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Author:
RTownsend
Date:
Sep 08, 2013
Subject:
Messerschmidt Pond 9/7 - LMB, and First Pike (with pictures)
Message:
Went fishing at Messerschmidt Pond in Westbrook/Deep River yesterday with my brother around 5:00 PM. Sun was shining and there was a light breeze, very nice weather if a bit on the warm side. We left the kayak at home and did some shore-fishing by the dam. Both of us were throwing 6" Senkos wacky rigged in Watermelon Flake and Oxblood Red Flake. Had a few nibbles over the first hour but no luck. Around 6:15 my brother decided to put on a live grasshopper that was hanging out on a branch by his spot. Second cast with the squirming grasshopper and he caught a 14" LMB.
It was starting to get a bit cloudy and darker outside so I switched to a neon green Senko. Wacky rigged it and tossed it out a few times working the structure by the dam itself. No luck and I was getting bored so I rigged the Senko in an unorthodox way, hook through the tip of the head and out the back, then tucked back in to the body again. It made the worm swim in a spiral pattern and this must have gotten some attention because a few casts later I felt a hard hit and had a fish on! It was putting up a nice fight, much more than the LMB I've caught here. I caught a glimpse of it when it neared the surface and could tell by the pattern and shape that it was no LMB... looked like a pike for sure! I was psyched because I have never caught a pike before. Finally got it in the net after a few minutes and was able to snag a few pictures but didn't measure/weigh it. When I went to release the pike into the water it took a liking to my net and chomped down and wouldn't let go for about 5 minutes but finally let go and swam away. Didn't get the best pictures but here's a few, any estimates on length or weight?
[img:41941327e5]http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b618/rtownsend9286/20130907_183640_zps69665b06.jpg[/img:41941327e5]
[img:41941327e5]http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b618/rtownsend9286/20130907_183643_zps387ab31b.jpg[/img:41941327e5]
[img:41941327e5]http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b618/rtownsend9286/20130907_183648_zps23388ee9.jpg[/img:41941327e5]
[img:41941327e5]http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b618/rtownsend9286/20130907_183718_zpscab1cbdf.jpg[/img:41941327e5]
Author:
Crest Daddy
Date:
Sep 08, 2013
Message:
Everybody's first pike is ALWAYS a PICKEREL somehow...
Author:
RTownsend
Date:
Sep 08, 2013
Message:
[quote:86b6b4f418="Crest Daddy"]Everybody's first pike is ALWAYS a PICKEREL somehow...[/quote:86b6b4f418]
Hey I said PIKE, not Northern Pike.... Pickerel is in the Pike family, right? 8)
In all honesty though I wasn't sure until I looked it up... I have to admit that I really like the pattern/colors on the fish I caught so maybe it was best that it wasn't a "true" pike. :P
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