and first report.

Hey everyone, hope you all enjoyed your winter and had fun ice fishing... ive been dying to get back onto open water! Last weekend Josh and I hit the River for 8 hours Saturday and 9 hours Sunday with one fish and no other hits. It was slow slow didn't even see another fish not a perch a bass or even any bait. River looked like a ghost town. We fished from Middletown all the way to Deep River all from shore probably 10 different spots. The water was still just a little too cold and some good spots still had ice in them which doesnt help.

None the less happy to get pike number 1 for the year. Came on a small paddle tail on a 3/8 oz jig head. Little guy but great markings and a surprisingly good fight. Could just be the rust of not fighting a fish in a few months. Really excited for this season and i just picked up the lowrance elite 5 dsi which could potentially be a game changer! Having gps and being able to find the right depths i wanna fish is gonna be great. Looking forward to getting back out this weekend. Tonights temps are not gonna help us out but we will keep trying. Hope to see you guys out on the water in 2013.

2012 Totals and Highlights w/ pics

2012 was a great year for us, fishing new places, new states and even catching some of the biggest fish of our lives. January 1st last year i would have never guessed these totals would be this high. The biggest shock was most likely the amount of Pike because before this year i had caught 6 in my life. Pike are by far my favorite fish to target hands down after this season. One thing were proud of is only one fish on this list was caught on bait. The rest were on artificial and other than 4 perch all fish were released. Down bellow are some highlight pics from the year.  Big thanks goes out to our friends Mike O'Mara and Larry Johnson for bringing us out on a lot of trips and teaching us more and more useful information that made these numbers possible. It was very appreciated. This will be the last time we chart every fish for a year... it was cool to do once but it is a pain in the rear to have to keep track of.  A big Happy New Year goes out to all the people who have helped us over the years and have read this blog. It means a lot to me.

Thank You,

Joe Jacobowitz