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dallas D made colt mccoy look like John Elway in super bowl XXXIII Kid was like 25-30 for 300 yards and not to mention trucking like 3 dallas defenders as he dove head first into the endzone.

How do you lose that game at home last night against a god awful team with a QB playing that his own teammates probably didn't even know he was on the roster??

I picked up a few husky jerk baits. After the pickerel I fought yesterday on a countdown I gotta walk a way from that hoping at the very least while I lost the fish, it taught me a little something to help me land a pike. If it does that it will sting a little less. Hey guys, I am looking at AFW titanium single strand leaders. How do these things impact your lure? Is the stuff heavy and make your bait sink ect? Thanks

My fav fish to catch so far. I was fishing in Lake Musconetcong and there are no Pike in there so it had to have been a pickerel. I got a good look at it to. Just a really big and powerful pickerel!

I believe 4-16 lb range. The spot is pretty weedy as you cast out deeper and it is slightly rocky and you could get caught up. Not terrible though. I was casting larger spoons and did not lose anything. But I think the ones you mentioned about reducing hangups might be ideal. I was hitting heavy weeds pretty consistently.Thank you very much crestliner, this is really great info! I'll be referencing this thread for a while until I absorb all this info.

Just got punked out by a really big pickerel I have been after one like this and finally got one and it got away. I wasn't even using my ultralight, I had a medium with a rapala on it and felt something on my line and it didn't feel like anything special. Was reeling it in and the more I reeled it in the more it started to fight. Then it started darting to the left and I started thinking this was something bigger than i thought. Plus I couldn't see it because it wasn't coming up near the surface. then it darted to the left and put on on an amazing aerial display. I still wasn't 100% sure what it was but I knew it was big at that point. I continued to fight it and it was pulling my drag and this thing was refusing to give in. I caught a nice pickerel last week and this thing put up a fight that was no comparison. I walked off the ledge I was fishing on and walked to the shore and was slowly but surely getting this fish near shore and finally got it there. Each time I got it near shore it took off and then as I would get it back it started running under this lip on the shore. After it did that a couple times I just had a feeling that thing was on the verge of getting away. It gave one last massive jerk and all that was left was what you see in the pic (* piece of its mouth ). The funnest fight I have ever had fresh water fishing but at the same time that one left a permanent scar I think. Ugh so depressing.

I'm in Morris County but don't mind driving for good fishing Obviously you catch fish and I think when you do that you are bound to start running into some big ones. But still, those are some healthy fish!

A-Jay, after yesterday I was thinking if I step out and it is like that I will just turn around next time. But if you say you can have success in the ind it gives me some new hope and I will keep trying. What types of things have you figured out when it comes to dealing with the wind? Thanks for offering some encouragement :-)

I am planning on htting the lake for an hour or so after work today but it is doing the same thing here which is the wind has picked up as the morning has gone on >:-[ I will still give it a shot. Seeing some of these other guys saying they do well in the wind gives me some hope to keep trying.

Sounds like you have figured things out bro. I gotta figure things out to because it seems like its windy constantly these days.

X2 on the hood bluegiller. it helps block some of it out. But the wind always seems to blow in the same direction and I am casting against it which is impossible

Shore for me

I bundled up yesterday! At least you didn't get skunked like I did. The way my plastic bait was shooting back towards shore every time I cast I think any fish around were probably like hmmm, never seen a bait fish do that before.lol

Am I the only one who thinks fishing in steady constant wind sucks? It seems like every Sunday the conditions are like this at this time of year. The water is rough and choppy and it is just super annoying and frustrating. It makes every aspect of fishing difficult sand I never catch anything when it is real windy :-/

Bob, I never even thought about that point you made about the pliers. Really glad you did though because my pliers are shorter and if I deep hooked it that would be a problem. I'll add that to my list among some other stuff you mentioned. Thanks :-)

You seem to manage some nice fish every time out! new spots are fun and there is that excitement of the unknown. Especially when they deliver like that

Gonna start with some large shiny spoons. Gonna be cold but clear and sunny. SirSnookalot, thanks for the advice. I use an ultralight rod and light line all the time. It is all I fish with pretty much and while it is not exactly the same obviously, I think fishing like that forces me to be calm and relaxed. Having to adjust my drag after a strike is not uncommon for me and if I try to horse larger fish in as you say, I will lose the fish. So hopefully those lessons serve me well when the time comes that I get one of these on my line. Thanks again!

Thank you very much guys. My pike fishing gear will have to be a work in progress. I do have some wire leaders I found from some salt water fishing stuff I have and I have spoons and some larger soft plastic baits that might work. Its a poor mans pike rig until I can pick up some better stuff but at least I can try. And I always have a couple pairs of pliers just in case. I know these things have razor sharp teeth. Even the pickerel I catch I use pliers. Will be fishing for bass and mixing in some pike fishing as well. This week I will buy some more gear so next weekend I can take a more serious attempt at landing a pike.

Thank you for the info. any suggestions as far as leaders? I'll have to pick some up.

I fished a lake today that has pike in it. I was talking to an angler who lives right near this lake and he was telling me about the pike in there. I have never fished for pike but that is about to change. I am fishing from the shore. Any tips or advice any of you can share would be appreciated. Thanks Sean

There are few activities in life where being stronger is not advantageous. Be it young or old.

That's sport specific training right there!

the Burbs

Thanks buddy and you ain't kidding! Pickerel are some bad mama jamas

At least you were able to keep on fishing and it wasn't worse than it was. Just be careful while they are healing because I don't know about you, but when stuff like that happens to me, I never seem to fail to end up wacking that injured body part about 5 more times in the next few days.