This was the first fish I caught. Took me about 45 minutes to catch this one... and when I'd figured out what they were biting (green grub worm on a 3/8 ounce leadhead hook) it was ON!

NICE CATCH !

Pan size!!

It took you 45 minutes to catch that baby????

Rookie...LOL

Good eats, now when you going to catch some Waleye???

^45 minutes of not catching anything... switching lures until I found one that worked.

Only took me a minute to reel him in. 10 lb test, Abu Garcia 'Cardinal' Reel and a 6.5 ft Graphite fishing pole.

He was hooked real good. He had no chance of getting away... until I threw him back in.

fun to catch............lures?????

what? no live bait?

Those are a fun fish to catch. You should see the fight the bigger ones put up.

A long time back, I pulled in a Muskie about twice the size of that thing. I didn't have a net, and I couldn't bet a good grip on the damn thing to get the hook out.

I pulled in three largemouth bass during my vacation, two of them on an artificial lure (one of which is still stuck in a bass somewhere out there).

#6

Yeah, lures. They seemed to work just fine. I caught six fish.

I'm not much for putting live bait on a hook and just sitting there waiting... I prefer to cast and reel.

Besides, sometimes it's challenging to find a spot where you think there's a fish and put the lure in that exact spot. Rewarding, too, if you're right.

It must have been good luck, stopping by my place on the way to Gillette.

slimy things..

hard to filet......

good to eat..

Did you out fish 8track or what?

Nice! Don't know much about pike but understand they are quite tasty...

will they bite a fly??

Re: #4: Walleye? Walleyes are for wusses. Pike are real fish. Up to about 8 pounds they are fairly easy to catch, and when they hit, they hit like no ones business. The big ones are elusive, but when you get them they fight forever.

You can catch them on flies. People use great big streamers, from what I understand.

There is a lake near here that used to have a big population of 1-2 lb pike. I used to go there with my 4 ft ultralight with 2 lb test and a small daredevil. Every fish was a trophy on that rig.

J

nice minnow............ja use 'im for bait for the real fish?

Rocky - Hell yeah, I outfished him... he didn't even try.

(we won't talk about how I missed the 3 gophers I was shooting at)

Kind of an awkward way to hold him. The "cross handed fish grip"...