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Author:
Flipper
Date:
Jul 18, 2011
Subject:
Hopeville Pond 7-16
Message:
Hit Hopeville again this weekend. Got a real late start because the family wanted to go and swim at the beach while I fished. On the water by about 8:30am and fished till 1:00pm. It was foggy at first then got nice and hot. Water temp was from 78 deg. to 80 deg. The girls ended up staying on the boat for a while to wait for the sun. They were able to watch me land a solid 35" pike. My youngest (just turned 4) was screaming the whole time! :lol: She kept saying,"Daddy, you caught an Alligator!" :shock: It was pretty funny. Dropped them off at the beach and returned to fishing. It was quiet for a while, then noticed my bobber had disappeared. I reeled up and set the hook, and I saw a huge head come out of the water. Less than a second later this pike completely cleared the water and got about a foot of air (which was alot considering it's size). That was the first time I've had one come all the way out. It jumped once more before I got it in the boat, and it measured 40"! :P This was one sickly looking fish, though. It had a number of wounds that looked like they were not healing very well, and it was really skinny. This was the oldest pike I have caught yet, but (unluckily) it swallowed the hook. That's probably why it was a jumper. The fish did not make it, and was the third pike I have killed in my life, all this year. :cry: For this reason, I will not be taking pics of my fish anymore unless I have somebody w/ me. The cost is too high, and especially the big ones do not last very long out of the water. All three times I have retuned them to the water still alive, but they were unable to keep from floating belly up, despite all efforts to revive them. Anyway, both were caught w/ pike shiners on top. I also had one on that broke my main line (again :evil: ) which ate a dead yellow perch on the bottom. Here's the pics. [img:032b7d9614]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13719[/img:032b7d9614] [img:032b7d9614]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13721[/img:032b7d9614] [img:032b7d9614]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13723[/img:032b7d9614] [img:032b7d9614]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13725[/img:032b7d9614]
Author:
PECo
Date:
Jul 18, 2011
Message:
Great job but, man, that is one sickly looking northern pike!
Author:
Flipper
Date:
Jul 18, 2011
Message:
Yeah, I have caught ones that were 3" shorter, but weighed more. It was old and beat up. Not sure it would have made it through the summer, but you never know. I think the one I'm looking for might be in there. Four break offs, and I gotta think they were bigger than the ones I've been catching.
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