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Author:
therieldeal
Date:
Feb 02, 2012
Subject:
Quaddick 2/1, first fish of '12 finally!
Message:
Hit the same spot on Quaddick yesterday afternoon, Baker Rd. around the bridge. There was less ice than when I was there 12/27! Tried out an old johnson silver minnow (spoon) that my dad gave me a while ago, I heard they are popular for pike. Used a green/white ribbontail worm as a trailer. Finally managed to catch my first fish of 2012, another small pickerel. Shortly before the pickerel, I did have what appeared to be a huge pike follow the my lure all the way to the bridge, and then turn around at the surface and head back into the depths! So they are there, I just need to figure out how to catch them. I should really just take everyone’s advice and buy some big pike minnows at the bait shop! Last spring I caught a ton of creek chub in one of my carp fishing spots (on my carp bait), so I might try them out as live bait too. Hmmm carp fishing Saturday, pike fishing on Sunday? Sounds like a good weekend to me, we need a few more of these 60 degree days!!

Author:
PECo
Date:
Feb 02, 2012
Message:
Nice. Bluegill Terminator always says that creek chubs are the best northern pike bait. No good ice in the northeast corner, huh?

Author:
therieldeal
Date:
Feb 02, 2012
Message:
Phil that’s great to hear! They annoyed the heck out of me last spring while trying to carp fish, now I can put them to good use :D. No solid ice around here at all… I posted a good ice report a few weeks ago for this exact lake/spot, it didn’t last long though with all the rain and warm weather. Quaddick is probably ~40% open water from what I could see yesterday, and the remaining ice is pretty thin and slushy. The pond where I carp fish was ~75% open water on Tuesday…

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