Piketoberfest 2006 in images con't

definitely a slow bite and tough pike conditions- we casted hard from sunrise until around 9 or so. We decided to troll out of our spot - and I picked up this 26 incher on a small slammer crankbait (my only red lure- I need to re-stock!)


nothing spectacular, but got the skunk out of the boat!

we headed to our final area around 11 or so- casted hard but still no sign of fish. So at Jack's urging- we switched up to some deep water trolling- and that was the ticket for about a 15 minute window of cloudiness. Jack picked up this pudgy 37 incher on a deep diving jointed crankbait over ~14 ft. way to get your skunk out Jack! I played netboy on this one



about 10 minutes later still trolling - a felt a bump, another bump- and then bam! fish on - still nothing to brag about - 27 inches or so (aka- a dink) but still a fun catch



it wouldn't be a Zach report without some scenery- it was pretty serene out there- can't ask for more comfortable conditions in late October