Saturday morning at the end of my nightshift at the veterinary clinic I decided to head out to some unfamiliar water to wet my new streamer creations and see if I could fool some pike. The streamers were simple, large 4/0 Ad swier hooks, the new series because the old ones are way to thick to properly set the hook.
I arrived at the water just after sunrise and it was beautifully quiet, the water was clear and dark with still enough vegetation to hide some nice pike.
The first few casts were under a bridge, always a hotspot for pike and i did expect some action here but nothing. Pike fishing is active, cast, move, cast, move and constantely fish the water in a semi circle and leave the streamer in the water as long as possible to the toes of your feet, you'll often be pleasantly surprised what lying in front of you.
After several minutes the sleepiness was soon turned into an adrenalin state of awareness when all at once a pike burst through the watersurface with a nice arched body and its mouth wide open and showing the white of its mouth and the red of her gills. Instinctively I set the hook and after a nice short fight with another jump she was landed with the gill grip. (I hardly use a net, small pike i get with he neck grip, large ones with the gill grip)
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After that i was fresh and awake. Several cast later and another smaller one was fooled by my bucktail streamer. Again a nice take and some jumps.
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My start of this season has been a good one, maybe i'll head out for pike today again.
