The Longest Day of Fishing and Spoon-Fed Pike!

 The last few days have been great for fishing! Saturday was what I call the Longest Day of Fishing.  It is the Saturday closest to the longest day of the year.  Dad and I were at Sleepy Hollow State Park around 7:00 Saturday morning to fish.  Almost  as soon as we got there, I caught a 14-inch bass!  A nice lady who was there asked me if I had ever caught a fish that big before.  Very politely, I said yes, but in my mind, I was thinking  "Lady, I use fish bigger than this for bait!" 

Saturday night, we went fishing in the Looking Glass and I caught a 33-inch pike!  That's the pike above.  It was a pike convention Saturday.  I think I saw five big pike in one spot.  During our adventure on Saturday, we noticed that most of the pike needed to be spoon-fed like babies.  I would put the bait right on front of their noses, and they'd swim away.  My books say that pike are some of the most aggressive fish out there, but not that night!

On Monday, Dad took me back to the Looking Glass for more pike fishing.  The last three times I have been to the Looking Glass, I have seen a pike about 40 inches long that I call "The General."  Unfortunately, "The General" is one of those spoon-fed pike that won't move an inch to get to your bait.  However, I was able to catch these two pike here.  I caught the top one, which was 33 inches, on a minnow.  Believe it or not, I caught the bottom, which was 32 inches, one on a worm that I was using to fish for a carp I was seeing.!  After Dad took these pictures, I put these pike back in the Looking Glass!

Two for the Price of One!

Usually, I do not do product endorsements, but my Husky Rapala caught two pike for me this weekend on the Looking Glass River in Clinton County, Michigan.

I was impressed with this product and how it was getting reaction from the fish.  When I was casting to the middle of the river, the pike would come out of hiding to chase it!  Both pike I caught were 22 inches, so they were a little on the small side, but still fun.

The Looking Glass is full of life.  Today I saw two river red horse, a smallmouth bass, a bowfin and green frogs and bull frogs!

Pike- The Long and Short of It

During our adventures in the Looking Glass River over the last two weeks, we have landed two beautiful specimens of pike.  On Memorial Day, I caught a baby 12-inch pike after throwing a Husky Rapala that was over four inches long.  That pike had eyes bigger than his stomach, because he took a lure that was about one-third his length! 

A week later, we were back in the area, with some of Grand River Bait and Tackle's biggest minnows.  To our surprise, when we got to the Looking Glass, there were two big pike waiting for us.  Within a few minutes, I had one of them on my line, but, to my disappointment, it managed to get off.  After fishing for another hour or so, I finally had a little luck.  A giant, 31-inch pike was waiting on the bottom of a pool to ambush anything that came near.  I quickly threw in a minnow and the fight was on!  Landing this monster was a big battle, which involved a lot of mud and getting bit a couple of times.  We finally managed to get this beast up on the bank and took some pictures.  Then we put this beautiful fish back in his home in the Looking Glass.

The end.