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Emmett

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Finally after several long weeks of frustration, i DID IT :D :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First pike i ever caught. WE started off in the back pond area since we saw a guy catch a little pike, but we then decided to keep going to the river. I noticed a small creek from the lake into the river, so i decided that looked like a good spot. I was using a silver spoon, and the second cast i threw, WHAM! And i pulled this sucker in. You should of seen my face it was crazy! Had a little trouble with the treble hook but managed to get it out. Then changed to white spinner and got some hits but no takers also we had a red and white spoon which we almost got another big one on. But in all i was amazed by the fishing today, will be back VERY soon! :mrgreen: wish i could give pictures but i can't upload any thing bigger then 256 kib.. i would say the fish was 24.5 inchesd
 
Congratulations on your first DPR pike man! Thats a great achivement! Though, I prefer not to use spoon in that river because of the almost infinite amount of snags underwater. I lost a ton of spoons in that river, and I use floating topwaters/floating crankbaits since they dont snag on the bottom if I let it float up.
 
BigRick said:
photobucket fellas... :wink:
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Hey Jack I bet I can give you a run for your money on the skunk king of the DPR. :D I have only been fishing the DPR by Mount Prospect for a couple weeks and have come agonizingly close to landing a pike but the hits have all been short strikes. I had one come right up to the concrete pad I was fishing on by the dam and he just missed and was definitely big enough to take my strike king spinner bait. Good luck to you and I hope you beat that skunk soon!!!!
 
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