Have at it ! Mitch P Champion 37" pike ! He took home the grand champ swag of growler, Mug, HOOKER swag, and the Vanford 500 reel. Put that on a TICKLESTICK !
We raffled off 2nd and 3rd. Bald Pelican took 2nd and went home with some nice HOOKER swag, and Shimano Sahara reel
Keywest Glenn took 3rd and went home with some nice HOOKER swag, and lures from Shimano.
I think we'll agree this was by far THE best weather day for any PIKETOBERFEST !
I'm sure pictures will surface today on this dreary day, so have at it.
Thank you ALL who fish , have fun, and continue to make this a sucessfull event !
SIDENOTE I hope nobody gave their contact info to that lady "Lilly" working the crowd. Her story was pretty sad, BUT a train wreck !
Thanks to Paul and Mitch for organizing another fun event. Congrats to Mitch for catching a quality winning fish on a tough day. River Roamer and I fished hard but never saw a pike. Boat traffic became crazy! The after party was fun and included some interesting sights at the ramp which was very busy due to the warm weather. Actually, I won the raffle for 2nd place prizes so thanks to Thomas Hooker (and Kapt) and Shimano (and Blaine) for arranging donation of Thomas Hooker beer and glasses and a very nice Shimano Sahara reel respectively. That reel will be used for Lake Champlain SMB. Next year everyone needs to recruit one or two new people to fish and grow the event. Cheers, BaldPelican
Thanks to Paul and Mitch for organizing another fun event. Congrats to Mitch for catching a quality winning fish on a tough day. River Roamer and I fished hard but never saw a pike. Boat traffic became crazy! The after party was fun and included some interesting sights at the ramp which was very busy due to the warm weather. Actually, I won the raffle for 2nd place prizes so thanks to Thomas Hooker (and Kapt) and Shimano (and Blaine) for arranging donation of Thomas Hooker beer and glasses and a very nice Shimano Sahara reel respectively. That reel will be used for Lake Champlain SMB. Next year everyone needs to recruit one or two new people to fish and grow the event. Cheers, BaldPelican
Sorry, John. I really need to mark things off on my score card. I even asked a couple of others for my CRS (Can't remember sh!T )
" That reel will be used for Lake Champlain SMB. " Pictures or it didn't happen
What do we need to do to catch more pike? Joe J has pointed out September, but that is a really busy month for me.
Thank to Paul for pulling it all together again, including the mugs and growler. Thanks to Kapt. and Hooker for the nice prize spread. And, thanks to Blaine for kicking in some great Shimano prizes!
Keywest Glenn scoring in the raffle.
Kapt organizing ... and our interesting guest for the day ... Lilly.
Nice fish Mitch, I was on a plane to JFK from Italy and was wondering if anyone was catching any pike. 20 years is the charm. Nice job keeping the tradition alive.
WOW WOW WEE WOW !!! Hello Everyone ,Congrats Mitch on an awesome Catch and WINN !!!Sorry I've been just tooo busy here in Sunny Florida, Pretty much switched over to salt water inshore fishing here in Jupiter and Loving it,,, I'm a Member of Salt Strong and Now that I've Lost over 200LBS. I'm Kayak fishing and Got a Boat like O'bass' aluminum Rig and can get everywhere in it. Anyway I really Miss fishing Piketoberfest one of my most favorite and memorable events ... Maybe Next year I'll try mto make it. Tight Line Y'all...
Originally Posted By: joe sabas the fishin magician
WOW WOW WEE WOW !!! Hello Everyone ,Congrats Mitch on an awesome Catch and WINN !!!Sorry I've been just tooo busy here in Sunny Florida, Pretty much switched over to salt water inshore fishing here in Jupiter and Loving it,,, I'm a Member of Salt Strong and Now that I've Lost over 200LBS. I'm Kayak fishing and Got a Boat like O'bass' aluminum Rig and can get everywhere in it. Anyway I really Miss fishing Piketoberfest one of my most favorite and memorable events ... Maybe Next year I'll try mto make it. Tight Line Y'all...
Awesome Joe! Share some FL reports with us here on CTF!